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dianaww · 10-13-2009, 10:39 AM

Hi

Thank you all for your support, I am really grateful, it has really helped.

I am pleased to say Teddy has not got a PDA

He has the same as my other two Yorkies had:

chronic degenerative mitral valve disease

It is worse for Teddy, as he has it so young. None of mine were realated, so it is just one of those things. Sadly you cannot cure it. It is progressive, and can be treated to prolone life, and the quality of life. No one can say how long he can/will live with it.

But he will die young. He is only 3 years old.

All we can do is love him while we can, and do the very best for him that we can. It is very sad, as we were hoping he would be one of the long lived babies.

I count my blessings, that it wasn't anything worse, so many of you loose your babies, younger than 3, so I am thankful, that we have Teddy now, he is so special and has helped me loose 3 people in my life.

First Max, my first ever Yorkie in 2006. My world ended, and I couldn't cope, nothing stopped the pain, until Teddy came along, then he helped me when my dad died this April, and then in August when we had to have Levi our second Yorkie put to sleep.

Then less than 2 months later, Teddy has a heart problem, I suffer from a rare blood clotting disorder, so it has been hard, but there are plenty of worse things in the world today.

There is always someone worse off, sometimes we need to count what we do have, rather than what we don't and we can carry on .....

We have Teddy now, and we all have each other on YT to help each other though the good and the bad times.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE FOR TEDDY & I

Love Diana & Teddy

10-13-2009, 10:39 AM	#37
dianaww YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UK Posts: 483	UPDATE ON TEDDY AND HIS HEART - We have seen the cardiologist today ..... Hi Thank you all for your support, I am really grateful, it has really helped. I am pleased to say Teddy has not got a PDA He has the same as my other two Yorkies had: chronic degenerative mitral valve disease It is worse for Teddy, as he has it so young. None of mine were realated, so it is just one of those things. Sadly you cannot cure it. It is progressive, and can be treated to prolone life, and the quality of life. No one can say how long he can/will live with it. But he will die young. He is only 3 years old. All we can do is love him while we can, and do the very best for him that we can. It is very sad, as we were hoping he would be one of the long lived babies. I count my blessings, that it wasn't anything worse, so many of you loose your babies, younger than 3, so I am thankful, that we have Teddy now, he is so special and has helped me loose 3 people in my life. First Max, my first ever Yorkie in 2006. My world ended, and I couldn't cope, nothing stopped the pain, until Teddy came along, then he helped me when my dad died this April, and then in August when we had to have Levi our second Yorkie put to sleep. Then less than 2 months later, Teddy has a heart problem, I suffer from a rare blood clotting disorder, so it has been hard, but there are plenty of worse things in the world today. There is always someone worse off, sometimes we need to count what we do have, rather than what we don't and we can carry on ..... We have Teddy now, and we all have each other on YT to help each other though the good and the bad times. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE FOR TEDDY & I Love Diana & Teddy __________________ Teddy Born Aug 06 Max (Mar 95 - Sept 06) Levi (Mar 97 - Aug 09) Last edited by dianaww; 10-13-2009 at 10:43 AM.