This is Scarlett. She’s a happy, bouncy, Aussie girl. The APB people say that she “won” the genetic lottery…but the way they say it, it’s not a good thing…
When she went to the puppy doctor, they said her heart mumbles. (murmurs.) So, she went to the Big puppy doctor at MSU. The MSU doctor said she has not one, not two, but three genetic heart defects. She has:
– moderate to severe aortic stenosis
– patent duct arteriosus (PDA)
– mitral valve regurgitation
They wanted to see her again at 18 months to 2 years old. So she hung out with her foster family until it was time to go see the Big puppy doctor again.
This time the MSU doctor says that the mitral valve thingy is better. But the PDA is making the stenosis worse. They would like to fix the PDA thing, and hopefully she can live longer than if they don’t fix it.
But, the Big puppy doctors cost big bucks….they said it would be about $1200 to fix the PDA. Even if she gives them all of her biscuit dollars, that’s not gonna be enough.
Do you have some biscuit dollars that you could send, so that she can go to MSU and get the PDA thingy fixed? She’d really like to be a happy girl for a really long time.
Email lisa@schnauzerama.org for questions about Scarlett.
