Little Freddie’s Miracle.
Little Freddie’s miracle!
Look at little Freddie go just 4 days after major heart surgery. You wouldn’t believe it, but just a few days ago 10 week old Freddie couldn’t eat anything without immediately regurgitating his food back.
Little Freddie was born with a congenital condition called PRAA where the major vessels of the heart develop abnormally. With this part of the aorta which usually regresses after birth persists and entraps the oesophagus. This means food can’t pass to the stomach.
Our wonderful colleagues at Garvagh Vets rescued little Freddie and turned to our vet Kieran to see if he could work some magic with his keyhole equipment. Unfortunately being only 1kg even this specialist gear was too big for this tiny warrior.
Luckily however, we were able to perform an open approach to Freddie’s heart and delicately dissect around the biggest vessels in the body to remove the offending arch from around the oesophagus.
Within an hour, Freddie was up and taking in his first full meal since weaning without skipping a breath. Just goes to show- it’s not the size of the dog in the fight!
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Must be louse season 😬
Seeing lots of these little biting beasties at the minute. Make sure your parasite treatments are up to date.🥴
