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05-06-2017, 08:33 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Pembroke Pines
Posts: 4
| Collapsed trachea 😐 Good morning from Florida I'm a mommy to Bella who turned 4 on March 20th of this year. On February of last year my little angel was diagnosed with a collapsed trachea. It was been managed at 1st with 1/2 of mg of xanax a day & 1/2mg of valium for special occasions like grooming day or visitors to our home. This year she's had 3 very bad episodes of respiratory distress, the last one her vet had a very difficult time stabilizing her. At this time her vet put her on 25mgs twice a day or every 8hrs if necessary of trazadone & 1/2 mg of steroids she did very well on the trazadone & the steroid with the exception of occasional short periods of coughing 2 or 3 times a day. 5 days later came her evaluation with her vet. I was very pleasantly surprised with her car ride to the vet's office. Bella was perfectly calm all the way to the vet's office. Once inside the vet's she was a little shaky but no heavy panting or coughing, until the vet came in when she started heavily panting. I informed her vet that of her improvement & that my son & fiancee had stopped by for a for a visit & she had been fine. Something that was out of the question before the new med treatment. Her vet was very pleased & told me to continue everything as recommended, but that to lower the steroids in 2 weeks to a quarter of mg a day & she also added hydrocodone .9mgs twice a day. Ever since she started with the hydrocodone syrup twice a day her coughing spells have gotten worse & she's having longer coughing spells than before. This morning at 8: am I gave her the steroid, trazadone & the hydrocodone. At 9:30 she had her longest coughing spell ever & was making a snoring sound while resting. I gave her a second dose of trazadone & cough syrup & now she's resting quieter but she making a snore sound in her sleep. My concern is that while she's tolerating visitors to the house & even a car ride her coughing spells are worsening since I've started her on the hydrocodone syrup. Anybody out there had the same experience? and if yes is this normal? Or am I over worrying? Finally does the hydrocodone come in pills? She doesn't do well with liquid, but seems to do very well with pills as long as I wrap it in a tiny piece of turkey breast. Help I'm very worried about my little angel |
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05-06-2017, 09:30 AM | #2 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| My moms yorkie had pretty decent Ct and he was put on hydrocodone pills and did amazing. I'm sorry your going through this it doesn't sound like much fun.
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05-06-2017, 01:48 PM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Pembroke Pines
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| Worried In Florida TY Lovetodream88 I'll ask Bellas vet to prescribe pills instead of the liquid form of the hydrocodone. Hopefully, Bella will tolerate the pills better 😕 |
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