Heart Issues

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My baby Oscar(Chihuahua) has become an old man He started coughing a couple weeks ago. It was just an occaisional cough, and it started when a front came through; so, I thought it was just allergies; he IS a Chihuahua. It started to get more frequent and harder, so I called my vet. It was Friday and he couldn't see him until Monday. I live in a small town with only one vet, and he has to make a lot of farm calls. Well, he got to the vet today and was examined. It turns out he has heart congestion. Now, he has to be on lasix, a heart pill, and a salt free diet. Thank God for modern veterinary medicine. The funny thing is, today, we had to take my grandmother to the doctor and they took her OFF of lasix Go figure, we take one old mammal off of one medicine and then have to put another one on the same thing He is already doing better. He's pee'd a lot and not coughing as hard. He's a little trooper