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11 year old Golden breathing hard

Our 11 year old Golden who seemed fine up till about a month ago when she started breathing heavily, panting, coughing, sleeping all the time (when we let her) and now not interested in food.  She was a voracious eater until just now.  Took her to the vet, he listened to her heart and heard nothing disturbing.  I am taking her back on Tuesday (today is Sunday) for a chest x-ray and a cardiogram.  She seems to get worse with every passing day.  She seems sad, if that computes.  She has always been a very happy dog and the change is awful
Does anybody have any experience with this sort of problem and what did you do about it if so.
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As it turned out, my beautiful Golden Girl had lung cancer.  I had anticipated a difficult diagnosis, but didn't expect to hear those terrible words.
Since she had been suffering (I found out that heavy, unexplained panting is certainly a sign that the animal is in pain) and didn't deserve to suffer another moment, I had her put down immediately.  It was the humane thing to do under the circumstances.
I feel like I need to change my vet as well since he didn't catch it for too long a time.
Thanks for your suggestion.
I have a new Golden male puppy and I will be more aware of health concerns from now on since cancer seems to run in the breed these days.
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Thank you.  I will do that.  It certainly couldn't hurt.  We need to rule out all possibilities.  We're so upset over this.  All of us, my husband. myself and Hannah the Golden.
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It may not have anything to do with it, but ask the vet to do an ultrasound on her spleen and liver.
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