That surgery is not very successful, especially on older dogs. My guess is that this is an older pup since there is such heart involvement already. There are two surgeries...one is extremely invasive. Then, they have the one that is done by endoscope, but the rings they put in are not made to last. I would never put a pup through either surgery. Not until it is perfected.
There are many ways to manage them without surgery.
Most important is keeping the weight down, limiting exercise and excitement, and keeping them cool.
Hopefully with the medicine, which I am guessing is Lasix, the heart will have less of a load and maybe she will do a little better.
There is a lot of information on the web if you google collapsed trachea.
One thing I would strongly suggest is to ask the vet about using Lomotil. I don't it mentioned a lot on the web and it really helps some of these pups. I had a pup with a collapsed trachea for almost a year. Once we put him on that, he got a lot of relief. Tell your mom that if the vet has not heard of using it, to look in his Pet Therapy book on how to treat Collapsed Trachea. |