Latest update on Skeeter

I just wanted to share this story about our Skeeter.

2 or 3 months ago Skeeter started having this cough. The first thing my husband said was he might have heartworms. Well I definitely didnt want to hear that.I knew that that automatically meant a death sentence for Skeeter. Plus I knew that it would be our fault. We did not do the heartworm preventative like we were supposed to. 

Skeeter has never really been anywhere. He is a yard dog. He's never been in a truck of car. But we decided we better take him to the Vet. Plus, we had spoken to our Vet and he said it sounded like heartworms but he said to bring him in anyway. He told us that heartworms no longer meant a death sentence for a dog. Oh and another symptom had developed, Skeeter's belly was getting big! Like maybe he was retaining fluid.

So we got Skeeter in the back of the truck. We decided I would ride in the back with him. We made it to the Vet's office and Skeeter did great! We took him inside and the Dr. looked him over and listened to his heart. He told us he was pretty sure Skeeter had heartworms, He said he could do a blood test, but he didnt think it was necessary. He said he wanted us to start giving Skeeter a water pill everyday. He said he wanted us to come back in 2 weeks and give him a report on how Skeeter was doing. 

The 2 weeks went by and Skeeter was doing GREAT!! He lost that water weight and he wasnt really coughing anymore. So my husband went to the Vet's office and gave him a report on Skeeter. He told him to keep giving Skeeter the water pill everyday and also he gave us a heartworm preventative that he said would kill any heartworms that Skeeter might have. 

So that was good news. We did have a small setback. For about a week and a half to 2 weeks Skeeter was NOT feeling well at all! He was mobile, he could "get around" but not too well. When I took this picture of Skeeter he was feeling GREAT!! He was looking good! He was full of energy!  Then he went thru this bad spell,,,,,when he wasnt feeling well at all. We never did know what was going on with him. We think he "might have" gotten 'bumped' by a car or a truck or a 4 wheeler or a dirt bike,,,,,,,Skeeter likes to "chase cars" I hate it!  

But anyway, this is where we are now,,,,,Skeeter is feeling better again. He is kind of coughing again. We are still giving him that water pill everyday. In a couple of days, it will be time to give him his second heartworm pill.