They became the best of friends until our older one got sick. Xena( our older dachshund) had to make the journey across the rainbow bridge.
Buster was grieving as much as we were. We decided to rescue another dachshund. Jilly then came into our lives. Jilly and Buster became BFFs and still are. a few years later we adopted Baxter. you can read about Baxter and his IVDD recovery in other blog posts.
So here we are one big happy family. Then Buster was diagnosed with a heart murmur. The Vet found it on a routine yearly exam. It was not bad at first and did not require medication.
We take Buster every year for his yearly check up. The heart murmur stayed the same for quite a while until one visit it was more. It had become time to start medication. We started medication and had an echocardiogram done. We started on a low dose of medication then as things have progressed it has gone up.
Little Buster is now in congestive heart failure and on two different
heart medications and lasix for fluid build up.
He has good days and bad days.
we make sure he has air conditioning and he has a humidifier. His vet is terrific and Buster loves her. Little Buster has had one fainting episode and gets winded very easily. No more full out running. His best friend Jilly snuggles with him every night. Baxter is always near as well.
Buster is a very happy little dog. We are looking at buying him a pet stroller so he can sit in it outside.
he loves being outside and just enjoying the nice weather.
Thanks for reading.... Hug your puppies.........<3
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