I am so sorry to hear about your girl's problems. My advise would be to get more than one opinion. I have a friend that had two pups that were diagnosed with collapsed trachea but as it turned out they had both got into something that was on some used paint brushes and the substance on the brushes caused their trachea to swell. They both eventually got better.
Also, I had a bitch once that after having pups started retaining fluid in her abdomen. The vet said she had a enlarged heart and he drained the fluid twice. She was put on medication. After several months she made a complete recover and with a followup to another vet we discovered she did not have a enlarged heart. The vet thought it might of been something hormonal that cause the fluid retention. Anyway we had her spayed several years ago and she has not had any problems since.
Since this seems to have come on suddenly I am just wondering if it could of been caused by something environmentally and not something genetic. I pray she makes a full recovery and does not have any serious problems with her condition.
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