Tiki
Yesterday, Mommy shoved me into the PTU and made me go to the v-e-t. Dr. Nguyenba is very nice, but he’s still a v-e-t and I am a c-a-t (That spells cat). Meow, meow, meow!
They took my blood pressure and did a brief echocardiogram (so they could check my hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy). Can you believe they shaved my armpits again? Meow, meow, meow!
I like to fuss at the v-e-t people.
Good news! I have been taking 1/4 atenolol twice a day since October. So far: my heart rate is slower, my blood pressure is lower, the heart murmur is now a 2 instead of a 3, I now have a mild left ventricle obstruction instead of a moderate to severe one, my right ventricle now has no obstruction instead of a mild one, and I now have trace mitral regurgitation instead of mild.
So far so good!
So then I go home and my brothers won’t stop smelling me. Riley did at least help me clean my armpits, but Kesey was no help at all!
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March 5, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Daisy
Tiki, that’s awesome news! Not only is the medication controlling the condition but it’s making it get better. I am so glad to hear that.
March 5, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Cheysuli
I am glad you are doing so well.
March 5, 2009 at 5:10 pm
yaffa
We hate going to the vet. Glad it went well!
March 5, 2009 at 11:53 pm
laurie
that is excellent news! excellent! worth a trip to the v-e-t, i think.
riley had to go back to the v-e-t yesterday to have his mouth looked at, since it’s two weeks since his tooth extraction and they wanted to see if it was healing properly.
but riley being riley, he absolutely refused to open his mouth. they sent him home again and did not charge for the visit.
March 6, 2009 at 3:47 am
Gattina
That’s good news ! Never mind your shaved armpits, female beans have to do that all the time !
March 6, 2009 at 5:32 pm
jan's funny farm
Sounds like that news was worth a trip to the vet.
March 9, 2009 at 3:06 pm
jaimesmith
Oh that is all fantastic news! We are so happy that you are getting furry better!
Theodore and Sasha
ThoughtsFurPaws
March 11, 2009 at 4:34 pm
The Furry Kids
I’m sorry that you had to get your armpits shaved. But we are super glad that the medicine is doing what it’s supposed to.
March 13, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Ariel
Glad to hear your doing well
March 16, 2009 at 11:54 am
miz allie cat
ahhh meows..and many purrs….how wonderfur that news is….do well.
and thanks fur stopping by and wishing mes a Happy B Day.. meow…
March 17, 2009 at 6:05 am
Grover and Piggy
Oh! We are so happy you are doing well, even if they did have to shave your armpit. That’s one of the downfalls of having beautiful fur sadly. Keep getting better!!! Yay!
April 4, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Lux
Is the atenolol the only medication you’re taking? I’ll have to look that up.
I’m on Furosemide and Benazequil (I think that’s right).
That’s wonderful about you improving! They were going to shave me if they couldn’t get a reading, but it turns out they didn’t need to …