Hello, I just came home from having my Nikki's ultra sound done for puppies and when I walked in the door my Sabrina, jumped up and came running toward me. Then she collapsed, she fell like she had been kicked. I was sure she was dead. I was afraid to move for about 10 sec. I rushed over to her and could not see her breathing. I shook her once and no response. The second time I shook her she slightly lifted her head towards me. She had a pained look in her eyes. I thought she had another stroke. I picked her up and rushed her to the vets. By the time I got her there she seemed ok, but had trouble walking. After the vet checked her over, he said that in his opinion one of the tendons around the mitro valve had ruptured. This would explain the sudden collapse and the weakness she was having.
She is almost 14 years old (Dec) and has been diagnosed last Oct with a grade 3/4 murmur. My vet says the murmur is the same. Have any of you heard or know anything about a tendon snapping and what do you know about prognosis and treatment. My vet felt that there was really nothing to be done. He said that it could happen again or never happen again. If there is anyone out there with knowledge or experience with this please e-mail me with any and all information. Thank you very much. Cindy Roof [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
