So last night Ollie was himself again. Without help. This rollercoaster is driving me crazy. He has an appt. at the vet tomorrow. I printed out a ton of...
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brunobaby
brunobaby@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:54 am
Pongo's EKG this morning was no better than last week's, and no worse. We have to double the Inderal from 1/4 to 1/2 a pill twice a day and bring him back next...
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Voula Augerinos
catwoman1@...
Dec 3, 2000 4:28 am
Good news about Pongo seeming brighter. I am very happy that he is peppier. I had written to the hyperT group about energy levels, and co-incidentally received...
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Voula Augerinos
catwoman1@...
Dec 3, 2000 10:14 am
Dear Helen, thanks Helen. I will check out your web site. What was the question about CoQ10 and taurine? I will try to help. Love, Voula and Pebbles and Lucy...
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peggy
chessie92@...
Dec 3, 2000 1:42 pm
Hi Everybody, I took my cat Homer to the vet yesturday he is one month from turning eleven yrs old and has been healthy all his life.Yesturday the vet said...
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J. Z.
filmgeek55@...
Dec 3, 2000 2:07 pm
Melinda: Glad to hear that Pongo is doing better. He's a tough old coot, isn't he? I took Ollie to the vet yesterday, armed with all my printouts from the Web...
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Carina Norris
carina@...
Dec 3, 2000 2:13 pm
Hi Melinda Just wanted to say that you and Pongo are in my thoughts and prayers - hang in there, little guy! (or is that 'not so little' guy <g>) Your letter...
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Jonathan Rosenberg
jr40@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:26 pm
Here's what I know about taurine: 1) A taurine deficiency can cause severe heart problems, particularly dilated cardiomyopathy. 2) Taurine deficiency is rare...
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brunobaby
brunobaby@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:27 am
... and ... think ... Diltiazem. I took the same printouts to the vet when he recommended Pepcid, and he seemed to think that Pepcid was benign, but that...
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brunobaby
brunobaby@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:29 am
... Carina, your letter reminds me that we've been very, very lucky with Pongo. Of course, it's hard to remember how lucky we feel when we've been praying for...
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brunobaby
brunobaby@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:31 am
... notice ... That's a good thing. Steadying the thyroid steadies the energy and keeps her from extreme ups and downs. Having Phoebe on Tapezole, vitamins and...
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Voula Augerinos
catwoman1@...
Dec 4, 2000 12:40 pm
Hi Melinda, thanks for your reply. We haven't started Pebbles on Tapazole / neo-mercazol (Australian equivalent) as yet. We will be looking at a low starting...
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Laura Penny
lepenny@...
Dec 4, 2000 2:06 pm
We should all be so lucky as to be reincarnated into cats with caregivers like us. Laura ... From: brunobaby <brunobaby@...> To:...
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Voula Augerinos
catwoman1@...
Dec 4, 2000 3:18 pm
Hi Melinda, thanks for your reply. We haven't started Pebbles on Tapazole / neo-mercazol (Australian equivalent) as yet. We will be looking at a low starting...
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Voula Augerinos
catwoman1@...
Dec 5, 2000 10:18 am
Hi Peggy, I admire you for caring so well for so many cats. It's hard enough when one is ill. I know when my Sachie was ill, I didn't know what I was doing...
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Judy Eastwood
judeast@...
Dec 5, 2000 9:13 pm
You can use gelcaps, its really not hard to fill them, I use #3 and get pepcid, CoQ10, lotensine, asprin, and an herbal concentrate in them! Sometimes fish oil...
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Judy Eastwood
judeast@...
Dec 5, 2000 9:18 pm
... Saki was a throw up cat for 10 years. Extensive tests ended with a diagnosis of possible food allergies (I think the vets at that time just gave up) He...
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diane
diane@...
Dec 5, 2000 9:47 pm
We always said Kearra had a "sensitive stomach" too. I found she did better on Science Diet than Iams, and better still when I started mixing the hairball...
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Mike & Linda Irrgang ...
irrgang@...
Dec 6, 2000 2:04 pm
my cat whiskers was also a throw up cat for years but it was finally ended by a bowel re-section when she became completely blocked due an encysted piece of...
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PPerez5239@...
Dec 6, 2000 11:03 pm
Dear Group, I've been a member for a while. I lost my beautiful white, blue-eyed, deaf Princess to dilated cardiomyopathy back in August. I then got a new...
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Jonathan Rosenberg
jr40@...
Dec 7, 2000 12:47 am
... I'm sorry for your loss. ... Why do they suspect FIP? What were the symptoms that led you to take her to the vet? ... I know very little about liver...
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ne woods
newoods@...
Dec 8, 2000 7:24 am
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A 5-month-old tiger cub named Karma is set to undergo heart surgery at a children's hospital in what is believed to be the first operation...
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ne woods
newoods@...
Dec 8, 2000 9:15 am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A gene therapy technique has been shown to steady irregular heartbeat in pigs, according to a report. The researchers hope that one...
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J. Z.
filmgeek55@...
Dec 8, 2000 6:51 pm
Ollie's timing is impeccable, as usual. Last year he was diagnosed with HCM with congestive heart failure two weeks before we left for vacation, and ended up...
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Mike & Linda Irrgang ...
irrgang@...
Dec 8, 2000 9:00 pm
Hi Jill, Have you asked your husband what he thinks? Is it possible that he would go with you if Ollie had already left you and then he wouldn'thave to be...
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Jonathan Rosenberg
jr40@...
Dec 8, 2000 9:24 pm
... Is a vet visit considered a "heroic measure"? ... No one here can tell you how to make the tradeoff between two seriously ill lives that are precious to...
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J. Z.
filmgeek55@...
Dec 9, 2000 12:25 am
It's now three days since Ollie's eaten anything significant. He has vomited bile twice today (Melinda, this is the yowling projectile stuff). He's so thin,...
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diane@...
Dec 9, 2000 1:39 am
In about 14 hours I should be on my way home with a new addition to the family. We have not had a 8 week old kitten in this house since 9 years ago when I got...
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Jonathan Rosenberg
jr40@...
Dec 9, 2000 2:01 am
... Jill, Please don't let time be the deternmining factor here. I really think it's best to take it a day at a time. CXan't your husband look after Oliver ...
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Jonathan Rosenberg
jr40@...
Dec 9, 2000 2:23 am
Hello, As some of you know, I have been working for some time on building a cat sanctuary in central NJ. I have gotten quite far, having found suitable land...
