Thank you all for the good wishes for Misto!
He had his chest tap today. The vet got nearly 30 cc of air from his chest cavity, but his lung did not reinflate. Today's x-rays were a little more clear that yesterday's, though, and he does have some nodules visable on his lungs.
Our vet considered trying a laparoscopy to see if he could figure out what the nodules are (tumors? abscesses?), but he consulted with a doctor who is ever more of an exotics specialist, and he thought the procedure was too risky.
So, we are back to antibiotics and crossing our fingers...
Posted by Abita at July 21, 2005 07:49 PMWhat about an echo of his lungs. Might that show a bit more than an x-ray? A needle biopsy of one of the nodules? Those things where they stick a tube down your lungs--those are horrible for ppl even. I'm glad they didn't do that to Misto. :( I'm so sad.
Posted by: Eanna at July 22, 2005 11:54 AMOh, get better Misto...ratsie wishes to you
Posted by: Salsa, Pip, Fig, Jorje, Aeowen, Narnia, Josie at July 28, 2005 03:06 PM