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What chance for a healthy life for a 8.5 week old puppy with severe Grandesophagus? Has a small ring into stomach too. Even regurgitating water.
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Published on April 23rd, 2019
Sadly his long term prognosis is probably not very good if he is regurgitating water in addition to food. Some dogs can be managed for awhile with elevated feedings, and at some point a low profile gastric feeding tube might be an option. If the megaesophagus is caused by a vascular ring anomaly then the prognosis could be good with surgery, but this is usually obvious on a chest x-ray.
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