06/21/2023
It's been 11 amazing years with Persia so far. She came to me at 5 months old, was spayed at 6 months, and has been the best companion and most over-the-top fabulous dog I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.
Persia has developed a sort of clearing of her throat and an occasional cough, her voice is raspy and sounds like her throat is full of phlegm. It's been like that for a month now. After a vet visit, she was put on prednisone for a few days to see if her symptoms were from her allergies before we delve into other more ominous reasons.
So the prednisone did nothing for her, in fact, the condition worsened while she was on the meds. Our next thing is to knock her out and look at her throat for a possible foxtail or infection. If those possible causes are eliminated, then the Veterinarian will look at her heart and of course at her age... So I'm hoping for irritation in the throat that we can address.
If not we will go hunting for congestive heart issues and hope to rule them out.
As it stands if she has heart problems I'm hoping we still have two to three years together. If she kicks whatever this is, she could possibly get another 5 -7 years with me.
Either way, I think she'll be my last dog.
