Short background: Gracie had surgery on bilateral luxating patellas eleven days ago. She is doing well other than having to use a hard collar because she managed to work around the HUGE soft collar and pull out two stitches.
Now the bad news. None of it is definitive, but this is like those moments I remember as a parent when it just seemed like everything was falling apart--anyone remember those?
The presurgical bloodwork showed elevated liver values, so we need to have a retest in a few weeks. That is in the back of my mind, though she is not in any way symptomatic.
Tonight she started coughing. I thought that I might have hurt her putting the cone back on, so we went to the vet AGAIN. She said that she suspects an inflamed trachea or esophagus and gave meds for both, but also said not to be surprised if it a a collapsing trachea.
Really? I love this little mite and will do anything for her, but I just want her to be healthy. So here is hoping that her next liver test will be normal, and that the cough is just a cough-she hasn't done it once in the hour and a half since we left the vet.
My daughter just came in and upon hearing this all just said, "Mom, you have to stop reading the yorkie forum. Anyone else would have not worried about it."
Fat chance!
