Possible Stroke - Symptoms and recovery
I'm sharing this for anyone at some point goes through something similar. End note: My cat Ian is doing well.
Prefix: Male cat (Ian), 13 years old. Diagnosed at age 12 with hyperthyroid, on Methimazole twice daily to control T4. No other...
...till the next day to contact our local vet who told us to bring him right in. They told my husband that he was not injured that he had had a stroke. So they gave him Meds to treat the stroke and kept him for 3 days.
George is home doing well, we were worried because he had not eatin since...
I too lost my cat today. He was 19 so had a good, long life. It was a massive stroke with him. All I can say is, I know how you feel and hugs from across the Pond.
Often a stroke comes on very suddenly in cats. The first few muinits are the most critical. I don't belive anything could have been done to prevent it in this case if it was stroke.
Either a blood vessile ruptures or a clot blocks blood from reaching the brain. Thats what causes the brain to...
My cat Boaz has little white specks of dandruff on his back, and more pop up when I scratch his back. I pet him and stroke the dandruff flakes away and more pop up. There's not a huge amount of flakes, but still, it has me wondering. Any thoughts?
Stroke is neuological, bloodflow is cut off causing neurons to be damaged or die. It can produce different symptoms depending on the area of the brain affected. And it cons on fairly quickly. The cat can be fine one second and acting strange the next. Tremmors is just one of the signs of a...
...to the vet again. Reaction tests were done in office and blood work was taken. But there says she has sudden blindness possible brain mass or stroke. I was in shock and in tears. Talk to my regular vet the next day- a CAT scan was $1,000 to check for brain tumor. She ruled out blood clot and...
yes i had a pool cleaning business before my stroke i loved being my own boss .setting my own routes having lunch and making a few casts at the local lakes i fished at before getting on the road again to finnish working.
I almost sounds like that human procedure where they scrape plaque out of the neck arteries, but the risk is that if a small piece floats off you might have a stroke regardless.