I'll say prayers for your buddy too...
I just revisited the forum today looking for some info on dilated cardiomypathy, and I'm so glad to have read your thread........we took our 3 1/2 year old to the emergency vet Sunday night for what I thought was an abcessed tooth, and 3 hrs later we came out with the same diagnosis. You could have knocked me over with a feather.......I am so sorry for your pup, I know how we worry and you just don't expect this in young dogs. Our vet has ran the same tests and we are waiting for a mobile echo tech to come to our hospital, but the closest cardiologist is about 2 1/2 hrs away, so we are doing tele-med at this time.So glad the cath was able to diagnosis the problem, but I am astounded at the cost of the stent! Rugers heart is approx 3" larger than it should be, but we are lucky at this time there is no fluid, and his EKG is pretty much sinus tachycardia...... I just keep thinking about all he people who are walking around with CHF, cardiomypathy, stents and all the other heart disease you can have They are doing just fine .Please keep us updated on the intervention!