Leslie/Patti - Emma my vet said going on the symptoms it sounded heart related, but his heart sounded healthyish to hear taking into account his murmour, she said it didn,t sound any worse, but off course it may well be worse. She was concerned that he was walking funny really uncomfortable looking and we both thought he was in pain, she couldn,t feel anything obvious on his abdomen when she examined him.

This collapse was so like the last, only I actually knew it was going to happen before it did, as he was lying on the floor, stood up looked at me and put his head down, not sure why but I knew he was going to go, so I stood behind him, talking quietly to him and sure enough down he went on his right side, I was very calm and waited till he came round. The last time this happened he was up on his feet in about 10 mins afterwards, but he couldn,t get up this time, so I tried scooping him up but he nipped my arm, Craig told me to let him "come to" in his own time as he didn,t need anymore stress. It took him about an hour to stand and another 30 mins to get down the stairs and into the car as he could barely walk. It felt like the longest time sitting there with him on the floor willing him to get up. I tried to be upbeat and positive when I was sitting with him, telling him funny stories but inside I was crying "get up woody" Sorry I,ve gone all mordally. The vet thinks other possibilities is that the tumour is now causing him pain, and may be causing the collapse, as it could have went to the heart or even the brain. Woody is due at the hospital on Wednesday for a scan and to get an ECG done, but I will speak with them tomorrow to see if this is still safe, as woody will need sedated and that is worrying me now.

Thank you all so much for the hand holding I can,t tell you what it means as I,m scared, really scared but he,s a little fighter and I hope he can fight on some more. Emma my vet calls him The Legend as she thinks he is a legend to go through all this and still wag his tail, but even she said tonight he didn,t look good.