3.31.15 ~ Queenie PMPS 140

[Chris & Queenie]

yesterday

Another good evening for the Q. She visited the vet tonight to follow up her initial dx visit. She has gained weight and we will get results of urinalysis tomorrow. Looks like she's going to need a dental. Nothing super urgent but we need to get it done. AND she has a heart murmur, oh joy! I have had several cardiac patients. Think I'm going to start her on some CoQ10....

Tonight I am taking a break. Gave just a tad of gravy with low carb meal at evening shot time.


The vet feels she is pretty stable ~ considering all my little miss steps anyways and, of course, feels I am obsessing. I offered to do a curve with the Alpha Track just to help him feel I was willing to respect his ideals, but he really was fine with what I've been doing here on the forum (yes I took my laptop and showed him the SS....) He still argues that the Alpaha Track is designed to better read animal blood types...but the good thing in his mind is that the AT reads higher and since the lower numbers get us into trouble, the human meters tend to prompt action quicker when numbers drop. So bottom line is he feels it is safe to continue with my testing as long as it doesn't rule my life, hahahah.


Good night all you Suga Beans!

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Nice start tonight for Miss Queenie! A cat could really go places with that PMPS.

Both of my kitties have heart murmurs. It's quite common. I just found out about the one for my civie last week but the vet didn't think I needed to do anything about it unless I saw other signs (eg. coughing, hard to breath, lethargy). Neko had an echocardiogram a couple of years ago for her heart murmur - as organ growth is a concern for acromegalic cats, but they just found age related changes causing the murmur. The big thing for me is just to make sure it's checked regularly and not to worry unless it changes location or level.

 

[manxcat419]

Our 18 year old CKD kitty has a heart murmur. As far as we know she's had it all her life. It didn't stop her having kittens without a problem and it hasn't affected her in the slightest at any point. We do get it checked now she's older, and especially with the potassium she has to have for the CKD to make sure it's not getting any worse, but it isn't. None of the vets she's seen have ever been worried about it at all.

 

[julie & punkin (ga)]

Sounds like a good vet visit.