Amy and I have been on vacation for the past 4 days. When we got home last night we found our 70lb lil nugget not feeling so good. He got out of his kennel with his lil head tucked down and vomited some clear liquid almost immediately. Then I found multiple spots in his kennel. He was having some trouble breathing also. He wouldn't lay down and his lil muzzle was flaring. He was fine that morning, eating all his meal and taking his pill without problem, according to our house sitter. So at 1130 last night we decided to take him to the emergency clinic. When we got there Hines was clearly in distress. After explaining to them his heart condition they took him back for xrays and blood work. After seeing the results of the chest xray the vet suspected pulmonary edema and gave him a dose of IV Lasix. She then put him on an oxygen mask because he was showing signs of hypoxia. Also his white blood cell count was elevated and he had a low grade temp indicating that there is some sort of underlying infection. Possibly pneumonia. They gave him an antibiotic injection, something to help his cough, and decided to keep him overnight for observation.
