Open Question: Female dog-lumps, cough, stiff legs?
For a long time, my little girl (dog) has had a cough kind of thing, accompanied by lumps on her nipples, we didn’t thing anything of it, but earlier this year, one day she woke up really poorly, wouldn’t eat, drink, couldn’t walk, her legs were stiff, constant cough bringing up mucus, needless to say, i was preparing for her death. We booked her an appointment at the vets, he told us the lumps on her nipples were nothing to worry about, but we should keep an eye on them, and he gave her a jab and some antibiotics, and told us she has a heart murmur, and some sort of lung infection. As soon as she had the injection, she was right as rain, it was like a miracle.
All went well for a week or so, then she relapsed, out of the blue she was unable to move, etc, so we took her to the vet that night, and he gave her another jab in the back. For a couple of weeks, she was fine, then once again, back to square one.
She was doing fine for a few months, apart from the cough, etc, she was active, eating well, playful, almost like a puppy again (she is nearly 9 years old now). Last week she had a mini relapse, we was going to take her to the vets, but it was 10pm at night and we would have to take her in the morning, however she was fine once she had had a drink.
Yesterday she was poorly again, shes better now though, so im wondering, why does the injections.tablets only give her a quick fix, has he got the diagnosis wrong? A quick reminder of her symptoms:
Coughing, sometimes with snot (sorry that sounds abit yuck but that’s how it is :/) this happens alot.
Limping/stiff legs (only when she has a relapse)
Lumps on her nipples abit 5 in total, quite large.
I’m wondering if the reason her legs are stiff is that the lumps are causing her some discomfort?
Sorry this is a long ish post, thanks for any replies!!

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:31:26 GMT
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