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To: Altariel
That is so sad. I have a 14yr old Yorkie(Misty)that has been in a lot of stress so I took her to a new Vet yesterday because my old one wasn't doing anything for her. They x-rayed her and took blood then brought her out to me to take home. When they handed her to me I saw her tongue was blue and then she went into cardiac arrest. They grabbed her back out of my arms and said "Lets get her on oxygen." The Vet said her heart had stopped, but they got her revived in a matter of seconds.

They don't have overnight people there but there is the emergency clinic next door so they transferred her there and put her in their oxygen chamber and started her on Lasix and heart medication,(Pimdoendain) and Viagra (which was first invented for the heart) When I went to see her this morning she is doing so much better and if when they wean her off the oxygen her levels stay up I will get to bring her home.

I can understand in a way why people HAVE to surrender an older dog that is having health problems. So far this has cost me $1300 and that does not include what today will cost. The Viagra was $196 for 10 pills that I had to rush to the pharmacy to get for them, because they don't have it at the clinic. I told her this morning I hope they can find something else to help her because I can't afford that expense to continue. I love my little Misty terribly but there will come a time when we will no longer to be able to keep her going. Today isn't that day though. Thank God.

48 posted on 12/12/2015 10:09:04 AM PST by Spunky
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To: Spunky

Viagra for a dog? Female dog? Please explain.


55 posted on 12/12/2015 10:18:01 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Spunky

Our dog’s tongue changes color throughout the day. The vet told us her heart is strong and functioning normally but some dog’s tongues just do that.


60 posted on 12/12/2015 10:22:01 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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