Oh no, I am so sorry to see this happening. It is going to be a struggle for you. It's very hard to watch your baby suffer so.
My little Mariposa had this. Hers was very severe. Started with the heat, and panting when she was about a year old. Our lives totally changed after that. It got so we couldn't have company, or anything that would get her into an 'episode'. It could last a day, week or weeks. I don't know how her little heart lasted as long as it did. Day and night with that constant gasping for breath. The meds, well, I don't know how much they helped. A little, but not enough. The best thing seemed to be somewhat sedated. Mari had a pain killer, 'Torbugesic' that helped more than anything for her. Calmed her down, let her rest a little.
I agree with a fan, to help get the extra air, and I would elevate her head at night. Seems the laying flat isn't good.
She passed a 6. I should have probably put her down, but when she was good..... well, you know.
She never had a collar on, only a harness, so that wasn't part of the problem.
Now with my little Libby, I use only the step in harness. I found a really nice soft one at pet smart. I had found that a regular harness, she will pull on to where she coughed. I heard that once and threw it away.
As far as the citronella collar. Those things DO work to get them to stop barking. My chihuahua would go crazy barking with compay. We put that on him and boom, he quit. Now when company comes we don't even have to put it on him. Just cough ourselves into it and it sprays, we do this near him and he is a mello fellow. Settles the yorkie down too. Actually, Libby is afraid of it and will pee when she smells it! But it DOES work!
Bless you and your little guy. I pray that this is just something irritating him and antibiotics will take care of it. |