George&Bert
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Yesterday morning baby showed remarkable resilience as she climbed on her foot high perch. I called the vet to cancel her echo cardiogram as I was concerned it may make her worse. Not getting him on the phone I decided to go. Two vets had said to do this as it was necessary before they would prescribe something for her. When I got there I insisted on staying with her through all testing and I did comfort her. At the same time I was bothered by their lack of gentleness I though should be applied. I tried to diffuse the situation and making her more comfortable.
When I got her home and let her out of the carrier she fell on her side finding it difficult to move. I got a sick, numb feeling in the pit of my stomach.
I stayed with her through most of the night expecting her to rally in her usual way. To my horror this morning I woke to find her gasping for breath and not moving. It was evident that this was what I had feared most.
Her usual vet said to take her to an emergency hospital an hour north of here as they were too busy to euthanize her. I found a local vet compassionate enough to check her. he announced she was in congestive hear failure. He put her down.
My terrible grief is multiplied by my guilt of submitting her to the testing torture she had to endure yesterday. Use this story to guide you. Do your research and ask a million questions like are the vet techs involved trained properly for a certain condition. And get two opinions from the very start. Don't let one vet rule your cats health.
Eight months ago my 12 year old spayed female named "Baby" thew a clot which slowed her using of her back leg, but she did alright.
Four months ago she threw another with more devastating affects, started walking like she was tipsy, but still alright. At that time she was put on and still is on a i/4 of an 81 mg bay aspirin every third day.
Today she seems worse and now I am highly concerned. According to the vet it is not that uncommon due to swirling in a cat's heart chamber and it could lodge anywhere and even kill them.
Before I got her she was a feral living along the water front for seven years. Now she is terrified by people and vets. I don't want to bring her in again only to make her worse.
I/She needs a miracle.
That's my Bert (GA) below
Baby is the orange and white
When I got her home and let her out of the carrier she fell on her side finding it difficult to move. I got a sick, numb feeling in the pit of my stomach.
I stayed with her through most of the night expecting her to rally in her usual way. To my horror this morning I woke to find her gasping for breath and not moving. It was evident that this was what I had feared most.
Her usual vet said to take her to an emergency hospital an hour north of here as they were too busy to euthanize her. I found a local vet compassionate enough to check her. he announced she was in congestive hear failure. He put her down.
My terrible grief is multiplied by my guilt of submitting her to the testing torture she had to endure yesterday. Use this story to guide you. Do your research and ask a million questions like are the vet techs involved trained properly for a certain condition. And get two opinions from the very start. Don't let one vet rule your cats health.
Eight months ago my 12 year old spayed female named "Baby" thew a clot which slowed her using of her back leg, but she did alright.
Four months ago she threw another with more devastating affects, started walking like she was tipsy, but still alright. At that time she was put on and still is on a i/4 of an 81 mg bay aspirin every third day.
Today she seems worse and now I am highly concerned. According to the vet it is not that uncommon due to swirling in a cat's heart chamber and it could lodge anywhere and even kill them.
Before I got her she was a feral living along the water front for seven years. Now she is terrified by people and vets. I don't want to bring her in again only to make her worse.
I/She needs a miracle.
That's my Bert (GA) below
Baby is the orange and white
