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- mantrakid0
Just wanted to give you dudes an update, since I appreciate all who took time to add their wisdom and experiences.
We brought dora to the cardiologist in Vancouver, thinking we couldnt afford a pacemaker but we could find out how to at least make her last weeks more comfortable / less painful for her (if she was in pain). Cardiologist said based on the tests we had done that he wants to test a few more things because he thought it wasnt her heart at all that was the problem, but her heart stopping was basically a 'result' of other medical issues she was having. So he tested it up and said yea, it's looking that way, so have some more tests done back home to see if it's Addisons Disease again (what our vet originally thought it was, but he tested for it and it was negative).
We ended up getting a couple more small tests to get us 90% sure that it was her chemistry fucking up, but instead of paying another $400 to see if she had Addisons disease, we decided to just start treating her for it since the treatment was meds that basically would stabilize her chemistry, which we knew was fucked up from tests that confirmed it. well, after a couple weeks of taking these meds, she was pretty much 100% back to normal. She hasn't had an attack since (its been a couple months now) and is basically just like she always was before shit started to hit the fan.
We were basically saying our goodbyes to her, thinking she would be toast within a day or 3 and now its like the whole 4 months of emotional hell and stress never even happened. Insane man.. insane..
Thanks again for all your support and insight guys. You will be happy to know you played a part in saving a cute little dogs life.