Choking on Phelgm

[frankie]

Hi - I am new to the boards and have a concern about my little guy and wanted to see if other frenchie owners have experienced the same thing.

A little more than a week ago Frankie woke up at 6:00 am choking, I did not realize at first he was choking so he ended up having a seizure from lack of oxygen. Once we cleared his throat he was fine. Of course we rushed him to the 24 hr. animal hospital to have him checked and then he spent the day at my vet receiving oxygen and IV fluids.

Two days later he woke up the same way, only this time he did not have a seizure because we caught it in time. Both times he was choking on excessive phelgm. Again, we brought him to our vet who at this point diagnosed him with an Upper Respitory infection. He stayed at the vet for two days receiving IV antibiotics and fluids. He has since been released and will be on antibiotics for 14 days.

Well, it has been about a week and no further episodes. We go back tomorrow for a recheck, but ever since, I now sleep with him every night and wake him up every three hours to get him moving around so nothing accumulates in his throat/mouth.

Tomorrow during our recheck the dr. mentioned he was going to talk to me about the possibility of having surgery in the event that this is all due to an elongated soft palate. I was just wondering if anyone has had any similar type of experiences? Also, if this would all of a sudden just happen, he seemed fine, and neither of his parents have an elongated soft palate ( I double checked with the breeder). All I know is that I hate feeling like every morning he is going to wake up choking or even worse me not be there when he is to help him. Waking up every threes hours is tough.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

[manchie]

Hi - I am new to the boards and have a concern about my little guy and wanted to see if other frenchie owners have experienced the same thing.

A little more than a week ago Frankie woke up at 6:00 am choking, I did not realize at first he was choking so he ended up having a seizure from lack of oxygen. Once we cleared his throat he was fine. Of course we rushed him to the 24 hr. animal hospital to have him checked and then he spent the day at my vet receiving oxygen and IV fluids.

Two days later he woke up the same way, only this time he did not have a seizure because we caught it in time. Both times he was choking on excessive phelgm. Again, we brought him to our vet who at this point diagnosed him with an Upper Respitory infection. He stayed at the vet for two days receiving IV antibiotics and fluids. He has since been released and will be on antibiotics for 14 days.

Well, it has been about a week and no further episodes. We go back tomorrow for a recheck, but ever since, I now sleep with him every night and wake him up every three hours to get him moving around so nothing accumulates in his throat/mouth.

Tomorrow during our recheck the dr. mentioned he was going to talk to me about the possibility of having surgery in the event that this is all due to an elongated soft palate. I was just wondering if anyone has had any similar type of experiences? Also, if this would all of a sudden just happen, he seemed fine, and neither of his parents have an elongated soft palate ( I double checked with the breeder). All I know is that I hate feeling like every morning he is going to wake up choking or even worse me not be there when he is to help him. Waking up every threes hours is tough.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Hi and sorry for your baby.
Make a search on this site about soft palate and you will find some old threads. It may be helpful. Hope he is better now .

[manchie]

My Ollie did the same thing and it turned out to be infected tonsils and an elongated palate. He couldn't even eat w/o throwing up and when he was outside playing he would get so winded and then would choke and bring up foam so I think if it persists that you should get it checked out bc then you will know. Now you will have to have him put under so make sure the vet you choose has experience with the breed and do a search for the protacol for sedation when having surgery.

Good luck to you!

Judy

Hey Twist n Shout, how can you tell if your dog has infected tonsils.?
Lately my younger one,every now and then looks like he is trying to breath and he is short of air. He takes some short and fast repeated breaths and then he is fine. So i was thinking for his tonsils also.
Am a little bit lost cause i am on the allergy road and i remember you said somewhere that you feel sorry for the guys down the allergy road. I can now understand that you were w:) right.

[frankie]

Thank you so much for your response. Frankie seems to be doing better, his URI cleared up, but his breathing still seems labored at night. We are going have him evaluated for the surgery. My vet mentioned that their quality of life improves dramatically after having the surgery. So we will see.