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    Update on my cat—hunching, chylothorax, hyperthyroid, heart issues and kidney issues—rutin supplement

    Pancreatitis can cause a cat to hunch? I wonder if that could be part of her problem. I know they did a bigger blood test on her in the hospital but I’m not sure if her pancreas was checked. I’ll have to ask about that if they call me. I’m worried they might not get back to me. I’ll...
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    Update on my cat—hunching, chylothorax, hyperthyroid, heart issues and kidney issues—rutin supplement

    Thanks for the help. I have a call in by the hospital and was hoping to talk to one of the doctors there too to ask more questions. they said they will try to call me back this weekend. is cbd something i can give her or should i ask the doctor if they call me? i know she gets worked up...
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    Update on my cat—hunching, chylothorax, hyperthyroid, heart issues and kidney issues—rutin supplement

    I posted a while back about my cat Daisy. She has the heart issues and found out in April she is hyperthyroid too so started her on the ear gel (2.5 mg twice a day). She’s been on Furosemide since December. She’s been in the hospital twice now. Got her back on Monday for her second drainage...
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    Hyperthyroid cat trouble breathing (heart issues)

    I'll try and post more tomorrow but i had to bring her to the hospital. She was loaded with fluid and that's why she can't breathe. they are sending the fluid out to test it. so we don't know yet if it's heart and thyroid or more going on. Just so worried about her. I'm waiting for them to...
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    Hyperthyroid cat trouble breathing (heart issues)

    She's about 11 years old. I wish we caught this sooner. she was in by the vet last may for a hoarse meow and trouble breathing and then in december. I asked the vet recently if this could be a thyroid issue since she started to lose weight and she did the blood test. She's on 2.5 mg for the...
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    Hyperthyroid cat trouble breathing (heart issues)

    I posted a while back about my cat that appeared to have heart trouble (enlarged heart). She had the blood test and is hyperthyroid. I think it was 9.5 for the T4? She recently started the ear gel and the last couple days have been so bad. she's having a hard time breathing and today won't...
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    I’m not sure what to do. She’s being fussier today with food and I wasn’t able to give her the heart medicines so far. So the gaba wasn’t working out either. I’m going to get some baby food and try to get other treats to use. If I’m unable to give her the gaba medicine, is it still less...
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    Thank you. Oh i didn't know gaba came in liquid too. I have the capsules. I know my other cat would not eat it even mixed in tuna so I'm not sure if this cat will eat it either. I'll try. Thanks for the articles you posted too. I'll be careful to get only meat baby food. Thank you!
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    Thanks--i'm going to print this out and ask about having those tests done. I'm just hoping i can get her to take the gaba meds and that it will keep her calm enough. I'm so scared of something going wrong. I'll have to get a list together of different treats to get and baby food and hope...
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    You have really given me a lot of good information and it's really making me wonder. I do have some forti flora here that i use for the cats when they are having diarrhea problems. but i'll have to look into some of these other treats you mention. I definitely need some other options to get...
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    Thank you so much. Boy, this makes me wonder. I know there was talk about possible asthma. Last year she was sick and had a hard time breathing and her meow was hoarse. They did an x-ray back then and now I can’t remember everything that was said but asthma I think was brought up but she’s...
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    Thank you for explaining that. That makes sense now. Oh it's nice to hear someone else that is using the gaba medicine on a cat with heart issues. She can be so stubborn and can pick up medicines pretty easy that i'm worried if she'll eat this. I struggle with the medicines she's on now...
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    Thank you so much. The vet just mentioned that today that I could try and contact one of the in-home vets that she knows of or else try giving her some gabapentin to bring her in. I don’t know what to do. I think she’s going to be stressed out even if someone comes here but that might be the...
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    Thank you. It's just been an ongoing nightmare. I just wish there could be some happiness and Daisy would get better. It's just too much for me to handle. Hopefully the vet will be helpful tomorrow. Thank you again for your kind words.
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    Possible thyroid problem with enlarged heart

    she is 11 years old. just so hard to see her like this. I lost my husband last year and the thought of having her put to sleep is too much for me. Her name is Daisy and she was so close to my husband. What's strange is my husband had congestive heart failure. This is just breaking my heart...
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