Squirt - my Queen has crossed The Bridge

stopping by for beddy bye hugs for you and the pups


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Oh goodness Squirt!!!
Hope she just got something in her throat that irritated her, like a hair or something. Is she still coughing today?

Molly get a hair or something and acts like she is going to hack something up till it clears. Squirt is obviously much smarter than molly though, since she went to get a drink. I have to put water on my finger and then put it to mollys mouth to lick, then she's like "oh yea, water, good idea mom". Kids!!
LOL

Crossing fingers that it was nothing.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hoping your having a good sleep little Squirt!! She must have been pooped after all that coughing poor little mite. Will be looking out for the report of her night tomorrow. :)

Trish xxxxxxxxxxxxx

That is such a horrible sound, and the physical hacking that goes with it is awful so it's no wonder your mind starts going unwelcome places. I'm hopeful though that she had an irritation in her throat and it scratched it a little which is why it went for so long. I do know the cases I have seen of coughing related heart issues are not usually that forceful hacking style cough, usually just persistent little coughs and throat clearing. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it! :o

I do hope you all managed to get some sleep after that little episode and the vet says nothing to worry about today. Meanwhile hugs to you and smoochies to squirt.:D

Hi Leslie, make sure there's room in the truck for me this morning!

I don't have any answers for you, but I'll be riding shotgun regardless (or else holding Squirty on my lap, cuz I'll bet that's her seat that I'll be hogging...:))

Marianne

Thanks so much, ya'll. You know how this old panicky mom gets! :o:p Squirt will be happy to have you hold her, Marianne!

Squirt had a better night with only a few little episodes that passed quickly. Of course, Mom was immediately wide awake every time she moved, sitting up staring at her. :rolleyes:

I'll let ya'll know what Doc has to say this morning. Should be fun - all four are going in. It's time to get nails trimmed and it saves gas to take them all at the same time but it sure gets interesting with four dogs on leads held by a truly uncoordinated old broad. We are always good for a giggle or three, tho! :p

Hugs,
Leslie and Squirt

Im in for the ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D

I'll hang out with ya!

So funny Leslie, 4 dogs on a lead. I would be on the floor with the dogs on top, I do well to get my little doxie to the vet. I can't imagine trying to get four. Good Luck, hope all pups will be fine, especially Squirt. Lets hope she just irritated her throat and it will be fine soon. Love, JoAnne

I forget whether Squirt ever has problems with allergies? I just thought about that as a possibility. Last weekend, Luna had a really bad hacking episode sorta like you are describing -- was all hunched over hacking away and actually coughing up some mucous. The next morning her face and jowels were all swollen and we rushed in to the vet because by then we realized she was having a hyperacute allergic reaction to something (god knows what, since she has her face into everything everywhere in the yard and where we walk). We gave her benadryl and the vet gave her a steroid shot, and within a few hours she was fine again. But periodically she does do a hacking routine and now I wonder whether maybe that's what's been going on and typically it just doesn't end up being as severe as last weekend...

Great minds, Marianne! ;):D I had just had the same thought as we were getting ready. And Doc thinks that is what we are dealing with as well.

Heart is GOOD! :cool::cool::cool: Lungs are clear! :cool::cool::cool:

I was talking to myself all the way there - "do not lose it if he says this is her heart...do not lose it if..." And when he said her heart was good, I teared up anyway. :o:)

With the recent elevation in the eosinophils, which can indicate an allergic reaction, Doc is leaning toward allergies. Her eyes have gotten very watery over the last few months but other than that, the night time cough is the only sign I have noticed that may be allergy connected. Admittedly, I don't know a great deal about allergies so I guess we are off on another learning adventure, huh? ;)

Now to figure out why she would have this reaction only at night. A few years ago, my doc told me I had allergies and put me on Flonase. That lasted about 2 days and I threw it away. Didn't help and made my nose bleed. :eek: For as long as I can remember, my sinuses stop up at night and only at night. But I just can't accept that I have an allergy to darkness! :rolleyes: Now it appears Squirt is having the same reaction. :confused: Could an allergy to darkness be contagious?!? :p:D:p

Seriously tho, one thought did occur to me as Connie, one of the techs, and I were talking about this. During the day I smoke either in my bedroom or outside weather permitting and Squirt has the whole house to roam in. But at night she is in the bed with me and I am smoking. So there is one possibility. I am working on quitting by using an herbal smoke mix but this nite coughing started prior to the herbal smoke mix so I don't really think that is a factor. I wonder about the detergents I use and if residues from those could be causing her reaction. When she is in bed is about the only time she is in contact with fabrics that have been through the washer. So there's another thought. Diet was the first thing I thought of, naturally :D, and since she has been eating basically the same thing for nearly 4 years, it is entirely possible she has developed an allergy to one or more of those ingredients. However, why wouldn't she react after each meal instead of only at night if is connected to the feed? ahhhh...so many questions, so few answers. Somehow that seems normal, tho. ;):p

Thank you all for riding with us! Hope you enjoyed the scenery and I didn't scare you too badly when I went off the road for a second there. I did sling my arm out to catch you, Marianne. :p

Hugs,
a very relieved mom and her Queen