A plate was attached to his chest and pulled his sternum away from his spine. How old is the kitten? Age and severity of the defect will impact the outcome. It can be devastating when very young kittens are severely affected and many don’t make it. Sometimes they get to a safer age for surgery but complications arise and they don’t survive. But there are cases where they do survive to an age where they can have the surgery and they recover with no complications. Latte had an echocardiogram before going to his new home (I foster) to see if he had any lasting damage to his heart from it being compromised prior to the surgery and the cardiologist said everything looked good. I heard from his adopter on his 1 year birthday and he was thriving. Hannah Shaw @kittenxlady had one last year who also survived. If you have an Instagram you can see more of Latte’s story if you search the hashtag #baristakittens. There are other stories under the hashtag #pectusexcavatumkitten
