Urgent Prayer Request for Bruin the Dog

"Bruin"

From Carla: I would like to ask for prayers for our former foster bloodhound, Bruin (fka Spud). He was born with a heart defect that is worse than we thought. His adoptive mom shared this with us: After completing all the testing the cardiologist came to explain everything. Bruin has a mild to moderate mitral valve dysplasia, mild to moderate pulmonic stenosis, and a severe subaortic stenosis. It is the last part that is the worst. The doctor told me that normal pressures were under 40 and severe was 80, he measured Bruin at 152. Basically it doesn’t look good for the little guy. I was told that if his pressures stay where they are Bruin might be able to make it to 4 years old but if they increase (which he thinks they will because he isn’t done growing yet) then his life expectancy is more like another year or maybe two.

We are so brokenhearted for Bruin's short life expectancy, but also for his mom who waited so long to get him, now is faced with a shortened life with him. He is one of those special pups who steals an especially large part of your heart and we are so thankful he has a mom who is willing to do what is necessary to help him.

Thank you for your prayers.