Hi Pat,
One of my FeLV+ cats, Kami has endocarditis. He is now approx 2 1/2 - 3 yrs old.
He came in extremely poor condition 1 1/2 yrs ago with many things going on and
a really bad heart murmur. He was so ill that only injectable combo anitibiotics
worked. After he had significantly improved, I had a full body ultrasound done
on him at the critical care hospital here. The U/S revealed a great deal of
permanent damage and scarring to internal organs due to his previous existence.
It also revealed that his heart valves are significantly scarred but the
endocarditis is no longer an issue. The heart murmur is now inaudible.
I use a lot of supplements and he is doing extremely well. Kami doesn't have any
other heart issues.
I hope that Bastet recovers from it as well as Kami did.
I'm sorry that I can't be of more help.
El


--- In feline-heart@yahoogroups.com, "pcrawford488" <pwcrawford@...> wrote:
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> My 16-year-old cat (Bastet) has been diagnosed with endocarditis. The blood
culture came back showing a bacterial infection that is responsive to
clindamycine, which fortunately was started as soon as the thickened aortic
valve was seen on the ultrasound.
> Bastet has a host of other problems, including longstanding congential heart
disease consisting of a large high VSD and aortic insufficiency. She went into
early right and left heart failure, precipitated by placing her on empirical
prednisolone therapyt for her pancreatitis and/or GI lymphoma (another long
story). She's also had CRF for several years.
> The focus now of course is on her heart condition vs. these other health
problem. She is currently on
> I was wondering if list-members have had experience with endocarditis. I know
the prognosis is very poor -- about a 50% survival rate with antibiotics.
> She has an e-tube since she stopped eating a few weeks ago after a positive
test for chronic and active pancreatitis and went into the ICU. She is
currently getting Fortekor, Furosemide, Vetmedin and Clindamycin for her heart.
> Thanks for any advice, or experience you can share.
> Pat & Bastet
>