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gentlybentley · 05-24-2006, 02:36 PM

Hi everyone....thanks so much for your support. Bentley was doing terribly this morning. He could barely breath and was very lethargic. I got him into the specialist 2 hours away as an emergency. I was expecting the worst, but got some encouraging news. The echo didn't show any heart defect. He does have fluid in his lungs and this vet says that his heart is not really enlarged...just one side of it is a little enlarged but it's due to the fluid in his lungs. He seems to think that its non-cardiac pulmonary edema....fluid in the lungs related to some type of trauma. I have racked my brain trying to figure out what could have happened since I am not aware of any trauma...he's my baby...I am so careful with him. The only thing I can think of if maybe his little head got caught in the bars of his crate while I was in town and by the time I got back, he may have gotten it loose...I don't know. The vet said that it is a little more difficult to get rid of the fluid when it's not cardiac related, but he said that he's seen worse get through it. He's in the hospital, 2 hours away

. He'll be in an oxygen chamber with IV fluids and IV lasix 24 hours a day for up to a week. Please pray for Bentley, that the fluid will go away much much sooner and that he'll be home, happy & healthy in only a few days. I really believe in the power of prayer, so please, pray for my baby.
I am missing him dearly already. It is really good news that they don't think it's his heart...but he still needs all of us to ask God to pull him through this.
Thanks for everything.

05-24-2006, 02:36 PM	#7
gentlybentley Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Schriever, LA Posts: 145	UPDATE!!!!!...there's hope...but Bentley needs ur prayers Hi everyone....thanks so much for your support. Bentley was doing terribly this morning. He could barely breath and was very lethargic. I got him into the specialist 2 hours away as an emergency. I was expecting the worst, but got some encouraging news. The echo didn't show any heart defect. He does have fluid in his lungs and this vet says that his heart is not really enlarged...just one side of it is a little enlarged but it's due to the fluid in his lungs. He seems to think that its non-cardiac pulmonary edema....fluid in the lungs related to some type of trauma. I have racked my brain trying to figure out what could have happened since I am not aware of any trauma...he's my baby...I am so careful with him. The only thing I can think of if maybe his little head got caught in the bars of his crate while I was in town and by the time I got back, he may have gotten it loose...I don't know. The vet said that it is a little more difficult to get rid of the fluid when it's not cardiac related, but he said that he's seen worse get through it. He's in the hospital, 2 hours away . He'll be in an oxygen chamber with IV fluids and IV lasix 24 hours a day for up to a week. Please pray for Bentley, that the fluid will go away much much sooner and that he'll be home, happy & healthy in only a few days. I really believe in the power of prayer, so please, pray for my baby. I am missing him dearly already. It is really good news that they don't think it's his heart...but he still needs all of us to ask God to pull him through this. Thanks for everything.