Cheshire Chestnut
Well-Known Member
In a nutshell, my 8 year old Welsh D has been diagnosed with fibrosis of the lung, an incurable disease. I'm heartbroken. Luckily I noticed something was very very wrong so it's been caught early and he's been in horsepital for 5 days and had lung biopsies, ultra sounds, chest X-rays and lots of other stuff in between. I've already had him on a nebuliser for 3 months but that just treated his upper lungs, leaving the lower lungs still in danger zone.
I now have the drugs, facts and determination to help him get better. We have 6 weeks to get this right. Steroids will reduce the severe inflammation in his lower lungs and hopefully slow down or stop the fibrosis from developing. Basically, I have to treat him like a severe COPD pony.
YO has been brilliant and I have a huge (20ft x 20ft) standalone stable for him which is open both ends, one onto a tiny postage stamp of a paddock. He can't have grass while he's on his initial steroids so I'm calling this paddock a 'sun terrace' to go with his massive airy bachelor pad
Any success stories out there please with severe COPD? Much appreciated, never had to deal with this before and feeling a bit scared. I can't afford to get it wrong with the way his lungs are, I need to get it all right first time.
I now have the drugs, facts and determination to help him get better. We have 6 weeks to get this right. Steroids will reduce the severe inflammation in his lower lungs and hopefully slow down or stop the fibrosis from developing. Basically, I have to treat him like a severe COPD pony.
YO has been brilliant and I have a huge (20ft x 20ft) standalone stable for him which is open both ends, one onto a tiny postage stamp of a paddock. He can't have grass while he's on his initial steroids so I'm calling this paddock a 'sun terrace' to go with his massive airy bachelor pad
Any success stories out there please with severe COPD? Much appreciated, never had to deal with this before and feeling a bit scared. I can't afford to get it wrong with the way his lungs are, I need to get it all right first time.