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luvmychinkie · 12-23-2009, 10:56 PM

After spending 10 days in critical care 3 days after she gave birth, she is now in heart failure. She went in with severe anemia, they found she had the right side of her heart enlarged. They did 3 echos and saw it was working properly so they did not treat it. They said it may be a rare condition that humans get post partum and it reverses itself. They found she had a hard time oxygenating her blood so she was put in oxygen for several days. They said she may have some sort of infection but they don't know what because her symptoms are not consistent and throws them in different directions. They released her after only monitoring her 24 hours out of oxygen and a few hours later I ended right back in the emergency room because she was not breathing correctly and they had to tap her fluid around the lungs. That was around 10pm. The next day (yesterday) I saw the same signs again early in the morning. I called the hospital and was told not to worry several imes, that it was normal because her lungs are healing. I went to my vet because I was still very concerned and he talked them and said trust them. I decided to go to another vet a few hours later and this one told me I don't care what anyone says, this is NOT normal. If I were you I would take her. So I did, and ofcourse I was right. She had 188 ML of fluid removed. Today I took her in again at 11am ..12 hours later and they removed 150ML. This is not good at all. They did another echo and now find that he rght side of the heart is alot worse. They said this condition is rare. There is no medication out there for it. But they were willing to try to start her on a trial and put her on the same meds of left side heart failure being that they reat the same valve problem. I have diuretics also. I need to know if ANYONE has ever had this problem.. I need to know if there is any specialist that has experienced this before. This is not a dog or pet...This is my baby. She is only 5. She is part of my family...I can not lose her. I'm trying so hard to stay strong for her and help her live. I really need to know how to find a specialist that has dealt with this specific disease. I would appreciate any input. No One knows how or what caused this problem...She is the first case they had. We live in NJ. The hospital she is attending is the Animal Medical Center of NY .

12-23-2009, 10:56 PM	#1
luvmychinkie Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Clifton Posts: 25	Please I need all the help I can get..Right Side Heart Failure After spending 10 days in critical care 3 days after she gave birth, she is now in heart failure. She went in with severe anemia, they found she had the right side of her heart enlarged. They did 3 echos and saw it was working properly so they did not treat it. They said it may be a rare condition that humans get post partum and it reverses itself. They found she had a hard time oxygenating her blood so she was put in oxygen for several days. They said she may have some sort of infection but they don't know what because her symptoms are not consistent and throws them in different directions. They released her after only monitoring her 24 hours out of oxygen and a few hours later I ended right back in the emergency room because she was not breathing correctly and they had to tap her fluid around the lungs. That was around 10pm. The next day (yesterday) I saw the same signs again early in the morning. I called the hospital and was told not to worry several imes, that it was normal because her lungs are healing. I went to my vet because I was still very concerned and he talked them and said trust them. I decided to go to another vet a few hours later and this one told me I don't care what anyone says, this is NOT normal. If I were you I would take her. So I did, and ofcourse I was right. She had 188 ML of fluid removed. Today I took her in again at 11am ..12 hours later and they removed 150ML. This is not good at all. They did another echo and now find that he rght side of the heart is alot worse. They said this condition is rare. There is no medication out there for it. But they were willing to try to start her on a trial and put her on the same meds of left side heart failure being that they reat the same valve problem. I have diuretics also. I need to know if ANYONE has ever had this problem.. I need to know if there is any specialist that has experienced this before. This is not a dog or pet...This is my baby. She is only 5. She is part of my family...I can not lose her. I'm trying so hard to stay strong for her and help her live. I really need to know how to find a specialist that has dealt with this specific disease. I would appreciate any input. No One knows how or what caused this problem...She is the first case they had. We live in NJ. The hospital she is attending is the Animal Medical Center of NY .