12/04/2025
The newest entry on our list of broken critters to try and fix: Lentil.
Lentil is about 6 1/2 weeks old, unknown mixed small breeds, with a 6/6 heart murmur. She was snuck onto a transport from California to SpokAnimal - they were not expecting her or her littermates when they unloaded and the transport driver knew nothing about them.
SpokAnimal evaluated her, and contacted Cardiology at WSU for estimates and plan, but decided they couldn't put up the probable costs for her treatment, so asked to transfer her to me. If she has a PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosis) as suspected, treatment is surgery to ligate the duct and restore blood flow through the heart instead of partially bypassing it. I've got a call in to Cardio about setting up an appointment to confirm that (exam, echocardiogram) but haven't heard back yet.
In the mean time: She's adorable, and tiny (a whopping 1kg). Very cuddly, fine with being stuck in a f***y pack but not sure she likes a wagon, and so far is being really good about p*eing when I take her outside (but I'm also spending most of my time outside and never leaving her unobserved in the house for more than a minute). Rough night last night, as she has developed a cough, probably infectious respiratory from one or the other shelter she was passing through rather than from her heart, but it makes it difficult to settle and sleep. And every time she moved, I woke up so I could take her out to p*e if necessary.
If this all goes as expected, I'm going to need to come up with about $4-5000 I don't currently have in the rescue account to get her through Cardio workup and surgery, so if anybody would like to make a tax-deductible contribution toward her expected Cardio bill, that'd be fab!
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