direstraits: [FH] Re:New member - my sweet Petuly has been diagnosed with HCM

Hi Lyn, thanks for replying back. I've asked the members of the CRF
group about a more sensitive thyroid test. We'll see what they say.
None of my vets have said anything about Petuly being anemic. I
have started her on a vitamin B complex with Iron and I'm giving her
a chicken liver each day. No more than 1/2 tspn.

She lost 3 ounces not 3 lbs Lyn so I hope you didn't freak out
thinking she had lost 3 lbs.
The second weight in was definitely taken after a large poop.
I don't know if she gets weighted in the same scale as they go to a
veterinary school animal hospital and my husband takes them in.

Atenolol can push a cat into CHF? Is that what the doctor meant by
breathing problems? Instead of calling them I should just rush her
to the nearest hospital? The animal hospital we go to is about 30
mins from our home but there are others at maybe 10 - 15 minutes
from us.

I imagine the Atenolol dose prescribed takes the cat's age and
weight into consideration? Is a .4ml dose a small one? I just put
my hand over her little heart and it does beat pretty fast. Of
course she's only had two doses of the Atenalol so far. How soon
should her HR slow down?
Thank you!
Thelma & Petuly

--- In feline-heart@yahoogroups.com, elfinmyst@... wrote:
>
> Hello Thelma
>
> Welcome to the group to you and Petuly! What a gorgeous name :)
>
> I am not a vet, but I looked over your results and Petuly is
mildly anaemic.
> Anaemia can cause secondary HCM, so I'd ask the vet about it. Her
liver and
> kidney results are slightly high, but you mention she has renal
problems.
>
> She has lost 3Ibs in a few weeks. I would monitor that as it may
be the
> second weight was after she had visited the litter tray? Be sure
to weigh on the
> same scales as well, as my cat shows a 4Ib difference on the two
different
> scales!
>
> I'm suprised about her thyroid being normal. There is a more
sensitive
> thyroid test available which is more accurate than the T4, but I`m
not sure what
> that's called. Weight loss, ravenous eating, secondary HCM and
loud calling are
> all signs of thyroid disease, as is the benign tumour she seems
to have. Why
> not ask for the more senstive test?
>
> The atenolol can push a cat into heart failure, but if that
happens, you
> drop back to the previous dose. My HCM cats have had atenolol with
no obvious
> effects and their heart failures are very stable. In your case, I
would
> dfeinitely wonder about anaemia or the thyroid as a cause of HCM
though
>
> Lyn :)
>
> www.furkids-uk.com
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