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Hi ladies, I may be mia for a day or two, or at least not on as much. Last night, we rushed Molly, one our 3 dogs, to the ER vet. Her breathing became extremely labored....much more than usual. She has a pretty bad heart murmur, and has been starting to show signs of heart failure, but nothing bad until last night. We grabbed her and ran to the car, hopped in and sped to the hospital-luckily only 5 min away. In the car she started gasping and missing breaths.
P barely slowed down when I jumped out with her. They got her on oxygen right away. Paperwork, paperwork, then the vet came back, said she was in pretty bad shape, her heart was starting to fail. They put her on Lasix to get rid of some of the fluid. Everytime she took a breath you coul hear the junk rattling around in her lungs. The vet said she could hear some fluid on one side, which meant that it was partially filled, but she heard nothing on the other side, meaning it was likely totally full. Esentially she is runnimg on a bad hear and 1/2 lung. They needed to do xray, but she wasnt stable enough last night. We got to say goodbye to her throuhh her glass cage (sealed for oxygen administration), and went home.
I was/am a wreck. I was sick to my tummy last night, we got home, I tried to sleep, but was up every hour or so. They were to call at 630am with update, and they just did. She is a little better, still on full oxygen, they had to give her lasix every 2 hours (thats a lot). She is not out of the woods yet. She is there indefinetly right now...they need to get her weaned off the heavy lasix and oxygen.
she is old and sick, and we know that, but its never easy. I have had her since she was 8 wks old, and will be crushed when it is her time. I dont know how this will turn out, but please keep little Molly in your thoughts...
I am sorry if I am a bad host for a day or two, but on top of this, I am getting more side effects from the meds, and DH leaves tomorrow for 3 days...leaving me with all this on my own. I will try and be around, but pls understand if I am not
Saying a prayer for Molly and one for you for strength
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Molly is in my T&Ps. Thanks for the continued updates on fb.
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Me (33)-LP on the short side, but no other abnormalities
DH (37)-slightly subfertile morphology and motility
Natural cycles-August 2011-July 2012
August 2012-October 2012 clomid and progesterone
November 2012-IUI
December 2012, cysts from IUI, on bcp
January 2013-February 2013, long protocol IVF
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All 7 made it to 5 day transfer, 2 were transferred
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She will be in my t&ps. I am so sorry you and her have to go through this. If you need to chat, you know how to find me and don't worry, I got your back for hosting. Take all the time you need.
Thanks everyone. No update yet, waiting for the vet to call. I am headed to RE for us/bw right now, and will *try* and post an update later/check in on everyone (SO sorry I've been a bad hostess!)....
You have NOT been a bad hostess!!! Your baby is sick and needs you. Plus, Dawn is doing a great job hosting alone (not that you are not missed! ). Don't worry about us, we all understand! My T&Ps are still with you and her!
__________________ TTCing since August 2011
Me (33)-LP on the short side, but no other abnormalities
DH (37)-slightly subfertile morphology and motility
Natural cycles-August 2011-July 2012
August 2012-October 2012 clomid and progesterone
November 2012-IUI
December 2012, cysts from IUI, on bcp
January 2013-February 2013, long protocol IVF
15 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, 7 fertilized with ICSI
All 7 made it to 5 day transfer, 2 were transferred
Only 1 frozen snowbaby
1st IVF
Thank you everyone....just chking in from my phone quick, waiting for Molly update from DH (he talked to vet), but he is in a security line at the airport. Just left RE, all good news. Will post update a little later, once I fig out what we are doing with Molly. Thx again for understanding
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