Vet report for Goldy
Apr. 6th, 2011 11:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gategrrlGoldy had an active, rough morning. I took him out for a ten minute exploratory walk of about 50 feet from our doorway, then lured him into the car with a biscuit so I could get him to his vet appointment.
Basically, he's doing fine. There's a "spike" in his kidney results, so the vet is having me scale back on a diuretic he's been taking every day, to every other day. And he's going from two steriod pills to one a day split in half for morning and evening. Once again the vet expressed his amazement at how well he's doing; dogs with hearts in this condition often don't last past 3 or 4 months of it. Goldy has lasted well over 19 months so far. He'll probably go from old age, not a heart attack.
Poor poochio is tired out. I heard him snoring in the back seat of the car as I pulled off the freeway. Right now he's splayed out in one of his usual spots in the computer room, on the earthware tiles, sound asleep.
Spring Break is coming up in 2 and a half weeks. For once, I'm glad the Guy is going to be working, because I really didn't feel right about sticking Goldy back in the vet kennel for a few days like we did last year. I think we'll do a staycation kind of thing, which honestly, I'm fine with.
Basically, he's doing fine. There's a "spike" in his kidney results, so the vet is having me scale back on a diuretic he's been taking every day, to every other day. And he's going from two steriod pills to one a day split in half for morning and evening. Once again the vet expressed his amazement at how well he's doing; dogs with hearts in this condition often don't last past 3 or 4 months of it. Goldy has lasted well over 19 months so far. He'll probably go from old age, not a heart attack.
Poor poochio is tired out. I heard him snoring in the back seat of the car as I pulled off the freeway. Right now he's splayed out in one of his usual spots in the computer room, on the earthware tiles, sound asleep.
Spring Break is coming up in 2 and a half weeks. For once, I'm glad the Guy is going to be working, because I really didn't feel right about sticking Goldy back in the vet kennel for a few days like we did last year. I think we'll do a staycation kind of thing, which honestly, I'm fine with.
