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Hi happened upon this forum tonight. For all you cat lovers out there, I want to share our experience that I hope will encourage you not to give up on your cat.

Over a year ago now was the worse night of my entire life, when my beloved cat Harvey had a saddle thrombus.

The vets were absolutely horrible. They claimed he was hopeless and practically shoved euthanasia down my throat. Then when I refused to give up on Harvey, they focused his treatment wrong, refused to give us the meds we needed, and utterly failed us in so many ways.

Due to a large number of veterinary errors, his condition got very very bad before we turned it around.

We are nonetheless here to tell the tale.

Harvey has regained full use of his back legs and also regained four pounds.

If your cat is hyperthyroid, it is essential to get that under control ASAP. I wish our vets had known that, as Harvey could have been doing much better much sooner, had the focus been on reversing heart disease by controlling hyperthyroidism.

In the meantime, make sure you understand how to use Lasix to prevent edema and congestive heart failure. Unfortunately we were not given that guidance, either, until far too late.

It is essential to learn how to monitor the breathing and to be closely in tune with your cat to adjust meds in response to what's happening.

Nevertheless, and it required quite a lot of devotion on my part mostly because of the appalling malpractice of the veterinarians, Harvey did recover.

I also had him eating healthier food for a while but now we are back to Fancy Feast being all he will eat. Ideally wet diet with low phosphorus, and I give supplements to support heart, kidneys and overall health.

I urge people not to assume just because a vet tells you it is hopeless that it is. I have two miracle cats now. But I had to stand up to veterinarians at every turn to get here.

I'd be happy to share the huge amount I learned along the way about what to do and what not to do ... and I urge you to do your own research, listen to your intuition, and question EVERYTHING the vets tell you. They were so so so wrong about this situation. I can only imagine how many cats are unnecessarily euthanized, and don't want that to happen to anyone here.
 

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Hi Erika and welcome to the forum !

You came looking for other experiences with Saddle Thrombosis (and to share yours)....

I think it may be helpful for the future reference potential to note one other thread on the topic (where you also posted): http://www.thecatsite.com/t/307475/saddle-thrombus-recovery

I'm going to drop two items in here -

First

A paper on this and associated/peripheral issues - it was presented and accepted in 2002, and published in 2008 in the Journal of Internal Veterinary Medicine. On the basis that it could be of help, this is it: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2003.tb01326.x/pdf

Second

When it comes to the intricacies of complicated feline health diseases/conditions, those of us who have been "around the block" have found that the specialized online communities serve us best. (It's very much like human medicine.....we do not expect our family doctors to be as knowledgeable about specific diseases as we do of medical specialists).

There are specialized online communities for almost every one of the chronic feline diseases/conditions including heart disease. The heart group has been active online since 2000 and has a combined membership of nearly 3000 owners and cats. These groups tend to be 'in the know' of the latest in treatments/protocols and often have lists of Vets who are competent in managing the particular condition. The heart community is here: Support group for Feline Hearts HCM.

And, the same applies for Hyperthyroidism......that online community started in 1999 and its membership is over 4000....they're here: Feline Hyperthyroid: a Support Group...

These groups were started in the early Internet days before forums like this came along, so they used email as their 'operating platform' - and, to this day, many continue in this manner. I always recommend that people get themselves a new and separate email addy to use exclusively for each group - this works best for me.

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Erika, thanks for sharing the précis of your story. Hopefully some of all of this will help some other cats in the future !
 
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Thanks so much for welcoming me. Those sound like valuable resources.

Though in our case, the cardiologist completely missed the boat, perhaps because of her specialization. She was focused on heart tests and heart medications and actually REFUSED to give me a proper dosage of thyroid medication. Which is why things got so bad, his hyperthyroidism was not brought under control quickly.

The thing with a hyperthyroid cat with saddle thrombus that was critical to understand - and none of the vets did, I had to figure this out from my own research - is that in hyperthyroid cats, heart disease may be reversible when the hyperthyroidism is well controlled. Because saddle thrombus is almost always a result of heart disease, it makes perfect sense ... reverse hyperthyroidism -- >> reverse heart disease -->> lower or eliminate risk of blood clot recurrence and CHF.

Add to that: the hyperthyroid medication methimazole has some blood thinning attributes and so probably reduces the likelihood of another clot.

And so in our case, it was actually a holistic viewpoint that ended up saving Harvey, seeing how the organs were working together.

I spent many months of trial and error figuring out what the vets didn't tell me.

At first, after he almost died from congestive heart failure, Harvey was prescribed very high doses of Lasix and they told me he would need higher and higher doses and that it soon enough wouldn't work anymore.

Lasix is not a drug cats should be on for no reason.

As it turned out, when Harvey got on a high enough dose of thyroid meds, he no longer needed any Lasix at all. Zero. Right now he's stable with no Lasix and no heart meds of any kind except some supplements.

By stable, I mean I keep track of his respiratory rate and make sure it stays right around 20 breaths per minute when he's resting. If it starts to get higher, I know his thyroid meds need to be increased.

It would not surprise me at all if many saddle thrombus incidents are a direct result of uncontrolled or poorly controlled hyperthyroidism - and so are preventable.

I did, in full disclosure, combine all this with very huge amounts of energy healing. Which given how extreme our situation got, may very well have been the deciding factor in keeping him alive the first couple months when we were not receiving the guidance we needed.

But that aside, what I'm saying here is a natural application of the established veterinary science. There is a very direct relationship between a higher respiratory rate and fluid accumulating in the lungs. And there is a very direct relationship between a higher thyroid medication dosage and a lower respiratory rate. At least for many cats, like Harvey.

I am writing all this because I was appalled how poor the guidance we received really was. I am convinced that many feline lives could be saved if people were aware.
 
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This is my beloved Harvey, today. Today marks the anniversary of the day one year ago that I thought I was going to lose him. Two and a half weeks after saddle thrombus (which occurred on June 20, 2015) ... On July 9, 2015, he was in the hospital with severe CHF and the vet pushing grief counseling on me to cope with the "transition." On July 10, there was a miracle. We still faced many challenges after that, including his weight dropping to 7 pounds by the end of July 2015. For a while, it was almost impossible to get him to eat.

This is Harvey today, restored to his original weight of 11 pounds. Both back legs fully rehabilitated from the saddle thrombus. And respiratory rate stable on methimazole with no Lasix currently being used.

Happy Anniversary Harvey. I love you, little guy.
 

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I mean, apart from then being paralyzed were they really cold?
 
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Yes, cold and no femoral pulses in the hindlegs.

We were referred to a vet with a cardiologist (who turned out not to be on duty, extremely frustrating), so I drove across town with my paralyzed cat. The second vet seemed far more interested in charging us lots of money than helping us so we sat around for a very long time in the waiting room while they focused on creating invoices for me to sign.

During this time, I did intensive energy healing and talked to Harvey. It was really important to stay very connected to him emotionally because of course he was terrified. I gave him a pep talk. I was doing my own healing method and Reiki to the base of his spine. I was reassuring him, massaging around the base of the spine, moving his legs, chanting healing affirmations, doing whatever I could think to get the circulation back - since the vet was not helping us.

I thought I felt something in his left leg. Some faint movement. So I continued with the healing. Because they made us wait for a very long time. "Come on Harvey, you can do it."

Lo and behold, he got his left leg back at the second vet. So that was a few hours after the paralysis. By the time we got home, he was able to walk on the left hind leg and dragging the right leg behind.

It took about three days of this same intensive healing to get the right leg back. I did Reiki and tapping and also would move the leg for him gently. I started to feel something in the right leg, a little warmer, a tiny hint of movement. Then the right leg started coming back, hip first and moving down the leg. At first even after he could walk on it again, he was dragging the toes on the right leg. The toes were curling under and he was not able to control this, which was frustrating for him. And then at some point he proudly came to the kitchen and meowed for me. He wanted to show me the toes were no longer curling under!

His right leg was damaged though. He was limping on it for 3-4 months, and at that point I feared he would never get it back fully.

At that point, I did some intensive EFT tapping specifically on the issue of the limp. And a strange thing happened. Seemingly in response to the energy healing ... out of the blue one day, he started vigorously shaking the back right leg. On a pretty regular basis, several times a day. Shake shake shake. My intuition suggested it was some form of self-initiated physical therapy. This went on for some weeks and he was still limping.

Then one day he stopped shaking the leg. And I noticed the limp was gone.

I realize this part of it may sound a little "woo woo." I'm an integrative healer and my philosophy is to do whatever works. I will engage in intensive trial and error trying just about anything to get a problem solved. Did the same with my other cat's kidney failure. I believe in taking the best of Western medicine and combining it with the best of alternative healing. In Harvey's case, we have relied on both.
 

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Hi happened upon this forum tonight. For all you cat lovers out there, I want to share our experience that I hope will encourage you not to give up on your cat.

Over a year ago now was the worse night of my entire life, when my beloved cat Harvey had a saddle thrombus.

The vets were absolutely horrible. They claimed he was hopeless and practically shoved euthanasia down my throat. Then when I refused to give up on Harvey, they focused his treatment wrong, refused to give us the meds we needed, and utterly failed us in so many ways.

Due to a large number of veterinary errors, his condition got very very bad before we turned it around.

We are nonetheless here to tell the tale.

Harvey has regained full use of his back legs and also regained four pounds.

If your cat is hyperthyroid, it is essential to get that under control ASAP. I wish our vets had known that, as Harvey could have been doing much better much sooner, had the focus been on reversing heart disease by controlling hyperthyroidism.

In the meantime, make sure you understand how to use Lasix to prevent edema and congestive heart failure. Unfortunately we were not given that guidance, either, until far too late.

It is essential to learn how to monitor the breathing and to be closely in tune with your cat to adjust meds in response to what's happening.

Nevertheless, and it required quite a lot of devotion on my part mostly because of the appalling malpractice of the veterinarians, Harvey did recover.

I also had him eating healthier food for a while but now we are back to Fancy Feast being all he will eat. Ideally wet diet with low phosphorus, and I give supplements to support heart, kidneys and overall health.

I urge people not to assume just because a vet tells you it is hopeless that it is. I have two miracle cats now. But I had to stand up to veterinarians at every turn to get here.

I'd be happy to share the huge amount I learned along the way about what to do and what not to do ... and I urge you to do your own research, listen to your intuition, and question EVERYTHING the vets tell you. They were so so so wrong about this situation. I can only imagine how many cats are unnecessarily euthanized, and don't want that to happen to anyone here.
Erika, I saw your post where you were talking about your cat with saddle thrombus. My cat is 15 yrs old and he was diagnosed with this just last Thursday. When we took him to the vet not long after that is temp was 93 degrees, panting, he could not use his hind legs ad his legs were cold where the blood clot had cut off the circulation. His temp did go up to 96 early Friday but he wasn't eating and was given a lot of pain meds aong with heporon(sp). My vet told me only about 10% of cats survive this but we couldn't give up on our cat so we kept him at the vet Thursday night and brought him home with us on Friday, we had to give our cat Sox a chance. Before we left the vet that day the vet took his temperature ad it had gone up to 99 which was good. So Sox has improved some since being home, he finally started eating yesterday and has a good appetite and he seems more like his old self. His legs have been getting warmth back in his legs seems to but the bottom of his feet and paw pads still feel cool, I hope this too will get better. But he is on pain med once a day because he doesn't seem to be in a lot of pain now. He is also taking Plavix.
I enjoyed reading your post. How long did it take for your cat to get use of his legs again?
 
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I had the worst experience on yesterday. My almost 4 year old cat, Snowball, was perfectly fine and then 10 minutes later he was in pain and could not walk. It was 4:30am in the morning and he came meowing in the room normally to wake my husband and I up. I told Snowball is it Saturday morning. Then 10 minutes later, he came to the top of the stairs and was sliding on the floor like a seal. I thought he had broke one of his legs, each time I would touch his leg he would cry louder. I called the 24 hour vet, she recommended that I go to my normal vet which opened at 8am. Once, we checked in at the vet, she said that his legs were not broken, but his lungs sound like they're filled with fluid and his feet are cold. She then stated that she would do a scan and she thinks it Saddle Thrombus. She told me that they would keep him for 2 days with pain medications and Plavix. She then told me that he could possibly throw another clot with a year and may or may not regain mobility in his legs. Also, she told me that they would a heart test on in 2 days to check his heart function. When I left the vet I look up the disease and prognosis. I wanted to call the vet back because I had questions. However, she called be back stating that Snowball was declining, she consulted with one of her fellow physicians, and the heart test was done that day. The heart showed that his heart was not functioning properly, sats were in 70s, and Plavix was not working. I decided the put Snowball to sleep because I did not want him to be in pain and have to endure taking heart medications for the rest of his life. I really miss my cat! My heart goes to anyone has to go through this pain.
 

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I had to put my cat Peter to sleep on Memorial day from this dreaded "Saddle Thrombus". I had never even heard of this before that fateful day. He was fine one minute and terrible the next. The vet said he also had congestive heart failure that usually comes along with Saddle Thrombus. He was having trouble breating & couldn't walk at all. He was 9 and I am broken hearted. It seems so unfair that something could come on so suddenly to take away their happy life. I'm so afraid of getting another cat as I do not want to go through that again. The vet more or less said he couldn't come back from this, so now reading that some cats have, I'm getting upset that I put him down. Maybe I should of tried? Feeling terrible.
 

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I had to put my cat Peter to sleep on Memorial day from this dreaded "Saddle Thrombus". I had never even heard of this before that fateful day. He was fine one minute and terrible the next. The vet said he also had congestive heart failure that usually comes along with Saddle Thrombus. He was having trouble breating & couldn't walk at all. He was 9 and I am broken hearted. It seems so unfair that something could come on so suddenly to take away their happy life. I'm so afraid of getting another cat as I do not want to go through that again. The vet more or less said he couldn't come back from this, so now reading that some cats have, I'm getting upset that I put him down. Maybe I should of tried?

I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my cat on January 20, 2018. I totally understand how you feel about getting another cat and having to experience him/her possibly developing saddle thrombus. I've had 6 cats in my life (41 years old) and my Snowball was the only one who ever had that disease. Think of of the joy and happiness that Peter brought to you in those 9 years and when the time is right for you get yourself another cat.
 

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Ok so first off my 3 year old huge, long haired, orange, male tabby threw a blood clot on June 25th. When we came home from work he could not move his hind legs. Arnie did not appear to be in pain but I knew the outlook was grim. We rushed to the vet and heard what I knew she would say. Outlook is very bleak and if he survives this the chances are high for another episode 6-12 months from now or any day for that matter. The vet told us 3 options but highly recommended euthanizing. I was devastated and refused. We then had injections of pain meds and meds to try breaking up the clots. Three days later he died in my daughter’s arms. Arnie’s legs were warming and he ate, drank, and urinated. He could not walk but pulled himself a bit but mainly we carried and cared for him. He was not the life loving, extremely playful goofy big boy we knew. Euthanizing would have been best but I was selfish and wanted him alive no matter how he felt. The vet was 100 percent correct and did offer but not recommend treatment because the poor cat is already distressed. I am sick of hearing how horrible vets are because this is what they recommend and they are too quick to euthanize! The cats that are like mine are miserable and usually in pain. No matter how one lady that started this thread claims to have saved her cat because of holistic treatment and speaking to the cat is not reality. No, I am not a vet but I know my vet is wonderful and she has nothing but great reviews. Why would vets want cats to die? This does not give them more business or fame. They are being truthful and compassionate towards our beloved cats. If the holistic and other natural treatments work then how come we do not see or hear about this besides the quacks who are so obviously trying to scam vulnerable cat owners and try to discount a real vet. I saw my cat and if the others are like he was, no way would he survive. And he was only 3 and healthy until then. Also, why hasn’t this lady responded in the last year and a half or more? I say quit trying to make owners feel even worse that euthanized by saying the vet is wrong and there are treatments. My cat never would have gotten better. Yes, I know as in every profession there are bad vets but I believe most are good and didn’t spend all the years and money on college just to stick a needle in a cat to end his life when there are plausible treatments and positive outcomes. They love animals and probably go home emotionally spent from the death and heartbreak they see daily. Find a proven alternative treatment for ST and then I will apologize for my negative writing regarding this thread. I am sorry for all of you who have dealt with this with your cats. It is horrible.
 

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Hello R RJH .

Your post leaves me wondering just what brought you to this forum.

Now, about this:
I saw my cat and if the others are like he was, no way would he survive.
I hope you can understand the importance of the IF in what you said there.

Now, IF you are interested in learning more about this condition, how it is/can be treated and its outcomes, perhaps you will read this: Feline Aortic Thromboembolism (FATE or Saddle Thrombus) - Veterinary Partner - VIN

No cats are affected identically, nor respond alike.....nor are Veterinarians "created equal".
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White Shadow,
I visited this because obviously I had a cat with ST IF you could not figure that out. As for me learning more about ST I had already read the article months ago, the one you are trying to educate my dumb, ignorant self on. That had absolutely nothing to do with what I was saying. I have researched and talked with four different veterinarians anout ST since we lost our cat. And in the majority of all the information I took in, the outlook is not good and cats are in terrible pain and distress. I do not think the vet is the bad guy and that is that! IF you can understand I am on their side and do not think their expertise should be discounted because one cat recovered, so she says. I have been on many different sites where cat owners are grieving over their cat’s death or paraylsis and some person, who is obviously a spammer, talks about a great homeopathic doctor and he will save the cat or could have, even though most can’t be cured. No, I do not believe that. If that is true so many of us would not have had to deal with our cat’s horrible death! Or have you not seen the research done? Do not tell me I need to learn more because I had a healthy 3 year old male who died from this. Every day I hate myself for not euthanizing him and instead letting him suffer hoping he would get better! He did not deserve that and I should have listened to my vets recommendation, not someone who had one of the few that recover. The statistics spell it out loud and clear!
I visit every site where saddle thrombosis comes up in my search because I want to know everything about what may have helped my boy or what could have been done different. Euthanizing. I hope other cats survive but don’t let them suffer like I did for 3 days. Especially when I knew in my heart it was futile and I was hanging on for my own selfishness.
 

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White Shadow,
I visited this because obviously I had a cat with ST IF you could not figure that out. As for me learning more about ST I had already read the article months ago, the one you are trying to educate my dumb, ignorant self on. That had absolutely nothing to do with what I was saying. I have researched and talked with four different veterinarians anout ST since we lost our cat. And in the majority of all the information I took in, the outlook is not good and cats are in terrible pain and distress. I do not think the vet is the bad guy and that is that! IF you can understand I am on their side and do not think their expertise should be discounted because one cat recovered, so she says. I have been on many different sites where cat owners are grieving over their cat’s death or paraylsis and some person, who is obviously a spammer, talks about a great homeopathic doctor and he will save the cat or could have, even though most can’t be cured. No, I do not believe that. If that is true so many of us would not have had to deal with our cat’s horrible death! Or have you not seen the research done? Do not tell me I need to learn more because I had a healthy 3 year old male who died from this. Every day I hate myself for not euthanizing him and instead letting him suffer hoping he would get better! He did not deserve that and I should have listened to my vets recommendation, not someone who had one of the few that recover. The statistics spell it out loud and clear!
I visit every site where saddle thrombosis comes up in my search because I want to know everything about what may have helped my boy or what could have been done different. Euthanizing. I hope other cats survive but don’t let them suffer like I did for 3 days. Especially when I knew in my heart it was futile and I was hanging on for my own selfishness.
I lost my beloved Smoochie to ST not long ago. She was 14, but was in pretty good health. I just got up one morning and her back legs were paralyzed. I rushed her to the vet and it didn’t take him long to diagnose her with ST. Her back feet were cold and he said her prognosis was not good and she was in pain. He told me what the treatment options were and that, because her condition was secondary to heart disease, her chance of a repeat event at her age was very likely. He recommended she be put to sleep and I agonized over the decision. Like you, I wanted so much to try and keep her alive because I would miss her so much. It hurt to let her go, but I did...for her. I didn’t want her to suffer. I’m so sorry you lost your sweet baby the way you did and I know you’re hurting. Hearing your story has given me some peace that I did the right thing for her. I totally understand why you didn’t want to let him go and I hope you will forgive yourself. I wanted so badly just to take her back home with me and nurse her back to health. My vet is a great doc and he was very compassionate in helping her transition. She was a wonderful cat and she and I had a very close bond. I will miss her always. I hold the loving memories of her close to my heart. RIP for both our sweet kitties
 

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Hi happened upon this forum tonight. For all you cat lovers out there, I want to share our experience that I hope will encourage you not to give up on your cat.

Over a year ago now was the worse night of my entire life, when my beloved cat Harvey had a saddle thrombus.

The vets were absolutely horrible. They claimed he was hopeless and practically shoved euthanasia down my throat. Then when I refused to give up on Harvey, they focused his treatment wrong, refused to give us the meds we needed, and utterly failed us in so many ways.

Due to a large number of veterinary errors, his condition got very very bad before we turned it around.

We are nonetheless here to tell the tale.

Harvey has regained full use of his back legs and also regained four pounds.

If your cat is hyperthyroid, it is essential to get that under control ASAP. I wish our vets had known that, as Harvey could have been doing much better much sooner, had the focus been on reversing heart disease by controlling hyperthyroidism.

In the meantime, make sure you understand how to use Lasix to prevent edema and congestive heart failure. Unfortunately we were not given that guidance, either, until far too late.

It is essential to learn how to monitor the breathing and to be closely in tune with your cat to adjust meds in response to what's happening.

Nevertheless, and it required quite a lot of devotion on my part mostly because of the appalling malpractice of the veterinarians, Harvey did recover.

I also had him eating healthier food for a while but now we are back to Fancy Feast being all he will eat. Ideally wet diet with low phosphorus, and I give supplements to support heart, kidneys and overall health.

I urge people not to assume just because a vet tells you it is hopeless that it is. I have two miracle cats now. But I had to stand up to veterinarians at every turn to get here.

I'd be happy to share the huge amount I learned along the way about what to do and what not to do ... and I urge you to do your own research, listen to your intuition, and question EVERYTHING the vets tell you. They were so so so wrong about this situation. I can only imagine how many cats are unnecessarily euthanized, and don't want that to happen to anyone here.
 

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I HAD TO PUT MY BEAUTIFUL JAXII DOWN JUNE 24 2019 FROM SADDLE THROMBROSIS MY ANGEL MY GOOD BOY I WILL NEVER GET OVER HIS HORRIBLE DEATH SUCH A GOOD BOY MY GOOD LUCK CHARM EVERYTHING BAD HAPPENED AFTER HE DIED I NEEDED HIM AND HE NEEDED ME HE FOUGHT THE DEATH NEEDLE NE WANTED HELP NOT DEATH let me tell you what happened 2 weeks before his death i brought him to vet he seemed a little sluggish, he was hyprethyroid on meds for that plus high blood meds and famodine for his tummy. I HAD NO IDEA THE VET SAID SHE MAINTAINED AND MANAGED KEPT HIS HYPRETHYROID MED A LITTLE LESS TO HELP HIS KIDNEY FUNCTION WHICH WAS IN EARLY STAGE BUT SHE DIDNT WANT TO GET WORSE! SHE LOOKED AT HIM THAT DAY ASKED IF ANY SYSTHOMS JUST SEEMS OFF A LITTLE I SAID SHE ONLY CHECK HIS TEETH AND GUMS SAID HE JUST HAD A BLOOD TEST IN FEB EXAM IN MARCH AND WASNT DUE TILL AUGUST AS HE WASNT PANTING OR SHOWING SIGNS OF HEART FAILURE OR COUCHING AT NIGHT ONLY ONCE I THOUHJT HE HAD A HAIRBALL OR CAT GRASS HE WOULD EAT! THEN COUGHED A LITTLE BUT NOT REGULAR< YOU THINK SHE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A ULTRA SOUND TO CHECK HIS HEART OR SOMETHING THAT IS WHAT SO UPSETTING TO ME> I ASKED HER WHY AND SHE SAID IF SHE DID CHECK THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT ON PLAVIX IF HEART AND SAID WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR KIDNEYS I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE CHANCE TO HAVE MY BOY HERE. THEY ALL SAID HE WAS DYING PTS THATS ALL I HEARD, I WAS SO DEVASTED AND STILL AM THEY DIDNT EVEN PUT HIM ON PAIN MEDS AND HE WAS HOWLING SO LOUD FROM THE PAIN! I FEEL I DID THE WRONG THING FOR HIM I SHOULD HAVE MADE ANOTHER APPOINT WITH A DIFFERENT VET WHEN SHE DIDNT DO ANYTHING AFTER BRINGING HIM IN 2 WKS BEFORE HIS DEATH! IT IS SURREAL WITHOUT HIM HERE I WANT TO MOVE NOW AND START OVER IN A DIFFERENT HOUSE WITH OUT ALL THESE MEMORIES!
 
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