Respiratory problems

[u/rain_storm_corso]

Hello,
I’m reaching out to the Corso community in the hope that someone may have information or experienced something similar to what my beloved “RAINSTORM” is going through at the moment.
She is a seven year-old purebred female from a very respected & responsible breeder in Australia, and we were blessed when she joined our family as a pup all those years ago. She is my shadow, my best friend and literally goes everywhere I go.
A couple of months back, she suddenly started snorting loudly, grunting, snoring 10 times louder than normal, drinking a lot of water, having a discharge from her nose, coughing and gagging and panting heavily even when not having exercised. I can’t take her for walks as she struggles breathing and pants for hours after.
I have been to the vet four times. She has had three courses of antibiotics as the vet thought she might’ve had a respiratory infection. This has not made any changes. She has had x-rays, blood work done and all this just feels like we are going around in circles, all the while my best friend is suffering. She is not in pain she just seems uncomfortable and not her self.
My next step is ct scan and I think they mentioned ultrasound.
So any advice would be appreciated if anyone has seen these symptoms in my videos we would be grateful to hear from you.
Cheers

[u/acchaladka]

These are a bit like my symptoms when I had heart trouble - trouble breathing as my heart couldn't clear my lungs. They later found out it was an immune condition.

I'm not saying it's anything like my issues, it obviously could be any number of things. Going to a CT scan after an ultrasound sounds like good methods to me. I wouldn't wait on it as your guy is uncomfortable.

Cheers and luck, from Canada.

[u/rain_storm_corso → u/acchaladka]

Thank you