Day 12...Emergency Vet Visit

Today, Dos had a cough. A dry, strained, painful sounding cough. I kept thinking perhaps she was just trying to cough something up and I kept an eye on her...but as the day progressed, it got worse.


I e-mailed the APA Medical Team with my concerns. They are super busy throughout the day, so I contacted their foster co-ordinator for some direction. She got ahold of them and they contacted me immediately and asked about her condition.


With heartworms, a cough can be bad, bad news-so they told me to come in right away.

By the time I made it there, they were closed...but they took her inside and did an exam and the doctor asked a lot of questions and spent a long time sitting on the floor with her listening to her heart and lungs.

The vet reassessed her..looked at her teeth...gave her a twice-over...and said she probably wasn't five...and there is a bit of time before the heartworms entirely take over-and she should get the treatment before then...because...She is probably only three.

She prescribed her some kennel cough medicine, in case the bordatella was administered before she showed symptoms but was still infected, some cough tablets, and some special shampoo to clear her hair folicles(which was unrelated to the cough) she said it would help any irritation left and also take the smell away...because she still does smell very yeasty/bacterial, even with all the treatments and baths.




She was thorough, she was problem solving, she was productive. She is seriously one of the best vets I have ever met..and I wish I could remember her name..in everything that was going on, her name slipped my mind..but when I find out, I'm going to send her flowers.




Dos came home with a slew of new meds, and a little treat from their lobby..and a better prognosis than before.


Oh...and, she is passing tapeworms now, the the wormer is working...which...is both gross and awesome...one ailment cured at a time, right? :)

It's easier to hide the medicine when it's chicken flavored

On another note, she has become very attached to us, and wants to follow us around and sit next to us all the time..she's learning to love and be loved in return.