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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Well, I’m depressed. And so is Dexter. Our beloved Leia Round isn’t home where she belongs. Since Christmas or so she’s been having some intermittent coughing/hacking episodes, but the vet was unable to get a handle on it. We did x-rays, nothing showed, so we did some good general antibiotics, and she’d get better, and the it would come back. Well, Thursday night it was back with a vengeance. She wouldn’t eat breathing was short, panting, labored. She wouldn’t get up to walk (but if I helped her to her feet she walked okay) – well beyond her normal level of lethargy. It was too late in the day to get her in then, so I got her to the vet Friday morning. This time the x-rays showed a large amount of fluid in the lungs. Beyond that it was unclear. But we are pretty sure it’s congestive heart failure. They did blood work to check for anything else and only found a mild infection. So she’s been hooked up to an IV to keep her hydrated, and on antibiotics again for the infection, and diuretics to reduce the fluid in the lungs. Saturday’s report was a second x-ray that shows some reduction in the fluids, but also showed the possibility that there is a mass in there that the fluid was hiding the first time. However, she was eating a little, and walked outside on her own (short distance so they wouldn’t fatigue her). Today when we talked we felt that another x-ray was premature. We know she’s improving, and more time was needed. She’s showing interest in what’s going on around her, brighter eyes, tail is up (instead of drooping) when she goes outside for potty breaks. So tomorrow they’ll take another x-ray and we’ll see how things are proceeding. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t post often anymore because things have been so good with Dexter and Leia for the last couple years. But I needed to unwind – this really has stressed me out. And of course, I’m hoping that there’s some extra drool available to be flung our way. Dexters trying as hard as he can, but he’s not very productive. Although he did just drool all over the lap of someone who dropped by. I got the visitor a towel to soak it up. She didn’t seem too bothered <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyway, I’ve got to get back Dexter – he really wants to be in my lap, but I can’t handle him and the laptop computer at the same time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tim ‘n Puppies<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>