We took Willow for an ultrasound today. When her heart murmur was diagnosed a week ago, we initially decided against it. We changed our mind over the weekend, just so we knew exactly what we were dealing with.
The news is bad. Willow's heart has 2 holes in it, and there's also a problem with the vein connecting her heart to her lungs. (I'm probably not explaining that right, but it's close enough). The vet doesn't think she'll live more than a year, and eventually die from congestive heart failure.
We brought her home and put her back in the pasture with mom. Now, we watch and wait. Over the past few weeks, she's been gaining weight and been more active, so I thought she was getting better. Now, I know how wrong (stupidly optimistic) I was.
I guess the silver lining is this: when she passes, we will know nothing could have prevented this. Our vet at the UW is also doing research on heart problems in camelids, so he took some extra pictures of her for his research. I guess that's something to cling too, but I'm still sad.
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