is going to die and then she lives another six months. She is the energizer bunny. A few years ago she had a mouth infection and I asked the vet to remove all her teeth - I said she was 14 and if the rest of her teeth rotted in two years, there would be nothing we could do. He said as it stood she only had about a 50/50 chance of coming out of the anesthesia, and he would prefer not to keep her under longer than he had to; he then told me not to worry about the rest of her teeth because she wouldn't live another two years. (She has lived another three years).
Last summer the vet gave her minutes to weeks and said that she could literally drop at any second with no further warning; he said that I could medicate her, but whether I decided to treat her or not her life expectancy was short. This has given my roommate months of anxiety - she dreads being alone with the dog in case she dies and she has to call and tell me she died. She has a very enlarged heart. In the x-ray you can see it pressing up against her throat and down against the bottom of the ribcage. We've been managing pretty well with medication since last august; although apparently the condition is rare for little dogs. I have to take the smallest pills and cut them into 6 for her dosage.
I think today or tomorrow might be the day. She has stopped taking her medication. Part of her condition means I need to avoid stress; with another dog I might just shove it into their mouth and blow on their face until they swallow. If I try this with her she faints and can barely function the rest of the day. Doing that to her twice in one day likely would just kill her on its own. I've tried wrapping it in peanut butter, cheese, a ball of dog food and a taurine supplement that my ferrets used to love. Cheese is her favourite food. She has just decided that she doesn't like the meds any more and she will not eat them. It's been several days. No resolution in sight. She's all "I don't care if I get dizzy when I stand up to pee, I am not taking your drugs". I've been giving her Rescue Remedy and Valerian to try to keep the anxiety down, but the breathing is getting harder again and she is just refusing to be treated. I have no idea what is going on in her brain. But I think today or tomorrow could be her last day. Of course, I've said that before and she just... kept going. So maybe she will this time too and just decide to take her pills tomorrow.
I have no point. I'm just sharing.



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