*sighs*

So bun had a scare a week or so ago and stopped eating but he’s eating now, likely because we adjusted his opioid dosage. Not great/eating everything but he’s sustaining on vegetables and hay. Will have additional recovery food to try to see if he’ll eat them more. I’m hoping if he eats more, he’ll build his immune system more.

The breathing issue… There’s been ups and downs and I think the reason he’s something improving is not really real improvement, but just less stress. Additionally, when it gets colder, I’ve noticed the breathing noise gets worse – understandable as passages are probably slightly more narrow when it’s colder/not as relaxed as warmer and cold air being more irritating. My vets seem out of ideas since there doesn’t seem like much more diagnostics for him at his condition; we have seen everyone at the practice and they have consulted others too.

I’d really like to help bun keep fighting as he’s trying so hard and in good spirits considering. I’m thinking of asking if there’s different antibiotics to try but I’m not sure what else to ask for. He’s on baytril and had a pen g shot a week ago ish. The problem is also, when I take him in, understandably, he’s more stressed so his breathing gets worse (or I’d take him in for more pen g shots, he maybe did a bit better afterwards? maybe???). 7 yrs ago or so I took him to one of the best university hospitals for emergency surgery but I don’t think he can make that drive and I had asked my vets if that’d be helpful/they’d have any additional resources and didn’t think there’d be much more.