Givning Hope To Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients

[blonde]

hi everyone, it has been ages.

I think one of the last times i was on the forum was when my 3 year old cocker spaniel beautiful little boy was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, he was given 3 months to live..well i am very happy to say that after 12 months (in 2 weeks) he will have survived a whole year and still going very very strong. So just giving hope to others with this awful illness, and i must say, we have been given him taurine (as well as a heap of other medications) which you get from a health food store and which is given to heart transplant patients 6 mnths before the transplant to strengthen the human muscle and it seems to be working with my little boy too. I hope i get another 10 years with him>>?

Now i also have another problem with my other little cocker boy but i cant seem to talk about that rite now, i will try tomorrow.

[SkySoaringMagpie]

The difficulty with DCM is that in some breeds it's a swift and brutal killer and in other breeds you have a good shot at at least a few good years, sometimes more.

I have a dog with slow progressing DCM and like your dog she has done well on the latest meds and supplementation. I would not hold her up as a ray of hope to a Dobe owner facing a DCM diagnosis tho'.

Edited to say: God I can be a grumpy so and so sometimes. Forgot to say that it's great your dog is doing well, and I do actually know someone whose Dobe got 12 months after diagnosis as well.

Edited November 18, 2008 by anita