Dooley's Diagnosis
This is Dooley. Dooley is a 5 year-old beagle mix and was diagnosed with Megaesophagus last week. The Megaesophagus was identified using a Barium study with X-Rays. Her vet also sent off a full panel blood test as well as a test for Myasthenia Gravis to try to identify an underlying cause of this development. Dooley's symptoms started about 4 months ago when I noticed she couldn't keep water down after a long hike. We came back and she was pretty wiped out and wanted to drink a lot of water. I was really worried because I knew she needed some hydration after going for a summer hike. Eventually she was able to keep some down and we moved on. A few weeks later she started regurgitating her water almost every time she drank. She would hack and cough until a little came up and then she was fine. There were never any other symptoms and she never seemed to feel bad otherwise. I took her to the vet and we tried her on some Pepcid and Metoclopramide for a week or so to see if she...