Although I do not have a dog that stroked, I wanted to share my Pearl with you. She has a bad heart and has been seeing a cardiologist for the past 4 yrs. It was during one of these visits that they told me her heart was doing well, but I told them that she didn't seem to feel well.
They decided to take her back and do a BP. It was skyrocketing. She immediately went on hypertensive meds. It came down tremendously but still not within the limits the cardiologist liked. In fact it continued to inch upwards over the months even with the meds.
Her hypertension was so bad that she was a very high risk anesthesia. But fear of stroke or other hypertension related problems prompted me to put her under and get a CT of her adrenals (adrenal tumors can cause hypertension). While she was under I also had an abscessed tooth removed (that was a whole 'nother thread.......she had that for a while, it was misdiagnosed).
While she was at this huge hospital, they did a urine sample and found high protein (kidney disease.) So, aspirin was added to her 14 other pills a day.
The final diagnosis is that the abscessed tooth caused the kidney disease, which caused the hypertension.
Now although she is not recovering from a stroke, I did want to tell you that at the age of 10, with all her meds, her hypertension under control now, she acts like a 5 yr old.
So, if your baby does recover from her stroke, there is lots of hope to handle the other two problems and hopefully prevent another stroke.