Trachea Collapse

We continue to keep Sol in our thoughts and prayers. I hope she is comfortable. Such a sweet doggie.

You and your family are in our prayers. I pray that little beautiful Sol will be around for a long time and that the medication she is on will help her breathe easier.

HUGS To you and your family. Happy Holidays.
Bethany

Heather I am so sorry about riley my heart breaks for you and I know there are no words that will help with the pain you are in my thoughts and know that god will take very good care of him till you meet again I know the pain is unbearable but know he has no more pain sue

My heart goes out to you and to Heather this morning. I am praying that Sol is comfortable and that the new meds do the trick and she is able to share fully in the new home she found just a year ago.
Heather, I’m so sorry. I will continue to pray for you and Baxter. Know that little Riley is happy and healthy and enjoying himself as he waits for you and Baxter to be together again.

Heather,
I am so sad to hear about your doggie. I know if I lost Claude I would be heartbroken. I have had other dogs, but pugs seem to be extra, extra special. I know it will help to remember the all the wonderful times you had with Riley. We are all faced with the loss of a loved friend at some time, but the pain is still there. Give Baxter a big hug for me.

Heather, I am so devasated that Riley is gone. Last night, I was telling Sleighbelle that we had to pray for Riley and Sol and for their doctors to have the knowledge to help them. 
Having lost a beloved pug, I know that you are suffering, empty, lonely.  But I think that having Baxter with you will help.  Baxter will need his mom to love him and help him understand that Riley, while gone and in a better place, will never be forgotten.  Know that everyone on the OBP website is thinking of you and praying for you.

Corrine, I continue to pray for Sol and her doctors.  You do have excellent specialists looking after her and I know that if there is something out there to help, they will find it.

Amazing how much the doc can see with the scope - probably more than I see right now thru a blurr of tears.
Miss Sol we wish you well and know that Mommy is doing everything she possible can for you.
My heartfelt condolences to you Heather, I know your heart is broken.
You are all in my prayers and thoughts…
take care

I still do not know what to say.  These incidents are heartbreaking and words and tears cannot describe how much I ache for OBP and Heather.  All I can do is pray to ease the heartbreak and suffering.  Know that my heart is with you.

Heather,
I am so very sorry about Riley.  He was a special little pug to you and also to all of us here in the OBP family.  You have my prayers for strength and comfort.  I hope that Baxter and you and your family can comfort each other.
Love,
Martha

Corrine,
Those scope pictures certainly show Sol’s problem clearly.  I keep her in my thoughts and prayers that the meds work well for her!  God bless her sweet little puggie heart : )

Heather - My deepest condolences on the loss of your beloved Riley.  May you be comforted by the loving memories you will always carry with you.
Corrine - We, here in Southern California, have our fingers and paws crossed that the meds will do good and little Sol will breathe easier and feel better.  It is heartwarming to know that you are there for her every step of the way and will make each day a special one for that special girl.

Toni, that’s a wonderful idea about the journals.  I wish I knew about that in the past when I’ve lost beloved animals.

I haven’t been able to catch up on the blog in a while with the holidays and my husband and I were so surprised to see this post. Our Macy was diagnosed with a collapsed trachea on Monday. It was like reading about our last week exactly when I saw your last post.

I’m so glad the Sol is improving. Macy is as well and we are being told it is just something we’ll have to manage throughout the rest of her life (she’s 7). Sol will be in our prayers. Macy sends her get well wishes.

My little guy, Harry, is now 12 years old and has had the same problem for a little less than a year now.  However, its getting worse and worse and it is worrying me more than ever.  The phlegm (as I see it)that he tries so hard to cough up is just getting worse.  It scares me and it scares him.  I just moved to denver, co. and I don’t know any good vets here.  I read all of Sol’s stories and I am so sad about Riley.  We lost our third pug “duncan” in October right before moving to denver..His trachea basically was closing up and he couldn’t breathe.  I am still in mourning and my other two pugs…harry and lulu are both 12 yrs. old too…As I read these blogs tonight I sat here crying.  I can’t lose another one so soon and I am scared to death everytime harry starts choking…his choking is occcuring more often each day now…does anyone know a great vet in the denver area?

Just read that the Missouri University Vet hospital has developed a surgery where they put a small spring in to open the trachea.  However, my pug has advanded stage laryngeal collapse and I have no idea if a similar surgery would help her.