Gates is co-author, with Chuck Collins, of the book Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes, a defense of the policies promoted by the estate tax. He married Mary Maxwell Gates, whom he met at UW, and who died in 1994. They had three children: Kristianne, Bill, and Libby.
Symptoms of heartworm disease may include loss of appetite, lethargy, exercise intolerance, weight loss, fever, dyspnea (difficult, labored breathing, shortness of breath), coughing, weakness, dull dry coat, and hemorrhage. There are no symptoms at all until the disease is advanced.
A canine enlarged heart is a literal stage of potential heart disease, which occurs along with the exhibition of heart disease symptoms. Clinically, a dog with heart disease will show symptoms such as lethargy, cough, irregular respiration, intolerance to exercise, reluctance to eat and fainting. Symptoms such as abdominal ascites (fluid accummulation) and bloating along with frequent unconsciousness surely represents a change in dog heart anatomy.