Dear Naomi,

It sounds as though you know exactly what I am going through and I wanted to thank you for responding to my post. Right now I am so very very frightened that I am losing this battle and I find that I am so angry at the fact that no-one can tell me why it is happening, even more so that I am the mum, who is supposed to protect her and make her feel better. But I can't and I feel so helpless and frstrated. We are now finishing week seven of dealing with this with the chest taps happening every four days with an average of 135cc's of fluid being taken each time. The Rutin is being administered 3x/dy but I am having doubts whether or not it's of any good. I originally saw a surgeon regarding her condition but she was very doubtful that it would be an answer for my Band, like yourself telling me that there was only a 50% chance that it would work, or that it might come back in time. Also it sounded like such a horrific ordeal to put my Bandit through knowing it might not work at all. Also like yourself it would be a huge expense and I really don't know where I would find the money. As it is I am having problems keeping up with the costs, but thankfully I spoke with my vet today and she is willing to basically start tabbing me and letting me pay when I can. I have been with her for so long that she trusts me and for that I am thankful. I'm really scared right now that I am going to loose my little girl and it's become so overwhelming I'm not sure what to do or where to turn next. It looks as though next week following one of her chest taps we are going to do another unltrasound just so I can again see and know that we haven't missed something inside. I am very doubtful that we will find anything, but as I said before, I am at a loss of what to do and I sense that I am losing this battle. Any advice, referrals or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I sense that time is of the essence and I am quickly running out.
All my best and thank you again.
~Amanda