Green Ranger
09-21-2005, 11:13 AM
Made you look didn't it:
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Lance Armstrong's Labrador puppy Rex is recovering from successful open-heart surgery at Colorado State University's veterinary hospital.
The seven-time Tour de France winner's dog was born with a defective heart valve that put him at risk of heart failure.
Armstrong took the 9-month-old puppy to CSU for surgery in late August, the same week he proposed to singer Sheryl Crow, the university said Tuesday.
Chris Orton, who heads the hospital's cardiac surgery team, performed the valve replacement operation on Rex.
Orton said the puppy is through the most critical stages of the procedure, but will remain on blood thinners for the next three months.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Lance Armstrong's Labrador puppy Rex is recovering from successful open-heart surgery at Colorado State University's veterinary hospital.
The seven-time Tour de France winner's dog was born with a defective heart valve that put him at risk of heart failure.
Armstrong took the 9-month-old puppy to CSU for surgery in late August, the same week he proposed to singer Sheryl Crow, the university said Tuesday.
Chris Orton, who heads the hospital's cardiac surgery team, performed the valve replacement operation on Rex.
Orton said the puppy is through the most critical stages of the procedure, but will remain on blood thinners for the next three months.