Wednesday, August 7, 2013

The Cough - Part I

In an effort to get to the bottom of Luna's cough, we made an appointment with the specialist to have further tests done. We know from Solsey that there isn't a lot you can do with a collapsing trachea, but Luna's cough and symptoms have been different enough that we aren't 100% sure that Luna's cough is caused solely by a collapsed trachea. In addition, the number of medications that Luna is on to control her cough seems unreasonable for the results that we are seeing. In short, for as much meds as Luna is on we feel like we should see better results if we were treating her for the right thing.

Sol had the classic goose honk type of cough that was associated with a collapsed trachea. Her condition didn't fluctuate much. Sure, some days were better than others, but the cough was there no matter what and it was the same type of cough. Luna is all over the map and her cough is more like a gagging than a goose honk. The thing that concerns me the most is Luna has a lot of mucus. Sol never had any mucus.

So, we set off to the specialist to see if they could help us figure out what is going on with Luna. I'll let you know about our visit to the "special" vet tomorrow.