20:42:54 Thu
Jul 9 2009
| Bad News |
As I said in the other thread Gixer stayed at the vets last night - we went to pick him up this afternoon. The vet needed to talk to us.
the good news..... the beta blocker is doing it's job now and regulating his heart beat nicely so we seem to have the levels right
the bad news.... The Cardiomyopathy has worsened. Gixer's heart has got bigger. The vet is quite surprised as it has enlarged so quickly in 5 months. This obviously means Gixer's outlook is very poor. He has prescribed a drug to make Gixer's heart work more efficiently with less effort and we have to go back again in 3 weeks.
Needless to say we are gutted
I'm struggling even writing this. We have been told to let him live his life to the full and not to stop him from exercise and enjoying himself as he will hate it. On the plus side he's not showing signs of heart failure - yet. We have decided to carry on as normal letting him do his thing- we will know if he needs to take it easy. the vet said he is a fantastic dog who is brilliant to work with. they kept him in reception behind the desk all afternoon!
As gix loves life he will continue to do so until he can't really don't know how long - it could be a few years - or more - or less.
As you can imagine I disgraced myself and broke down at the vets - everyone was looking at me then Gix burst in to see us looking right as rain I did get some funny looks as he looks completely healthy and there's me blubbing !!
ANy wayI'll keep you all updated as we go....
. He caused everyone to laugh at agility as he was bouncing everywhere, he's been playing with my great neices, and play fighting with Brett which he hasn't done for ages. I know he;s feeling better as he's nicking things out of the waste paper bin and he pinched the bathsponge and shredded it on the stairs!!!!