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Originally Posted by Maximo  I agree, your vet should be doing this.
Ann, write everything down, organize it, and talk to your vet and make sure both of you understand the plan of action and the purpose. Your vet should then make the phone calls for you.
Regarding the collapsed trachea, who diagnosed that? My understanding is that an xray needs to be done to diagnose it definitively. Make sure all doctors who see Lucy are aware of it. |
An xray is not conclusive for CT. I had a pup with CT and it clearly showed on xray. He was diagnosed in another state and years later when he had herniated cervical discs and was admitted to A&M for emergency surgery I advised them of the CT. They did an xray and said it looked fine and that they felt the surgery would not be an issue. He almost died following that surgery (he could not be extubated...was very scary)...they explained it was a combination of the endo tube...but also because of the manipulation of the trachea to operate on the cervical spine. After the first awful 24 hours, they put a trach in and he had it few days. Luckily he was able to have that removed and he was fine. I learned from that experience that sometimes a CT will show on xray and sometimes not! Sometimes it depends upon positioning when the xray is taken.