| Foster Mom | 06-12-2011 05:23 AM |
I had a little boy, he was 11 and weighed 4 pounds. He went on for a dental and came out with collapsed trachea. About a year later we moved to the USA from Canada and his first vet appt here I was told he had an enlarged heart, this boy was my first yorkie and my velcro baby. I was freaked out. We went for an Echocardiogram in which they found one of his valves was enlarged, he was on enalaprila nd lasix at the time. The cardiologist put him on a broncodialator and took him off the enalapril as they had figured his heart problems were due to his breathing because of the CT. After 3 months we had a repeat Echo done and the cadiologist said it has resolved itself with the meds, we were t stay on the meds and dicontnue the lasix unless needed and come back in 6 months again, if all was fine then he would not need to see him again unless something happened. 3 months later I woke in the morning to find him struggling to breathe, and his breath sounds were very wet, I gave him some lasix, he would not move or anything, it was like it took too much out of him. I rushed him to the vet and was told he heard a new murmur and he had a valve leaking, he said you have done so many tests for this guy I would not do anymore, I give him about a week. While he was telling me this my husband was yealling "his tongue is black!!!" My husband is a nurs, he said to the vet he is having hypoxia terrors. The vet put him in oxegyn and we had to decide what to do, we told the vet we would keep him in the oxegyn and give him more lasix and see if he improved, but not to make any decisions rearding him until we were called and I got back there, the vet looked at me with a very sad look and said, I do not even know if his heart will handle this, we may loose him before you can get back here. So my husband and I made the decision to let him go, the vet had told us he gave him 4 days at the very most. Even if he had of made it thru the day at the vet, I live in a very small village and if something happened to him in the middle of the night I would have no choice but t watch him suffer. He was also so lifeless at this point, we helped him to the bridge. Broke my heart into a million pieces but it was best for him, I just could not watch him suffer. He went very peacefully in my arms. Even when the vet gave him the needle he did not flinch or move, and the vet had to do it twice. My heart is still broken. CT is a horrible condition.... | 