Hi My foundation breeding boy had HCM, we collected him at 3 months old and he was diagnosed with a heart murmur at the vet check. I had him scanned and HCM...
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Julie
julie.weinand
Dec 1, 2009 4:36 pm
hi he is on medication for both the clot and pain. i brought him home last friday as he was improving and they thought the blood had started flowing back in...
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Judi Levens
judimac322
Dec 1, 2009 5:00 pm
Has he seen a cardiologist? there is a world of difference in knowledge about these things...can you get him to one? It feels like they should have been...
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Sue
magdrl_webma...
Dec 1, 2009 6:49 pm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34223285/ns/health-pet_health/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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elfinmyst@...
elfinmyst
Dec 1, 2009 11:05 pm
Yes.. And there is another diuretic called spironolactone which can be used with lasix or they can use intravenous lasix.. In emergencies, a chest tap will ...
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tafoster4000
Dec 1, 2009 11:31 pm
Hi I do have a question, are we talking HCM developing in young cats? I have/had 2 cornish rex cats that had/have HCM. I lost my Domino at 18 1/2 to heart...
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banditbabe32
Dec 2, 2009 9:53 am
Hi there, I did reply earlier but for some reason it did not show up...... My cat is having the same problems - she is becoming refractory to very high doses...
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smittyhj82
Dec 2, 2009 3:10 pm
Winston is currently getting atenolol every 12 hours, but his xrays were reviewed by a specialist and they say he has asthma. Can anyone that has an HCM cat...
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jintzr
Dec 2, 2009 3:21 pm
I have two cats with HCM and one with asthma, and one with suspected asthma. My one with HCM and asthma takes- lasix (1/2 pill twice daily), 1/2 enalapril,...
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kathryn m
katy4282003
Dec 2, 2009 3:23 pm
belle has HCM and asthma. she takes atenolol 1x a day and flovent 1x a day at this point. she started on atenolol 2x a day and flovent 220 twice a day for...
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Ildiko
ildikojuhasz...
Dec 2, 2009 4:04 pm
Hi there, My Carmen was in heart failure twice a week apart. The doctors added both HCTZ every third day and one tablet of spironolactone daily, on top of the...
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Westgold
westgold12
Dec 2, 2009 5:53 pm
I have to say that before I joined this list, I only heard of a couple cats with asthma. And I belong to more than a dozen lists. Why do so many cats with...
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Westgold
westgold12
Dec 2, 2009 5:58 pm
to those of you with cats with both heart disease and asthma --- did they have the asthma before they got the heart disease? Or after? ... From: kathryn m To:...
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Pat
syrinx12000
Dec 2, 2009 6:02 pm
Hi "smittyhj82"; ... From: "smittyhj82" <smittyhj82@...> ... I totally understand how you feel about the meds as we have just had to put one of our cats...
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kathryn m
katy4282003
Dec 2, 2009 6:06 pm
heart disease was diagnosed first about a year later is when the asthma started. belle's asthma is very mild. she has no halos only a very mild flattening of...
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Judi Levens
judimac322
Dec 2, 2009 6:38 pm
Max had asthma long before we knew he had heart disease, but it's possible that he had HCM all along and was asymtomatic...I have noticed the number of people...
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Pat
syrinx12000
Dec 2, 2009 8:47 pm
Hi Judi; ... From: "Judi Levens" <casaobelisco@...> ... There also aren't any good answers out there (scientific or not), regarding where the steroids...
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jintzr
Dec 2, 2009 10:11 pm
It's hard to say because we knew about the asthma first, and then learned of the heart disease later, but like Judi said, he could have had HCM all along and...
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Carolyn Larson
bluepercheron
Dec 3, 2009 10:55 pm
Hi - my cat Stanley has asthma and HCM (and other problems as well). Here are the meds he's on, plus he gets a wonderful "heart vitamin" pill (actually...
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tootsiepop1421
Dec 4, 2009 2:20 am
I just found out my 15 year old Maine Coon has this horrible thing. He is absolutely pitiful and looks horrible, His touge is out and he pants. The Vet says...
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Kristen G
apacheadd
Dec 4, 2009 2:32 am
Is this heart disease for sure? How was it diagnosed? If your cat is having trouble breathing, I would suggest that an emergency visit to a vet is in...
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Mmayer11
marianna.mayer
Dec 4, 2009 2:49 am
Yes, get to the ER immediately. Do not wait, Your cat should not have to suffer now regardless of the outcome, you must do something to help his distress asap!...
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tootsiepop1421@...
tootsiepop1421
Dec 4, 2009 2:58 am
We were back at the Vet a few hours ago and he has been like this for quite a while. They did another X-Ray and the heart is even larger than the first of...
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cathy coleman
catherama
Dec 4, 2009 4:38 am
I am so sorry to hear of your troubles. I don't know you, but I am quite sure you are doing the very best you can for your cat, and I'm sure he knows that. It...
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banditbabe32
Dec 4, 2009 9:07 am
Hello Joy, I am so sorry you are going through this. What medication is your cat on? He should really be in the oxygen cage with intravenous fruesmide if he...
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smittyhj82
Dec 4, 2009 2:25 pm
Well....Winston is still having trouble breathing. No open mouth panting, just shallow rough breathing. We will talk to the cardiologist about getting him off...
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Judi Levens
judimac322
Dec 4, 2009 2:40 pm
I use CQ10 from Trader Joe's...it's 100mg in softgel caps...I squeeze out approximately 1/2 and mix it with Nattozyme in the juice from Wiskas treats. If he...
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tootsiepop1421@...
tootsiepop1421
Dec 4, 2009 6:17 pm
I'm sorry to inform you all that my beloved friend lost his battle this morning. He stopped eating and drinking late yesterday and I couldn't even tempt him...
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Westgold
westgold12
Dec 4, 2009 6:20 pm
oh, I am so sorry. Please accept my condolences. Our kitties are very fragile, and we never get to keep them as long as we want to. But he's now happy and...
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JG
m3cflvi
Dec 4, 2009 6:47 pm
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts are with you now. Please accept my condolences. Joe (Beanie, Chelsea and April (RIP) ... [Non-text portions of...
