Now Bronchitis
Bulldogs World Forum Archives
These archives contain a copy of the contents of the old Bulldogs World Forum for reference purposes.Posting is disabled in the archives.
Click here to visit the active Bulldog Forum
Now Bronchitis
Submitted by MelissaLamb on April 21, 2010 - 12:08amMy poor Lola, with all she has had to go through in the past month, now has bronchitis. She has no nasal discharge. We caught it yesterday at a recheck at the vet - he was concerned with her breathing not returning to normal as was I, listened to heart/lungs at each visit, but this time heard congestion so did a chest x-ray. She has some fluid in lungs/bronchitis. Since the wknd she would get winded very quickly. Previously we assumed the shallow breathing was a pain response due to gastric torsion/bloat and subsequent sx, followed by gi bleeding ulcers. I want to make sure we are doing everything possible for her. She is on sucralfate for ulcers, once daily antibiotic injections (excenel-1ml) and 40 mg novosemide 2x daily to flush out fluid. With the search I have done on here I am very concerned with the seriousness of this for bullies....what more can I do? Should I expect a slow recovery rate, if so how long? I just desperately want her to feel better again and want to make sure we are on the right path. She doesn't deserve to have gone through so much!
Also, about ulcers
Someone told me to drink about 2 oz of aloe vera juice a day to help cure ulcers. I don't know if it's ok to use on dogs of not but if you are interested, you can contact your Vet.
<a
Also, about ulcers
Someone told me to drink about 2 oz of aloe vera juice a day to help cure ulcers. I don't know if it's ok to use on dogs of not but if you are interested, you can contact your Vet.
<a
It takes awhile for them to recover
Morgan had bronchitis about 2 years ago. She became very sick very quickly. One thing that helped her was shots of albuterol. I had to take her to the Vet several times and changed her antibiotics a few times before we found the right combo of drugs. We finally used injectible ab's. Also, we used a vick's vaporizer to help her breathing.
<a
It takes awhile for them to recover
Morgan had bronchitis about 2 years ago. She became very sick very quickly. One thing that helped her was shots of albuterol. I had to take her to the Vet several times and changed her antibiotics a few times before we found the right combo of drugs. We finally used injectible ab's. Also, we used a vick's vaporizer to help her breathing.
<a
Most of the supportive, nursing care is common sense items.
Keep her away from drafts. This doesn't mean you can't keep a/c on or even a fan in the room, just be sure its not pointed directly at her.
Although she may be sleeping more as healing is tiring, be sure she does get up and takes a few steps every couple hours, to make sure she gets good chest/lung expansion and is able to cough up any discharge...lying down doesn't promote this.
See that she is taking in several smaller meals. Labored breathing usually causes reduced appetite and again you can make things easier for her with 4 smaller meals, even if you have to feed a scrambled egg for one of those meals...trying to get her to eat. If she won't drink, you may need to syringe water into her (between cheek and gums). Water is needed to digest food, keep even body temperature, and flush out waste from the medications she's taking.
Keep watch on her temperature. It may be elevated with all her other healing needs but if it goes above 103, let your vet know! You can probably take it twice a day, AM and PM, unless you have higher concerns.
Sending hugs to this little patient.
Most of the supportive, nursing care is common sense items.
Keep her away from drafts. This doesn't mean you can't keep a/c on or even a fan in the room, just be sure its not pointed directly at her.
Although she may be sleeping more as healing is tiring, be sure she does get up and takes a few steps every couple hours, to make sure she gets good chest/lung expansion and is able to cough up any discharge...lying down doesn't promote this.
See that she is taking in several smaller meals. Labored breathing usually causes reduced appetite and again you can make things easier for her with 4 smaller meals, even if you have to feed a scrambled egg for one of those meals...trying to get her to eat. If she won't drink, you may need to syringe water into her (between cheek and gums). Water is needed to digest food, keep even body temperature, and flush out waste from the medications she's taking.
Keep watch on her temperature. It may be elevated with all her other healing needs but if it goes above 103, let your vet know! You can probably take it twice a day, AM and PM, unless you have higher concerns.
Sending hugs to this little patient.