THIS WAS SENT TO US BY A FELLOW DEERHOUND CLUB MEMBER AND THEY THOUGHT IT MAY BE UISEFUL IF FACED WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM, THANK YOU. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background
Until the operation to spay our dog there was no previous
history of breathing difficulties. Detail 05/10/06. Spayed in morning collected in late afternoon & everything o.k. 07/10/06. Post op Checkup o.k. 14/10/06. Stitches removed. First sign of Breathing difficulties. 17/10/06. Picked dog up mid day. Synulox Injection, 5 day Course of oral antibiotics (Noroclav tablets 500mg 2 daily ) 20/10/06. Dog sick several times in morning. Vet 15:00. Temperature normal. Oral Antepsin suspension given. 13/11/06. 21:00 Shallow breathing, Gagging, distressed. Temperature 39.4. Phoned vet who advised monitor temp. Temperature returned to normal. 30/11/06 16:30 Shallow breathing, Gagging, Temperature normal. 01/12/06. Vet. Examined nothing found. 14 day Course of oral antibiotics (Noroclav tablets 500mg 2 daily). 26/12/06 09:30. Shallow breathing, Temperature 40.1. Vet 11:00 Temperature normal. Try different antibiotic. 7 day course of antibiotics (Marbocyl 80 mg 1 daily). 01/03/07 Occasional gagging but not breathless during March, Temperature normal. 01/04/07 Occasional gagging but not breathless during April, Temperature normal. 26/04/07 06:30. Shallow breathing, Gagging, Temp 40. Vet consulted. 21 day course of antibiotics (Marbocyl 80 mg 1 daily). 30/05/07 Occasional gagging, no temperature. 22/06/07 Occasional gagging, no temperature. 11/07/07 Occasional gagging, Temperature 39.4. Temperature normal within an hour. 13/08/07 Shallow Breathing, Temperature 39.2. 7 day course of antibiotics (Marbocyl 80 mg 1 daily) started. No food taken. 14/09/07 Eat morning meal. Temperature 40.1. Spoke to Vet. Temp starting to go down as antibiotics took effect. 15/09/07 Very subdued all day. No food taken. Temperature 38.7 16/09/07 Dog sick several times in morning. Vet 15:00. Temperature normal. Oral Antepsin suspension given. Agreed with vet that a referral to a specialist Veterinary centre was the next step and this was to be arranged for the coming week. No food taken all day. 17/09/07 In evening went for short walk and ate a light meal. 18/09/07 09:30 Went for short walk. 11:00 sudden deteriation
in condition with shallow breathing & unsteady on feet. 11:45 Vet
examined and for the first time could detect problem with lungs. 19/09/07 00:30 Received phone call from Vet. Our dogs condition had deteriated again during the evening and despite them spending several hours trying to save her the dogs lungs were leaking into the chest cavity and there was nothing else they felt they could do. I gave them permission to not bring her round from the anesthetic. In conclusion. The specialist thought that our vets had applied the correct antibiotics but not in sufficient quantities or for a long enough period. This particular form of pneumonia can be very difficult to detect . As we live some distance from our nearest vet the symptoms had become less severe by the time we got there. As our dog had been perfectly well up to her being spayed the most likely cause of the pneumonia would seem to be post-surgical aspiration pneumonia. A search on the internet should find you information on this. Pneumonia in Wolfhounds will also return several useful sites. |