tHAT SEEMS TO MUCH TO BEAR. PROBLEMS FOR ALL 3. i HAVEN'T LOST ANYONE FOR 2 YEARS. i AM BLESSED . i WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND YOURS. ---- Jennifer Lewis <blonded...@mac.com> wrote: > Oh My. Peace to you and your kitty kids > On Apr 28, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Kelley S wrote: > > > I'm so sorry. There is a good Yahoo feline heart disease group. I lost my > > Missy to heart disease. > > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Marsha <mar...@lynxe.com> wrote: > > Harley has been with me 4.5 years, since he was a kitten of almost 4 months > > old, FeLV+ since then. Brock was adopted as a companion for Harley 7 > > months ago, after Harley's FeLV+ buddy Milkdud died last May. > > > > Harley was diagnosed with cancer in the middle ear & jaw area in March, and > > he had one palliative radiation treatment at the end of March. He was > > supposed to get his 2nd treatment a few days later, and the tumor had grown > > just enough that he could not be intubated. No anesthesia = no radiation > > treatment. The tumor is causing some pressure behind his right eye, and is > > pressing on the inner ear also, causing balance issues sometimes. He gets > > meloxicam and buprenorphine (extended release) every 3 days, and this keeps > > him comfortable enough to eat (soft food & liquid), groom a little, roll > > over for belly rubs, and once in a while bat a toy, scratch on his Turbo > > Scratcher with the light-up ball, or rub his nose on a catnip toy. > > > > Brock gave me a shock. I took him in for a voracious appetite without > > gaining weight, and itchiness around the head and neck, thinking maybe > > hyperthyroidism. Blood work showed potential kidney issue, urinalysis the > > same, high blood pressure. An ultrasound was scheduled to look at the > > kidneys, and everybody was surprise to find he had free fluid in his > > abdominal area. 110 cc of chyle was drawn off, needle aspirations taken of > > kidney and liver. Almost certainly lymphoma, they thought. Cytology came > > back negative for that, and he went to see a cardiologist and get an > > echocardiogram. Final diagnosis: restrictive cardiomyopathy with > > congestive heart failure. He is only 4-5 years old. He does not look or > > act like anything is wrong, and the physical exam never suggested he had > > that pleural effusion in there. Now he is on 4 heart meds, and a potassium > > supplement. The pleural effusion is under control for now, but I've been > > told this kind of cardiomyopathy is the worst of 3 kinds. > > > > Marsha, Harley, & Brock > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >
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