There’s still the lung nodule that showed up on her xrays that they’re trying to figure out. Nodule options – scar tissue, heartworm, fungal infection, or cancer.
Can’t test for heartworm till Monday. Can’t send in urine for fungal test till Monday and no results till Wednesday. Can’t ultrasound lungs to try and aspirate something to examine our ultrasound abdomen to look for other masses until she’s stable enough out of the oxygen to handle it.
She’s currently in the oxygen box, on fluids, and getting antibiotics for suspected pneumonia, bronchodilators, and I think steroids? She’s eating a bit. Tech said during our visit that the vet took her out of box after talking to me on phone & she did a bit better, which is good.
Keeping her on the oxygen and fluids is $1100/day. We can’t afford that until Wednesday, especially with the testing costs. Currently giving her until tomorrow to see if she can leave the oxygen or not. If she can, we can bring her home, I think, and go for the testing. If she can’t, we won’t be able to afford both daily support and testing so that we can find & fix the issue. Unless the vet can give us any other options, that’s the end.
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