Dear all,
I am at my whits end and ask for any advice and guidance I can get.... My Tesla after changing to lantus and doing well, having a herpes outbreak and overcoming that.... all in the last month, went to the emergency clinic in the last 24 hours with heavy breathing. After a heart echo they found Dialated cardiomyopathy, he had fluid drawn from around his lungs and is now home and will not eat.
The vet has taken him off insulin due to lack of food and to try to control the heart problem. He is on Enalapril, lasix and Taurine, as well as baby asprin to prevent blood clots. He came home last night after a day of tests and is not sleeping, he just sits in the kitchen wanting to eat but will only drink salt free chicken broth.
My husband and I are desperate as to what to do, we know we need to give the meds a chance but he is miserable it seems without the insulin...
He will need to take all these pills for the rest of his days and when stable they want to re start the insulin. It seems that the lack of insulin and not eating is causing him more distress than the heart problem?
I have barley slept in the last 48 hours and just want to help my baby, and at least give him a chance, he has not given up yet... I have liquidized his food with some broth and will use a syringe today to get some sort of nutrition into him. He ate a little food when he first got home last night maybe two bites but that was it.
If anyone has any advice or has experienced a similar situation please help....
Thankyou
I am at my whits end and ask for any advice and guidance I can get.... My Tesla after changing to lantus and doing well, having a herpes outbreak and overcoming that.... all in the last month, went to the emergency clinic in the last 24 hours with heavy breathing. After a heart echo they found Dialated cardiomyopathy, he had fluid drawn from around his lungs and is now home and will not eat.
The vet has taken him off insulin due to lack of food and to try to control the heart problem. He is on Enalapril, lasix and Taurine, as well as baby asprin to prevent blood clots. He came home last night after a day of tests and is not sleeping, he just sits in the kitchen wanting to eat but will only drink salt free chicken broth.
My husband and I are desperate as to what to do, we know we need to give the meds a chance but he is miserable it seems without the insulin...
He will need to take all these pills for the rest of his days and when stable they want to re start the insulin. It seems that the lack of insulin and not eating is causing him more distress than the heart problem?
I have barley slept in the last 48 hours and just want to help my baby, and at least give him a chance, he has not given up yet... I have liquidized his food with some broth and will use a syringe today to get some sort of nutrition into him. He ate a little food when he first got home last night maybe two bites but that was it.
If anyone has any advice or has experienced a similar situation please help....
Thankyou