dreaming_in_colour
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So today we had been out shopping all day as it is Boxing Day here and we hit some sales. Anyway, we got home and Butter Jones came up to me and when I picked him up I could hear and feel him breathing labored and he would leave his mouth open and he was puffing his cheeks in and out as he was trying to breathe. Off to the emerg. vet we went. We got there, they saw him and the desk and rushed him back to immediately put him in the oxygen tent. They wouldn't let me go back with him and I sat in the waiting room crying. The vet came and got me and did his initial exams and said "your kitten is very very sick". She did blood work and x-rays and said he has pneumonia. She said his counts are good all things considered which is definitely positive.
However, on the first xray, she said showed the left side of his heart was larger and said his heart looked "valentine shaped". She said it did not show that in the second x-rays, which was side view of chest but said she still wanted to let me know as that the asymmetrical heart can indicate HCM. She did say that it could have been the positioning of the kitten, or the xray, so she was definitely not saying there was a heart issue but that she needed to make me aware to follow up with my vet and to look at getting him scanned as a preventative measure as she knew this was an issue with the breed.
So I stood there and looked at my baby and further broke into tears and thought I was going to puke. Not only is she telling me he is very sick with pneumonia but she said those dreaded words. She said in her professional opinion it was not indicative and that she advises me that it was not something to worry about at this time. She likened it to finding a spot on a human x-ray is not a diagnosis of anything without further testing.
Anyway, he is on Azythromycin and gentamicin in his eyes. Every time I hear him cough and wheeze, I break out into tears again. I love this little guy so much. He just has to get better and be healthy.
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. We would appreciate it so much.
However, on the first xray, she said showed the left side of his heart was larger and said his heart looked "valentine shaped". She said it did not show that in the second x-rays, which was side view of chest but said she still wanted to let me know as that the asymmetrical heart can indicate HCM. She did say that it could have been the positioning of the kitten, or the xray, so she was definitely not saying there was a heart issue but that she needed to make me aware to follow up with my vet and to look at getting him scanned as a preventative measure as she knew this was an issue with the breed.
So I stood there and looked at my baby and further broke into tears and thought I was going to puke. Not only is she telling me he is very sick with pneumonia but she said those dreaded words. She said in her professional opinion it was not indicative and that she advises me that it was not something to worry about at this time. She likened it to finding a spot on a human x-ray is not a diagnosis of anything without further testing.
Anyway, he is on Azythromycin and gentamicin in his eyes. Every time I hear him cough and wheeze, I break out into tears again. I love this little guy so much. He just has to get better and be healthy.
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. We would appreciate it so much.
