Heart disease in guinea pig
Hi guys, I'm struggling a lot recently. These past couple months have been rough. Although Reuben had an echocardiogram in January that stated he was normal with no heart issues, beginning in end of March is when it began to go downhill.
I feel as his quality of life just drastically dropped. I've been really good with giving his medications and vet visits. But he's just declining more and more. He's on furosemide and pimobendan to help pump his heart and take the fluid out of his lungs. Unfortunately now since they raised the dosage for the furosemide, he's experiencing a lot of diarrhea causing me to have to skip a dose (per my vets suggestion) and now we're dropping the dose back to the original dosage. He's also on enalapril to help his heart pump as well and I have a constant humidifier going 24/7.
His breathing is hard, the vet said he's experiencing some pain so now we're starting gabapentin. He's on probiotics for the diarrhea and I've been giving him critial care every day twice a day after his medications to help.
I'm just so frustrated and sad for him. I don't know what to do anymore. I hate seeing him suffer. I don't want his life to end and I also don't want him suffering the rest of his life.
Kind words and suggestions are very much needed and appreciated 🩷