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Originally Posted by Bambee  i am very sorry about your boy, he was so adorable, it must be so hard for you right now...my baby is only 10 months and she has been having issues with her bronchi is what the doc is saying she has been on antibiotics 2 times and this time she is on temaril p she is doing so much better...they just did Xrays on her...but I did not know that xrays could not see if they have a CT??? How did the other Vet manage to see it?? I am so afraid of my baby having this issue...the Vet said he trachea looks clear....i have been crying two night in a row just worried about her...she is better now her cough has stopped. Once again I am sorry about your baby and I will have to seek a second opinion if my baby does not improve.... |
The first vet did actually see a small collapse. She said it wasn't severe though and they even sedated him and had a good look down the throat. The second Doctor did a full intubation bc at that point it had progressed so fast that no one knew what was going on. On those X-rays she could see the lung looked like it had fluid (which wasn't actually what was going on... The bronchi was so collapsed at that point that no air was entering the one side). Then at the vet ER once they removed the breathing tube they could see the full collapse. The intubation at the vet was actually keeping the trachea open. The most important thing to do is keep the cough under control. He had a few episodes leading up to his death where the coughing went on too long. I believed the vet that said it was irritation due to an inflamed tonsil. My mistake. I've heard great things about hycodan which is an opiate so some vets don't want to prescribe for young dogs. But it was something that I insisted on and my vet convinced me that there was no way that this was a serious trachea issue. I would do research on vets that specialize in small breeds and are experienced with collapsed trachea. To really fully diagnose a fluoroscopy has to be done which requires intubation. This is where I believe a lot of added damage is done to the delicate trachea. Don't let them intubate at all if you think it's collapsed trachea. My vet insisted that it would not cause any damage and that it def would not progress as fast as it did. Again she wasn't up to date on the issue. I think you are on the right track with treating for a bronchial infection. I think that's where my boys issues may have started. And it just wasn't treated properly. Best of luck to you. I know there are some members on here that have dogs that are older than 10 years and living with collapsed trachea. So if it's caught and treated early I think your pup will have a long life. In my opinion there is a few cases like mine where it's just a genetic issue and he was dealt a bad card. For it to progress so fast it's poor breeding. He never had a chance. So sorry for what you are going through. Not knowing is so scary.