[yorkie729]

Hi everyone! I have a five year old yorkie named Hershey. He is the perfect dog. He is playful, friendly, sweet---just perfect. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with a collapsed trachea a few years ago. He has been on meds but his condition keeps getting worse. I brought him back to the vet last week and he recommended the stent surgery for him. I am soooo afraid for him to get this surgery. It would be the intraluminal one so he wouldn't need to be cut open. I have read so many negative things about the success rate of this surgery. The question is---do I just wait until he really can't breathe and then take him for the surgery, or do I take him for the surgery and hope he lives a couple more years? I just don't know what to do. Are there any success stories with tracheal stent surgery? I'm bringing him to the specialist on Tuesday for a consultation. I am so sad.