Sorry I just noticed that this emailed itself off. I hadn't intended to send it yet it was in drafts. Well, I was going to tell you that with three medicines daily, zig got three miraculous years added to his life after an echo duAgnosed him with a guarded prognosis. I hope your kitty fAres as well or better. Zoh started fainting, and that's how we first learned of his illness. He still had syncope occasionally after he was on the meds, but no where as bad as it would have been. We love them so much. It's a shame love alone doesn't heal everything.
Sealed with a purr...... =^.,^= ~Kat~ ***I'm Kat Parker; I park cats*** > On May 7, 2015, at 1:58 PM, Korruptakitty <korruptaki...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Marsha, > > I really do feel bad for you, but I want to tell you that there is hope. My > Zoh, who has been gone for a few years now, was diagnosed, at the uv l > L > davis extension veterinary specialty hospital, with restrict ice > > ""00:3 cardiomyopathy, aortic stenosis, pulmonary edema, heart murmur of 3/6 > > Sealed with a purr...... =^.,^= > > ~Kat~ > > > ***I'm Kat Parker; I park cats*** > >> On Apr 29, 2015, at 10:00 AM, felvtalk-requ...@felineleukemia.org wrote: >> > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:47:44 -0500 > From: Marsha <mar...@lynxe.com> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] Update on Harley & Brock > Message-ID: <55405460.5010...@lynxe.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > 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
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