FelixtheFrenchie
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Hello everybody,
My name is Sabrina and my fiancé and I have an almost 2 year old French bulldog named Felix and he's the light of our lives. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this...but here is our story...
At the end of March he had elongated soft pallet surgery ( at a very reputable specialty vet) as was recommended to us by 3 vets. He developed aspiration pneumonia the day after and we were told he would not survive. He somehow made it through the night on a ventilator and we were given the option to cease treatment, or take him off the breathing machine and have a temporary trach done. We chose to give him a fighting chance and go with the trach. After 8 days in being in the ICU and a $12,000 bill (which insurance is refusing to cover any of)..we brought him home. He seemed to be recovering fairly well and breathing sounded good but he starting having reflux pretty frequently. Adjusted his medication and that seemed to help. We are a month out and last week he started to sound very stuffy and wheezy/runny nose and the reflux occurred more frequently. Took him back in for an xray and recheck. Currently they are saying that he could have allergies...OR the surgery was not successful and corrective surgery may be needed. I googled (even though I know I shouldn't) and one article mentioned that if too much pallet is trimmed, food/water can come through the nose and cause other problems. As you could imagine.....we do NOT feel willing to put him through surgery again, not to mention the additional cost. I'm at a loss as to what to do to help him...the past few days have been tough...although his breathing seems a bit better on the newest steroids/ Benadryl...he refluxes and chokes on it often and his nose is running. Planning to try soft food and a humidifier to ease the symptoms.
If anyone has had experience with any of this? Any advice? It would be so greatly appreciated. Desperately trying to help our little dude feel better!!
My name is Sabrina and my fiancé and I have an almost 2 year old French bulldog named Felix and he's the light of our lives. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this...but here is our story...
At the end of March he had elongated soft pallet surgery ( at a very reputable specialty vet) as was recommended to us by 3 vets. He developed aspiration pneumonia the day after and we were told he would not survive. He somehow made it through the night on a ventilator and we were given the option to cease treatment, or take him off the breathing machine and have a temporary trach done. We chose to give him a fighting chance and go with the trach. After 8 days in being in the ICU and a $12,000 bill (which insurance is refusing to cover any of)..we brought him home. He seemed to be recovering fairly well and breathing sounded good but he starting having reflux pretty frequently. Adjusted his medication and that seemed to help. We are a month out and last week he started to sound very stuffy and wheezy/runny nose and the reflux occurred more frequently. Took him back in for an xray and recheck. Currently they are saying that he could have allergies...OR the surgery was not successful and corrective surgery may be needed. I googled (even though I know I shouldn't) and one article mentioned that if too much pallet is trimmed, food/water can come through the nose and cause other problems. As you could imagine.....we do NOT feel willing to put him through surgery again, not to mention the additional cost. I'm at a loss as to what to do to help him...the past few days have been tough...although his breathing seems a bit better on the newest steroids/ Benadryl...he refluxes and chokes on it often and his nose is running. Planning to try soft food and a humidifier to ease the symptoms.
If anyone has had experience with any of this? Any advice? It would be so greatly appreciated. Desperately trying to help our little dude feel better!!