The Good, The Bad, and the Coughing

About a week after I adopted Drake, I took him to a vet to have him looked over and make sure he was healthy. He had been coughing and I had done some research on Google and was pretty sure it was kennel cough since he can from an adoption shelter. When I got the the vet, of course, Drake didn't cough at all. The vet looked him over and said he was healthy and just to watch over his cough to make sure it didn't get worse. He seemed to be doing better, so I went home for a week for Christmas.

On Christmas Eve Eve, he started shivering and not eating, so I made sure he laid down and I gave him a little Robitussin for his cough. On Christmas Eve he was back to his old self. Well the day after Christmas he was shivering again so I decided to take him to the emergency vet and after 200 bucks later he was all medicated up and ready to play again.

If only that were the end of the story. He has been coughing (though not nearly as much) for over a month. The vet said these things take time, so I am making sure the house is warm and humid enough and let him fight it off. Now it is only when he wakes up and plays too much. I am hoping he stops pretty soon as the coughing gets nerve wracking.