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Originally Posted by dianaww  Hi is your babies heart in the wrong place, or just too large for the chest cavity. How old is your baby, and what did the vet say the treatment and prognosis is. Like live expextancy |
Peek a Boo will be 13 years old in December. His enlarged heart was discovered during a recheck chest xray to make sure his pneumonia had cleared up completely. Almost lost him to that. My vet aways said he had a strong heartbeat, that he could really hear it. Peek a Boo never exhibited any symptoms, so we never pursued it further. I adopted Peek when he was 5 1/2 years old from a Humane Society. With his heart being large, it takes up room that the lungs should have, but he's relatively active, hot, humid weather bothers him most of all. Actually, after the treatment for pneumonia (all the antibiotics) he's doing better than ever. On our last walk, he pulled me the entire way. He's never done that before! At 12 1/2 years, we didn't discuss life expectancy. I just almost unconsciously keep an eye on his tongue and gum color. He went purple on me quite a few times during the pneumonia, and I did basic resusitation and he would pink up real quick. But other than those times, he's never had a problem. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Maybe when I have the next xrays done, we may get more answers. If we do, I'll PM you or post in this thread. Good Luck.