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Originally Posted by yorkie729  I really want to thank all of you for your advice and well wishes. I just got back from the specialist in NYC. Stent surgery is an option but she wants to try different medications first to see if that helps. He will be taking prednisone, theophylline, tussigon and now an antibiotic will be added. She said it's possible that he has an infection that hasn't been detected and that could be making his breathing worse. His trachea is anywhere from 65-75% collapsed so it definitely is a problem. She said that if we can control the clinical signs then we can stay away from the surgery for now. Hershey weighs 12 pounds so we are going to put him on a diet so hopefully that helps too. I definitely feel a lot better about everything but of course I'm still scared. I'm really hoping to see a difference with the meds and his new diet. She also thinks the surgery has a good chance of being successful if we went that route. |
I tried to research that type of surgery and couldn't find much about it on dogs, just humans. So I think it's a newer procedure and may be more successful than what has been done to try to correct this problem in the past. The University of Tennesee is doing reseach on different methods and tools for CT so maybe contact them in the meantime.
I do hope the medications can give your pup some relief. I'll pray that they work. Losing weight and trying to limit excitment will also help. They also have more trouble in hot weather, so keeping him in a cooler environment may help too.
Please keep us updated... wishing you both the best...