EmmanFrankie
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So I was just wondering if anyone has any knowledge/experience about their Frenchie going into sudden respiratory distress, becoming cyonotic (blue), and respiratory failure? Frankie was perfect yesterday morning/afternoon; eating, drinking, playing, etc. we left him for an hour-hour & half in his kennel and when we came home he had pooped in his cage (normal/formed) and made a mess of it and seemed upset and drooling, I assumed because he was sitting in a dirty cage that was only just big enough for him (potty training). I gave him a warm bath, Avoiding his head cuz I don't like washing even my boxers heads being brachy. Dried immediately and thoroughly then tried to wrap him in a blanket. Normally he gets cuddly after a bath, but he wouldn't settle and his breathing was noisy but again normal after bathing. Holding him made his more upset so I put him in his basket to avoid stressing him more. His color was good. I checked him regularly, he was noisy, but he appeared to be resting. 2 hours later Ichecked him and his tongue was purple, took him to the ER, they did fluids and an oxygen cage, with no improvement. Left him for the night for mess & antibiotics, but they called 2 hours after we left that his lungs were harsh with crackles (fluid) and his breathing wasn't any better. They recommend we come say good bye. I waited to hear from my coworker, she had had him the last 6 weeks, and he was as much if not more hers than mine currently and I felt she deserved the chance to see him and have some input. Couple hours later we go to visit him and he's on his belly struggling to breathe, but responsive. I was going to transfer him to my work so that if he became agonal I would be there and able to make an immediate decision. Unfortunately about an hour later they called that he was coding and they were trying to resuscitate him, but it didn't look good. I chose to let him go, i didn't want to make him fight when he was giving up. I read the report a there was a lot of fluid that came out of him while they were working on him, they suspect his heart. I know I did what I could, and I know if he was revived it would still be bad.
Has anyone else had this happen, where their puppy went from normal to failure in barely 12 hours? I know he was compromised from pneumonia in August, but he was doing so good, especially these last 2 weeks, he gained nearly 4 pounds, I let his harness out twice this last week, he was active and looked so good. I have no parent/litter health as he was a surrender from his breeder. I just don't know why he went from normal to distressed from an hour & half in his kennel when he was doing fine with being crated for work. There's no possibility for toxin or foreign body ingestion, he may or may not have vomited +/- aspiration. The vets I work with are saying primary immune deficiency or some type of congenital heart defect that would have required echo/CT to diagnose. I just feel like I did something horribly wrong or stupid for him to have crashed like this, but I've been going over every minute from yesterday and it's all things I've done with him and my other 2 dogs before without complication.
Has anyone else had this happen, where their puppy went from normal to failure in barely 12 hours? I know he was compromised from pneumonia in August, but he was doing so good, especially these last 2 weeks, he gained nearly 4 pounds, I let his harness out twice this last week, he was active and looked so good. I have no parent/litter health as he was a surrender from his breeder. I just don't know why he went from normal to distressed from an hour & half in his kennel when he was doing fine with being crated for work. There's no possibility for toxin or foreign body ingestion, he may or may not have vomited +/- aspiration. The vets I work with are saying primary immune deficiency or some type of congenital heart defect that would have required echo/CT to diagnose. I just feel like I did something horribly wrong or stupid for him to have crashed like this, but I've been going over every minute from yesterday and it's all things I've done with him and my other 2 dogs before without complication.
