We had my cat Misha spayed on November 24th, 2017. She is only two years old.
She recovered quickly and never showed any signs of discomfort or pain. Her incision still has a scab and the place where she was microchipped lost hair, and now has turned blue.
However, last night, we rushed her to the emergency vet as she was breathing very heavy and quickly. She wasn’t consistently rattling but would have spurts of rattling (very brief - one second). She looked very sad but was walking fine and had just had something to eat and drink before this happened.
I did notice her purr was much louder in the morning but that was it.
At the vet, we were told she had a heart murmur (a level 6 out of 6) and went in to have X-rays. Immediately after discovering the heart murmur via stethoscope, the vet already thought it was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
She was able to have one out of three X-rays done but she needed to be put under for the final two. This is because Misha gets very stressed and panicky at the vets, she doesn’t like strangers either.
The vet showed us the pictures and explained that she had fluid in and around the lungs and even though her heart looked normal - she had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. She told us Misha only has months at most to live.
She also said Misha had very high blood pressure.
She was prescribed diaretic and blood pressure medicine. She was injected with laciryx (might be an incorrect spelling - sorry).
Despite being a little out of it (as a result of the sedation) she came for a brush and her breathing already seemed normal again.
Today, she is back to her old self. She’s running around, playing, cuddling, purring, chirping at/watching birds, jumping, playing in her cat tree, eating snacks, peeing normally, eating, drinking, napping, etc. Completely normal.
My question is - is her diagnosis correct?
We are absolutely devastated and are so concerned for our little Misha but her diagnosis just doesn’t make sense. I understand it happens at random and can affect any age but she only had the one symptom and already appears to have recovered. Please let me know what you think and any suggestions to prolong her life and make her as happy as possible would be greatly appreciated.
(Also a bit odd but probably not related - the vet didn’t seem to understand that Misha was a girl but mentioned her spay....)
She recovered quickly and never showed any signs of discomfort or pain. Her incision still has a scab and the place where she was microchipped lost hair, and now has turned blue.
However, last night, we rushed her to the emergency vet as she was breathing very heavy and quickly. She wasn’t consistently rattling but would have spurts of rattling (very brief - one second). She looked very sad but was walking fine and had just had something to eat and drink before this happened.
I did notice her purr was much louder in the morning but that was it.
At the vet, we were told she had a heart murmur (a level 6 out of 6) and went in to have X-rays. Immediately after discovering the heart murmur via stethoscope, the vet already thought it was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
She was able to have one out of three X-rays done but she needed to be put under for the final two. This is because Misha gets very stressed and panicky at the vets, she doesn’t like strangers either.
The vet showed us the pictures and explained that she had fluid in and around the lungs and even though her heart looked normal - she had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. She told us Misha only has months at most to live.
She also said Misha had very high blood pressure.
She was prescribed diaretic and blood pressure medicine. She was injected with laciryx (might be an incorrect spelling - sorry).
Despite being a little out of it (as a result of the sedation) she came for a brush and her breathing already seemed normal again.
Today, she is back to her old self. She’s running around, playing, cuddling, purring, chirping at/watching birds, jumping, playing in her cat tree, eating snacks, peeing normally, eating, drinking, napping, etc. Completely normal.
My question is - is her diagnosis correct?
We are absolutely devastated and are so concerned for our little Misha but her diagnosis just doesn’t make sense. I understand it happens at random and can affect any age but she only had the one symptom and already appears to have recovered. Please let me know what you think and any suggestions to prolong her life and make her as happy as possible would be greatly appreciated.
(Also a bit odd but probably not related - the vet didn’t seem to understand that Misha was a girl but mentioned her spay....)
