Hi All,
This is my first post here. My daughter's Golden "Joey" started sneezing and making a snuffling sound last May. He also was sometimes spraying spots of blood when sneezing. He was referred to a specialist due to the need for specialized equipment for diagnosis. At first they thought nasal cancer but after scoping and a biopsy, it was determined that he had benign nasal polyps. The Vet. did a saline flush and put him on a short course of antibiotics, benydryl and anti-inflammatories. He seemed fine for a while but in late November he began to sneeze again but with no blood.
Back to the specialist who put him on the anti-inflammatory and benydryl again hoping it would improve. His condition did not seem to worsen but did not really get better either. The Vet. changed out the anti-inflammatory for steroids but now after about a month he seems to be getting worse. The blood is back, sometimes just tinging the mucous and other times bright red spots up to the size of about a quarter. Now it looks like he is headed back to the Vet. for another saline flush.
Has anyone else gone through this condition and had other treatments or experienced a better outcome. The first surgery cost my daughter about $2,000 and this one will be about $1,000 (since they don't need the diagnostics this time.) The expense is difficult since my daughter's husband left two years ago, leaving her with all the household expenses, as well as the care of their three dogs. He is totally uninterested in helping with the costs. Also, Joey is 10 years old and more susceptible to surgery problems as he ages. We hate to think he'll need this surgery on a regular basis. There has got to be another solution. I would love to help her with the Vet. bills but we have been treating our black Lab for oral melanoma for the past two years and it is an ongoing costly treatmet (but, the great news here is that he has been cancer free since starting treatment two years ago.)
Thanks for any suggestions.
Kate
This is my first post here. My daughter's Golden "Joey" started sneezing and making a snuffling sound last May. He also was sometimes spraying spots of blood when sneezing. He was referred to a specialist due to the need for specialized equipment for diagnosis. At first they thought nasal cancer but after scoping and a biopsy, it was determined that he had benign nasal polyps. The Vet. did a saline flush and put him on a short course of antibiotics, benydryl and anti-inflammatories. He seemed fine for a while but in late November he began to sneeze again but with no blood.
Back to the specialist who put him on the anti-inflammatory and benydryl again hoping it would improve. His condition did not seem to worsen but did not really get better either. The Vet. changed out the anti-inflammatory for steroids but now after about a month he seems to be getting worse. The blood is back, sometimes just tinging the mucous and other times bright red spots up to the size of about a quarter. Now it looks like he is headed back to the Vet. for another saline flush.
Has anyone else gone through this condition and had other treatments or experienced a better outcome. The first surgery cost my daughter about $2,000 and this one will be about $1,000 (since they don't need the diagnostics this time.) The expense is difficult since my daughter's husband left two years ago, leaving her with all the household expenses, as well as the care of their three dogs. He is totally uninterested in helping with the costs. Also, Joey is 10 years old and more susceptible to surgery problems as he ages. We hate to think he'll need this surgery on a regular basis. There has got to be another solution. I would love to help her with the Vet. bills but we have been treating our black Lab for oral melanoma for the past two years and it is an ongoing costly treatmet (but, the great news here is that he has been cancer free since starting treatment two years ago.)
Thanks for any suggestions.
Kate
