I hope someone can help me - my little Maggie (mini schnauzer) who is about 14 and a half years old has congestive heart failure. She also has a mouth full of rotten teeth a problem which I have tried to address for about two years now but the vets were unwilling to give her anaesthetic because of the risk of her dying. She is now taking an antibiotic for the mouth.
Since being diagnosed and started on the heart medications I dont really see any great improvement in her condition. No one seems to be able to tell me the quality of life she will have if she does respond to medication; they have asked to review her in 2 weeks at which stage they want to do something about the teeth.
Maggie looks most unhappy and sick to me, and I feel that perhaps we have reached the end of our journey together. I am very fond of her and do so want to do the right thing by her but I feel I am being pressured to keep her alive at any cost not to mention subjecting her to an anaesthetic for her teeth (even though they would not do so before now). She will be so stressed at being left at the vets she will probably die anyway. I just dont know what to do for the best - any comments would be most gratefully received.
