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Originally Posted by 107barney  Our vet does a ton of them and says it's great....when the dog is a candidate and there are no complications. Our dog is 15.5 and for lots of reasons isn't a candidate. Although it's touch and go here, we are medically managing him with hydrocodone, butorphanol and steroids all of which are the mainstays of treatment. Bronchodilators are also used but our dog can't use them. I'm surprised anyone did surgery on your dog before exhausting medical management options. |
Our vet gave us bronchodilators but they seemed to do nothing. Our little one had a level 4 collapse which means complete collapse when she was excited. Dr Beal said we have to do something which meant surgery with rings placed in the trachea or the stent. He did discuss the medical management but was not optimistic that option would work along with the side effects of some of the drugs i.e. the steroids. Our dog was a great candidate because her collapse was only in the trachea and not the bronchi.