Pulmonic Stenosis (PS) is an abnormal narrowing of the right ventricular outflow tract or stricture of the pulmonary artery. This abnormality leads to the enlargement of the right ventricle and the increase of the heart blood pressure.

Treatment involves surgical correction of the stenosis - plastic surgery performed on a heart valve (valvuloplasty) or balloon valvuloplasty (an alternative to surgery procedure in which a narrowed heart valve is stretched open using a procedure that does not require open heart surgery).

The balloon valvuloplasty usually decreases the pressure in the heart and increases exercises tolerance but it has limitations.

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Hello and Aroooooooooooo to YOU! My name is Timmy and I’m a purebred beagle. I am just a few years old and very handsome if I do say so myself!

I was rescued from the gas chambers in Virginia. It is a terrible fate for any animal, and YES it still happens to cute animals like me—even in the year 2007 when I was saved—luck was with me. I came to the Sterling Shelter about a month ago. Some nice vet person was doing my exam and noticed that my ticker (heart) had some issues. So after being transported from one vet to another,  they told the nice Shelter people that I have something called pulmonary stenosis and I needed a balloon angioplasty. I guess it is common in MY breed (how lucky again!). They say that if I don’t have the surgery that I will experience bouts of unconsciousness and may go in to heart failure. I don’t know what that is, but it doesn’t sound good.

I’ve been very patient and tolerant but I DO NOT like those mean vets sticking me with needles. The cardiologist at Tufts said he could fix me, but the estimate is about $3,000!!!! Can you imagine? I sure wish I had insurance like most people do. So NOW the Shelter staff is on a life saving mission to help me live a great and long life.

My foster mom said I was super smart and cute and well behaved. I was very well-mannered and even loved her resident dogs and cat. I never made pee-pees in the house. I did my business outside like a big boy! Okay, so I DID de-squeak a toy or two or four, but since I’m so cute, no one could get mad, they just laugh.

Now that I got neutered (definitely not happy about that) I am ready to have my heart surgery. The Shelter can’t really afford it, so they are doing something called a FUN–raiser. They promise me that I’m gonna’ get a better heart . So I’m gonna’ have a NEW foster mom and dad who will care for me until the Shelter can pay for my surgery.

I really don’t want to die and I’m very scared. I have a lot of love to give and lots more squeaky toys to murder. I really want my own home ’cuz where I came from I was just dumped alongside a road when my human didn’t want me. I was scared, cold, and hungry, but most of all, I was lonely.

I was lucky enough to find my way to a kind rescue person who helped me avoid the gas chambers. The angel sent me to a wonderful place she called New England. She told me that people in New England were way nicer than from my place. There is something called families that love dogs like me, let me sleep on a bed. have great food, and even let you in the house! I couldn’t wait to get here and now I can’t wait to feel better. I don’t really have pain or anything—other than the sadness that the Shelter people have in their eyes when they look at me and shake their heads and wonder how they can afford to help me.

The staff here love me, pet me, and even smooch on me. Every now and then they even—ughhh—bathe me and make a fuss. I’m a boy! Don’t they know I hate baths? The food is okay and the company of the other homeless pets is pretty good. But I really want a home to call my own. See,  the Shelter people can’t adopt me out officially till I get my heart fixed.

So, if you can please spare a few bones—I mean dollars—to help a hound? I just can’t stand to watch the Shelter staff anymore. Sometimes when they see me, they have water dripping from their eyes. The other animals here tell me its called crying. That’s what they do when they feel sorry for pets like me that need lots of work that they can’t afford.

Note from the Staff: Timmy is an exceptional dog and we really hope our supporters and alumni will help us fix him!
 

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