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Originally Posted by Kerryn915  Please seek a second opinion from a vet who is knowledgeable with collapsing trachea and will treat it as the serious degenerative condition that it is. I just recently lost my 3 year old boy to a severe collapsed trachea just 6 weeks ago. I also took him to the vet and he was misdiagnosed and he was dead 2weeks later. It is severe when it starts that young. Don't allow anyone to intubate or sedate in order to get a "better look" down the throat as this can cause more damage. They should be able to diagnose with an X-ray and mild sedation. The goal at this point is to prevent the trachea from permanent collapse and to have no "episodes" of coughing. There are quite a few people on here that have much older dogs that are successfully treated on a cough medicine e called hycodan. And they manage very well and there dogs have lived long lives. It is an opiate but there is no long term damage being on it. Your pup will most likely be on it for the rest of her life. But at least she will be alive. You may have to limit her time outside as there are triggers like seasonal allergies that can bring on an episode. I'm not trying to scare you but if you can view my profile and find the post that I wrote about my experience you will understand how urgent it is. I wish you the best. Please don't delay. If she is showing bad symptoms it needs to be controlled ASAP by stopping the cough. |
I'm so sorry for your loss. Actually getting it young does not mean it is going to get worse. Mine has mild ct since she was a pup and it has not gotten worse. Intebating actually keeps here trachea open and unable to collapse during surgery. Callie who has mild ct and has been intubated multiple times for dentals and other surgerys and never had any issues. My older yorkie who recently passed away due to lymphoma had a worse ct and had even intubated multiple times for dentals with no issues. Generally a regular X-ray will not show ct it has to be a special X-rays done when their having an episode. They don't always have to go on medicine sometimes weigh and activity management works it all just depends on the dog.