Open to opinions - All of them.

I have a 5 year old Pitbull Mix (unknown). We are located in the Pacific North West. Has all his shots. Neutered.

Over the past 6-7 months he’s been randomly doing what seemed like coughing/hacking. When I mean randomly it would happen a few times a week, and he’d throw up a little liquid. Wasn’t sure to make of it.

Last week he started not showing interest in his food. So I decide to keep an eye on him and by Friday he was essentially turning yellow and not wanting to eat. I could get him to eat people food but even then not a huge appetite. Decide to take him to the emergency vet on Friday.

They run the blood work and do imaging of his heart and liver. He has a bad heart murmur and an enlarged heart. But outside of that they can’t be certain. So they send me home with medication.

Ursodiol Tablets 250mg Denamarin Chewtabs 225mg Doxycycline hyclate 100mg Amoxi-clav 875/125mg

So been giving these to him when he will eat them with food. The Denamarin he won’t really take. I’ll get him to take them sometimes. But it’s hit or miss. He has been drinking water on his own and i can give him wet dog food and he will eat a little bit but no big appetite.

I contact my normal vet here in town Monday (had to take him out of town for the emergency). They get the information from the emergency vet and essentially call back to say there’s nothing they can do for them we need to contact a specialist.

Finally got the referral to the specialist today but it’s so far outside the price range. 6,000 just to take him into their ER and it goes from there. If it were 6,000 to save his life I could maybe make it work. But they’re essentially telling me just for him to get admitted and stabilized and wait for the specialist that’s where it starts.

I guess I’m just asking for any medical opinion on what you’ve experienced with symptoms like these and if there’s anything I can do before i have to make the tough decision. It’s not a lot to go on, but it’s all i got. Photo added to show the off-color of his skin and eyes.