Son in law just posted this on his facebook thing

We could not be happier, the surgery took a little longer than expected, they required to make some changes from the initial plan to get the PDA closed, but thankfully he was able to have the surgery through the artery in his right leg, keyhole surgery, so his recovery should be shorter and no big scars on his chest.
He did get shaved quite a bit in case anything went wrong during the surgery, but this was to ensure the surgeon and her team were prepared for the worst while they worked for the best, I think this qualifies as the best. Hectors Heart has shrunken back down to a within normal size range, and it is no longer putting pressure on his lungs, and his heart rate has come down from 200 bpm+ to a more normal rate for doggies 106 bpm.
He has a couple of leaky valves in his heart still, but we have been advised that this may still improve as his recovery goes on, he is still on some medication to help strengthen his heart muscles and for water retention, but Vets are hopeful he will be able to come off these within 1 week to 1 month.
His prognosis was grim going into this, he was in congestive heart failure and was looking at a life expectancy in the months to 1 year range; but now that has all changed for him, all going well with this recovery we are told his life expectancy is out towards 10 years, without all of your support this would not have been possible, so thank you.
We would also like to thank Vets and Surgeons at the Royal Edinburgh Small Animal Veterinary Hospital; they are amazing people, and we cannot than them enough for all they have done for Hector and our family.
Finally, we will close this fundraiser in the morning to new donations, you will still be able to see it and we will update Hectors progress from time to time here.
Thank you again, lots of Love the Reid Family