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URGENT- I need some pet advice. please. please.
4 years ago
please read! i really need advice. i have nobody to confine in and not sugar coat this for me, and you guys have always been there for me through everything ;-; some of you may even have experience with this.
so it’s currently 8:40 AM, i get to bed around 4-5AM every night, just my work schedule and my flow for the past few months.
i have a dog named charlie that i have had for 10 years, he is an offspring of two old dogs we have (his mother is deceased, father is still alive). his father is only a year or two older than him and he does the same thing. Charlie’s a chihuahua and a poodle mix.
i just got woken up, and he freaked the actual living hell out of me because he made a wheezing cough, went completely limp stretched out, and pissed himself. he has never done this ever.
he has been having breathing problems, gets winded easily if he gets too hyped up, has random cough attacks where he tries to throw up but nothin comes out or if it does it’s brownish like bile, and he also “bobs” his head back and forth whenever he breathes. the night before last too he just laid down on my carpet and went completely limp and started breathing heavily. it’s scaring me a lot because he’s progressively getting worse
my honest opinion is i think he has heart disease/heart failure. but my family (especially my dad) loves to say “oh it’s just his stomach” “he’s just tired” but NO. i refuse to accept that. he has changed as of like 4-5 months ago. he was not like this during christmas. this is why i need your guys help so bad.
my family also i hate to say it, always had animals and never took them to the vet. i have never been stable enough to change that. we have never lived comfortably enough to be able to do the things you need to do with animals but it’s not my fault. i have treated charlie like my child. he is my life. i cannot lose him. im not ready for him to go.
anyone who knows me, knows my baby is my life. this dog has been with me since i was 9 years old. he has literally grown up with me. if i can prevent him from dying a slow, painful death, and have him a few more years damn it i will do everything in my power to make sure that does happen.
so, what do you guys think? i need all the advice i can get as far as my verdict, what i should do..so lay it on me... i have no clue how much anything will cost when it comes to vet visits and treatment, but if i get myself into the hole for the next few months getting him okay i have to.. i don’t want to see him go like this...
i will answer whatever comments/concerns you might have, i am a bit tired and just stunned so i may have not fit everything i needed to in here.. im looking to act very fast with this (within the next few days)
right now he just got up for the first time since the attack (roughly 15 mins after) and he’s cleaning lower half of his self all over
One of my cats had a blocked urethera and his bladder was about to pop. I took him in and got him treated THAT SAME DAY. It cost $2K, but I did it anyway.
okay thank youu for your advice! that’s what im thinking, i just don’t have anybody home right now im on the phone with my grandma and she’s helping me out.. i don’t have much money right now and ill be covering it solely by myself, this is my only income so it’s so difficult for me...and goshhh, we’re they willing to work with you? like allow you to pay in payments? that’s the only thing im worried about is i can get him checked out, but not able to pay for treatment
oh gosh, yeahhh im worried ;v; i spent all morning looking up vets and the costs of everything, and if he does have heart problems and needs an ekg that can run me up to 200 alone x.x
i scheduled him thankfully for a vet hospital right by me, for monday bc they were booked for the weekend.. he’s had one more mini attack since this about an hour after and i sprung into action thankfully to get him checked into this vet
thank you so much for the advice, i will be updating my journals with his diagnosis and what ends up happening, i am literally eagerly waiting until then ugh ugh ;-;
oh gosh i am so sorry ;-; it’s so difficult, our fur babies mean everything..is your baby okay? does it affect them to where they have to like take stuff the rest of their life? and thank you so much for the help overall i appreciate it more than i can ever say ❤️I hope some people see my journal! I got my cheque in so I'll be sending what I can once I get my bills paid.
oh gosh wow, that’s so weird, I literally never knew they had dermatologists for dogs hahah the more you know! that’s good you got it figured out, poor baby boy ;; and gosh, you’re so sweet thank you thank you ;-; ❤️ imma be in touch w you this weekend again via notes, im planning something for all donators and those who help out ^_^It's all good! Like I've said, I've been through these bills and even with insurance, it's a lot. I hope enough people see the fund me and you can get enough.