Pennyluv
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Final update on little Penny,
Unfortunately after a month of doing very well on meds, becoming super active and enjoying life he passed away last night due to a saddle thrombus.
I will share my story just to potentially raise any awareness for other owners.
He took all 3 of medications every night, and was very well on it. He was supposed to head back to the vet soon for a kidney check and echo but he did not make it. I came back from university this weekend and its like he waited for me. When I returned his breathing was at a 35, which is okay but not great. I figured since he was heading to the vet again soon it would be okay. Then last night 2/1, he finished eating his food before letting out 3 coughs. They were distinctively those 'heart failure coughs' that sound like deep popping. He had never done this before. I rushed to him and found his legs not working again. After laying him in his bed I hoped maybe it would pass after a few minutes since this had happened before but I quickly realized that was not the case. Our emergency vet was 20 minutes away so we drove as fast as we could. He started screaming in the car and was freaking out I can't imagine the pain. We got him there they gave him oxygen and pain medicine but told us the pain medicine was not helping much. I honestly thought he was going to pass on the way there, I have rarely heard of cats with a saddle thrombus making it there but he did. He was stable just in pain and not oxygen dependent. They said they could've tried stuff to dislodge the clot but it would involve hospitalization and with the nature of HCM I just made the call to let him pass, that way it was peaceful at the vet and not a traumatic death at home. He is such a fighter, surviving that 20 minute journey and another 2+ hours at the vet what a trooper. His breathing became so crunchy and congested it was truly horrible. He was tossing and turning cause of the discomfort so I let them use as much sedative as possible so he could just go in a nice sleep. Penny was only 5 years old and tested negative for genetic HCM. As much as I love this breed I cannot say I will ever own another one, and to definitely be wary because something is up in this breed when it comes to this horrible disease. His vet suspected his condition to be early stage in mild and even with anti clotting medication the chance is unfortunately never 0 for a saddle thrombus.
Please hug all your babies tighter tonight and I want to thank everyone for all the support through Penny's short but great resilient fight with HCM.
Unfortunately after a month of doing very well on meds, becoming super active and enjoying life he passed away last night due to a saddle thrombus.
I will share my story just to potentially raise any awareness for other owners.
He took all 3 of medications every night, and was very well on it. He was supposed to head back to the vet soon for a kidney check and echo but he did not make it. I came back from university this weekend and its like he waited for me. When I returned his breathing was at a 35, which is okay but not great. I figured since he was heading to the vet again soon it would be okay. Then last night 2/1, he finished eating his food before letting out 3 coughs. They were distinctively those 'heart failure coughs' that sound like deep popping. He had never done this before. I rushed to him and found his legs not working again. After laying him in his bed I hoped maybe it would pass after a few minutes since this had happened before but I quickly realized that was not the case. Our emergency vet was 20 minutes away so we drove as fast as we could. He started screaming in the car and was freaking out I can't imagine the pain. We got him there they gave him oxygen and pain medicine but told us the pain medicine was not helping much. I honestly thought he was going to pass on the way there, I have rarely heard of cats with a saddle thrombus making it there but he did. He was stable just in pain and not oxygen dependent. They said they could've tried stuff to dislodge the clot but it would involve hospitalization and with the nature of HCM I just made the call to let him pass, that way it was peaceful at the vet and not a traumatic death at home. He is such a fighter, surviving that 20 minute journey and another 2+ hours at the vet what a trooper. His breathing became so crunchy and congested it was truly horrible. He was tossing and turning cause of the discomfort so I let them use as much sedative as possible so he could just go in a nice sleep. Penny was only 5 years old and tested negative for genetic HCM. As much as I love this breed I cannot say I will ever own another one, and to definitely be wary because something is up in this breed when it comes to this horrible disease. His vet suspected his condition to be early stage in mild and even with anti clotting medication the chance is unfortunately never 0 for a saddle thrombus.
Please hug all your babies tighter tonight and I want to thank everyone for all the support through Penny's short but great resilient fight with HCM.