one sickness leads to something else So yesterday afternoon my mom gave Callie her liquid pain medicine for me and Callie some how aspirated it into her nasal passages and had lots of sneezing and wheezing but it would stop and start. Benadrly made it mostly stop completely. Anyway I was up all night with her and on the phone with the vet as soon as they opened and took her in. Vet heard nothing in the chest and feels it is her nasal passages that are inflamed and to give benadryl every 8 hours and watch her for a few days. If not getting better or better in a few days then she needs to be seen again. Well I opted for chest x-rays anyway because something just told me to do it and no fluid but her heart is enlarged. The enlarged heart has nothing to do with her issues she went in for though. So after she is better from this she needs to go see a cardiologist and get a sonogram of her heart done. I am so very stressed right now. My vet says that there is a common thing that yorkies get as they age where one of the flaps to the heart gets thickened and doesn't close all the way and that we might be looking at that but we wont know until the sonogram is done. Prayers and good thoughts for Callie would be great. Thank you. |
Poor Callie, poor you, keeping both you and Callie in my thoughts and prayers HUGS |
Prayers for you and Callie. Please keep us posted. Know how stressful this is for you - not knowing exactly what is wrong and what to expect. |
Thanks everyone. Right now she’s kinda pathetic due to the Benadryl but her breathing is pretty much normal. I have looked up the place my vet wants me to go for her heart and I got an estimate so working on that. I also have to figure out if I need someone to come stay with my grandmother when we go or not because it is a bit of a drive. I’m so stressed right now because everything is happening at once. Penny is due for her DAP this month, Ollie is messing with his tail a lot, I run out of heart guard this month, my dads birthday, and Christmas. I told my mom I might just have to let people know that I am having money issues and my babies come first so I can’t give gifts this year and I understand if everyone just wants to skip over me this year. |
Try not to worry about "everything"...easier said than done, I know. Hoping for good news on Callie, and that it turns out to be something that is age-related, and can be managed. Anyone who knows you will understand your love and devotion to your babies...and their well-being certainly over-rides any gifting stresses. (Wants vs needs). Those who care about you will expect you to attend to the needs of your furbabies, and don't worry about reciprocity. Please take a deep breath, and know that there are those who are supporting you! (((hugs))) |
Well she has not had any Benadryl since midnight and is doing ok. She is still a bit lethargic and occasionally a sneeze thing. I’m hopeful that we are getting over this part. |
I wish I had a good update but I don’t. Callie’s breathing is not getting any better, she paces the house at night, she peed on herself while she was laying in the living room last night, and she hid under my grandmothers bed. Receptionist from the vet called to check on her and we told her everything and she went and talked to the vet. Vet says breathing should be better by now if it was just from aspirating the medicine and she needs to come back in. She goes in tomorrow and we are hoping that everything minus the breathing is due to a uti and we will be doing a urinalysis. Hopefully they can find out what’s up with the breathing and it’s not something awful. Prayers and good thoughts please. |
I am so sorry to hear that she is not improving more. I will be keeping you, Callie and your "pack" in my thought! Hoping for a straightforward solution, and smoother days ahead soon. (((hugs))) :love: |
Praying for you both.... |
So update from the vet. It looks like Callie has a kidney infection and possibly an infection in her nasal passages. She has been put on an antibiotic that should take care of both. If no change by Monday she needs to come in for blood work. She feels pretty bad, all the techs that know her stopped to say hi and how bad she looked. Don’t judge me for this but on our way home we stopped for a snack and drink and my mom always gets cheeze it’s and she saved 3 for Callie and Callie didn’t want them when she normally loves them. I feel so bad for my baby girl and seeing her like this sucks. Please continue the prayers and good thoughts. |
Callie You are one of my favorite yorkie talk dog lovers. Always willing to help others. I will pray for sweet Callie. Also for you as you go through this tough time. |
My heart goes out to you. It's so hard when our babies are not doing well and we feel so helpless. Praying for you and your whole situation. |
So Callie has been on the antibiotic for 4 days and I am seeing improvement. Its a little slow but it is much better then nothing. Her tail is back all the way up, she just looks better, no potty accidents when laying/sleeping, she is not pacing the house at night anymore, water intake is not as crazy, she played with her siblings for a minute, she is back to picking at the dry food during the day, no big sneezing fits and she is moving around a lot more during the day. So we are holding off on the blood work for now because she had a senior panel at the beginning of the year and presurgery blood work in late September. When she is off of the antibiotics we will test her urine and if it is still showing casts then we will look at doing blood work. After the antibiotics is when I will schedule her appointment with the cardiologist too. Please continue the prayers though until she is all better and we know what is wrong with her heart. |
So happy to hear she’s improving. Prayers up for you both... |
She is being sassy now so I know she is getting better lol |
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