Helen Daniels
Boxer Pal
Sorry for the lenght of this. My 5 year old girl Skye was diagnosed with BCM 2 1/2 years ago and has responded well to the drugs she has been on (Sota
and Fortekor) but was holtered in September and the results weren't so good. She was holtered again last week and the results are even worse, plus she collapsed for the first time on Thursday evening. Have spoken to the cardiologist this morning and she is suggesting changing the drogs that Skye is on, or possibly increasing her Solta (pending results of a ECG which she's hoping to do tomorrow). The alternative drugs for consideration are Mexiletene, Amiodarone and Atena and I was wondering if anyone has experience of these as the cardiologist has said they can have some nasty side effects? Skye has also been on Omega 3, 6 and 9 supplements for about a month (cardiologist's suggestion) but these seem to have made no impression on Skye's arrhythmia. One potential cause of the increased arrhythmia (and I'm hoping this is the cause) is that she has a possible cruciate ligament problem which would cause her to release increaed levels of adrenalin to combat the pain and this realistically could be affecting her heart rhythm. She is on a complete break from exercise for 4 weeks now so hopefully we may see a change in her condition then.
I also have another old boy, Pero, a rescue who is today having an MRI scan. He's been diagnosed with BCM as well but has had two further collapses since we started him on medication. Today's scan is to see if there is a tumour on his brain which might be causing the collapses :-( My biggest worry today is that he's at increased risk from the anaesthetic because of the BCM. Fingers crossed...
and Fortekor) but was holtered in September and the results weren't so good. She was holtered again last week and the results are even worse, plus she collapsed for the first time on Thursday evening. Have spoken to the cardiologist this morning and she is suggesting changing the drogs that Skye is on, or possibly increasing her Solta (pending results of a ECG which she's hoping to do tomorrow). The alternative drugs for consideration are Mexiletene, Amiodarone and Atena and I was wondering if anyone has experience of these as the cardiologist has said they can have some nasty side effects? Skye has also been on Omega 3, 6 and 9 supplements for about a month (cardiologist's suggestion) but these seem to have made no impression on Skye's arrhythmia. One potential cause of the increased arrhythmia (and I'm hoping this is the cause) is that she has a possible cruciate ligament problem which would cause her to release increaed levels of adrenalin to combat the pain and this realistically could be affecting her heart rhythm. She is on a complete break from exercise for 4 weeks now so hopefully we may see a change in her condition then.I also have another old boy, Pero, a rescue who is today having an MRI scan. He's been diagnosed with BCM as well but has had two further collapses since we started him on medication. Today's scan is to see if there is a tumour on his brain which might be causing the collapses :-( My biggest worry today is that he's at increased risk from the anaesthetic because of the BCM. Fingers crossed...
