luluandbeansmom
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- Jan 13, 2023
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- Lulu and Bean
Our family recently adopted a rescue EB that we've named Bean. This sweet girl was surrendered to a local shelter, and it is believed that she is around 9-12 months old. The rescue noted that her nares were quite tiny, and we can definitely hear her snore and snurgle both awake and asleep. At her first check-up with our primary vet, they noted likely BOAS and referred us to the local bully specialist (who is a bit out of our area) for palate trim/nares procedures. We have an appointment for her BOAS consult in about 2 weeks, but had a scary episode today where she vomited up her food, and then was choking on phlegm for about 2-3 minutes. At one point, she seemed to "black out" but then was up and walking around. We did take her to the ER vet, however, she was fine when we arrived (about 20 mins later) and they referred us back to our primary. We are going to immediately start giving her less food per feeding in a raised bowl with a slow-feeder, but honestly, I'm really shaken up by what occurred. She seems just fine now, however, I did make an appt with her primary vet on Tuesday.
We have had our senior EB, Lulu, for almost 8 years, and have never experienced anything like this with her.
So that I can relax (hopefully) a bit until her BOAS surgery, what recommendations can the community give if this type of episode happens again? I've seen lemon mentioned to help break up the phlegm, are there any other home remedies?
**Nervous Mom in NorCal**
We have had our senior EB, Lulu, for almost 8 years, and have never experienced anything like this with her.
So that I can relax (hopefully) a bit until her BOAS surgery, what recommendations can the community give if this type of episode happens again? I've seen lemon mentioned to help break up the phlegm, are there any other home remedies?
**Nervous Mom in NorCal**