My 5 yr old male Boxer Boomer collapsed on me 10 days ago while playing with our pup Raven. He was out for about 2 mins. He regained conscious, was up and walking like nothing happened. His gums were white and I wasn't taking any chances so off to the vet we went.
My vet took an X-ray and did a ekg. X-ray showed his heart was not enlarged. His heart rate was 200 at the time. My vet contacted the nearest cardiologist which is 2 hrs away. He was put on Sotalol to regulate his heart rate, was sent home to follow up with the cardio today. She did a ecg and said he has Cardiomyopathy. I am devastated.
This is deja vu for me. 5 yrs ago I lost my 6 yr old male brindle to lung cancer and shortly after that, my 10 yr old fawn female was put down due to DM. Now Boomer has BCM and I have a 10 yr old female approaching the avg Boxer's life span. I don't think I can go through that pain again.
Boomer is on a 24 Holter monitor, which surprisingly he is tolerating well. I guess I'll know in a few days how bad his arrhythmia is. Until then I'll pray l don't lose him to sudden cardiac death.
My vet took an X-ray and did a ekg. X-ray showed his heart was not enlarged. His heart rate was 200 at the time. My vet contacted the nearest cardiologist which is 2 hrs away. He was put on Sotalol to regulate his heart rate, was sent home to follow up with the cardio today. She did a ecg and said he has Cardiomyopathy. I am devastated.
This is deja vu for me. 5 yrs ago I lost my 6 yr old male brindle to lung cancer and shortly after that, my 10 yr old fawn female was put down due to DM. Now Boomer has BCM and I have a 10 yr old female approaching the avg Boxer's life span. I don't think I can go through that pain again.
Boomer is on a 24 Holter monitor, which surprisingly he is tolerating well. I guess I'll know in a few days how bad his arrhythmia is. Until then I'll pray l don't lose him to sudden cardiac death.