(March 5, 2025 at 7:31 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: He's back home. They said he definitely has arthritis, but more worrisome is a pretty bad heart murmur, for which we have an appointment next week. Until then, they've prescribed bed-rest, and gabapentin and a steroid.
ETA: The back swelling is, we're told, a fatty deposit and nothing more.
I feel for you on the heart murmur issue. The breed of dogs I have are prone to that. Karm lived a long time after hers was diagnosed and now Quinn has had one detected that we will monitor. Hopefully Blacky can get along for a while...controlling his arthritis discomfort should help. Poor little guy.