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Originally Posted by Kerryn915  I'm just basing my opinion on how fast my boy went downhill. He had his first major episodes and was intubated for X-rays and then dead 2 weeks later. I'm not saying that's the case in all situations, but if it's not done correctly in a small dog (6lbs) they can cause more damage to the trachea. Just depends on how skilled the tech is I suppose. By the time he was diagnosed again (after a second intubation) the collapse had gone all the way into the one bronchi and the lung was partially collapsed. I'm positive that an injury that severe was caused by the second intubation. Maybe the tube they used was too large? Maybe they went down too far.. Who knows? The vet was treating for inflammation in the throat and not concerned at all about the collapse. He was prescribed prednisone and once I started weening him off the cough came back aggressively and he never recovered from the second episode. Had I know it was a trachea issue I would not have intubated (but I did so I learned from that) also I would have been more insistent on the use of hycodan to control the cough. It's all hind sight now. But I've learned that hard way. |
It sounds like maybe not a great vet and that intubating wrong is what was actually the cause not the ct.