Tiki
So on Thursday, Mommy put me in the PTU all by myself!!!!! Riley is supposed to go with me and lick my head and distract me. So I showed Mommy, I gave her “what for” all the way to the v-e-t (5 whole minutes), the whole time in the waiting room, and then I gave the v-e-t people a stern talking to. Meow, meow, meow. They said I was a wiggler, but not a biter, and they like wigglers better.
They shaved 2 spots on the sides of my chest, made me wear electrodes, and put weird goo on me. They said it was for an EKG and an ultrasound, but I think I was abducted by aliens. They washed all the goo off, which made my furs wet, so I told them off. Meow, meow, meow.
The v-e-t people say I have hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy but am asymptomatic (I could have told them that part. I feel fine!) I have to take 1/4 of an atenolol (beta blocker), 2 times a day. Mommy thinks she’s fooling me by giving it to me in cheese or pill pockets, but I really like cheese and pill pockets so taking a pill is okay. My brothers want to take my pills too so sometimes they get treats. I think this is unfair. I should get all of the treats because I have to take pills and I am a good girl.
I have to go back in 2 weeks to see if atenolol agrees with me (so far so good) and then have another EKG in a year. So Daisy, do you have any advice for the newly diagnosed? Should I be eating nanners? Mommy & Daddy worry about me, but I think Pixie was a great role model. She fought this disease for a long time and I hope I can too! Mortimer is also my role model. I’m not sure if he has HCM, but he does have a heart murmur and takes medicine for it. He does not like going to the vet either.
P.S. Riley had to have a time out on Saturday because he chased me too much and made me hiss. I am the good one.
P.P.S. My heart mumur is a grade 3. They hope the medicine will make it be a grade 2.
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October 13, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Cheysuli
Oh goodness. I am glad you feel good though and I hope you do well with your treatments
October 13, 2008 at 9:57 pm
laurie
ask the vet about taking coq10.
toby had a heart murmur that climbed fairly steadily over about four years from 1 to 5.
boscoe has a murmur that has stayed at 1 for about four years now. the difference, as far as i know, is that boscoe takes coq10 and toby did not.
we are very grateful that his hasn’t gotten worse.
all the very very best to Tiki from riley and boscoe.
October 14, 2008 at 5:15 am
Daisy the Curly Cat
Oh Tiki, I am sorry you have hurt heart. Pixie did well for many years on her medicines. She also took atenolol, just like you! Pixie also took enalapril, lasix and Plavix. The main affect of the heart condition that Pixie had was that she did not want to play very much, and over the years, gradually slowed down. I think it’s good news that you are asymptomatic! Are you on a little bit of baby aspirin to prevent clots? If so, maybe you could ask about Plavix because we think that worked much better than the baby aspirin.
October 14, 2008 at 6:47 am
Parker
Aw Tiki! I am sorry that your heart is hurt. I think you got some very good advice here and that you will do great with your medicine and keep your heart working for many, many years!
Smooches to you!
October 15, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Riley & Tiki
Thanks for the advice. We will ask the vet about both.
October 17, 2008 at 9:55 am
Jaime
Oh no. We will be thinking about you and hope you never have hurtful symptons and always feel okay! We HATE taking pills and have to have them shoved down our throats practically. (NOt really but you get the idea.) You are such a good kitty our bean says.
October 18, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Jan's funny farm
Oh, my. We hope you live a long and asymptomatic life, Tiki. Sounds like you’ll be getting good care.
October 19, 2008 at 10:23 am
Forty Paws
Oh goodness! We are so glad that you take your pills the easy way with cheese and pill pockets. None of us like taking pills, and most of us don’t take them easily! We sure hope that the beta blockers work very well for you. We’re sending you tons and tons of purrs and purrayers, ok?
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