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My 3 year old ragamuffin cat has severe HCM. Thankfully he has been stable at home on atenolol, blood thinner (xarelto), and lasix.
Occasionally, he has appetite issues, but they told me he wouldnt make it past a few months back in April 2019 when I first learned of his cardiac issues when he went into heart failure.
this past week , he has been eating less and less, and I remember this was a telltale sign of heart failure.
I tried everything, he was basically only eating 1/3rd or less of his normal intake (which is 1-2 cans a day and some dry Orijen). He peed twice outside his box and I thought maybe he has a UTI?
I took him into the vet tonight, they wouldnt let me in with him due to covid19 & I had a bad feeling about this.
He is EXTREMELY anxious, 24/7, not just at vets, all the time. Wont let my husband touch him. Runs from everyone, hides.
Stress and anxiety are the worst for cats with HCM as a stressful situation can propel them into heart failure or throwing a blood clot.
They took a chestxray, bloodwork, urine, and brought him back to me. Almost a minute after they left he started gasping, choking, heavy coughs bulging eyes and I thought they’d killed him.
He spit up pink liquid from gagging & I called them out again FRANTIC.
They took him, put oxygen to his nose (they didnt have a damn oxygen tank!!!!!) and finally let me in.
He was on oxygen for maybe 10 minutes and started to get rowdy and anxious. They gave him a lasix IM shot, and I scooped him up to bring him home so he is less scared.
He took gabapentin so he is drowsy but he looks so terrible at home, not labored breathing but fast breathing, and he urinated on himself and pooped but missed the box.i
I feel like I never should have put him in a stressful situation and just tried to ride it out at home.
He was not eating well at all but I feel like I screwed up and made him worse now.
Help me I am sooo terrified.
Occasionally, he has appetite issues, but they told me he wouldnt make it past a few months back in April 2019 when I first learned of his cardiac issues when he went into heart failure.
this past week , he has been eating less and less, and I remember this was a telltale sign of heart failure.
I tried everything, he was basically only eating 1/3rd or less of his normal intake (which is 1-2 cans a day and some dry Orijen). He peed twice outside his box and I thought maybe he has a UTI?
I took him into the vet tonight, they wouldnt let me in with him due to covid19 & I had a bad feeling about this.
He is EXTREMELY anxious, 24/7, not just at vets, all the time. Wont let my husband touch him. Runs from everyone, hides.
Stress and anxiety are the worst for cats with HCM as a stressful situation can propel them into heart failure or throwing a blood clot.
They took a chestxray, bloodwork, urine, and brought him back to me. Almost a minute after they left he started gasping, choking, heavy coughs bulging eyes and I thought they’d killed him.
He spit up pink liquid from gagging & I called them out again FRANTIC.
They took him, put oxygen to his nose (they didnt have a damn oxygen tank!!!!!) and finally let me in.
He was on oxygen for maybe 10 minutes and started to get rowdy and anxious. They gave him a lasix IM shot, and I scooped him up to bring him home so he is less scared.
He took gabapentin so he is drowsy but he looks so terrible at home, not labored breathing but fast breathing, and he urinated on himself and pooped but missed the box.i
I feel like I never should have put him in a stressful situation and just tried to ride it out at home.
He was not eating well at all but I feel like I screwed up and made him worse now.
Help me I am sooo terrified.