PLsphynxmom
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Hi!! My husband and I have two beautiful bald babies, Benito is our 3 year old white boy and Pickles is his two year old tabby sister. She is also the sweetest silly cute thing you have ever seen. They travel everywhere with us and I couldn't even imagine spending a night without them, as you guys know they really are family.
About a year ago our vet found Pickles had a heart murmur, we didn't want to jump to conclusions since sometimes kittens outgrow them. After further testing he discovered she has HCM. He put her on two different medications, atenolol and enalapril to be taken every day, plus 1/4 baby aspirin every three days. It seemed to be going well, she was taking the pills fine with no side effects.
Yesterday she had her 3rd Echo and her heart is still enlarging. I haven't been able to stop crying, he prescribed her a couple more prescriptions to take in addition to the atenolol and the enalapril but he didn't seem very optimistic since we haven't had any progress. I feel so scared and desperate, I am terrified I might loose her, so please if anyone has any information they can pass along I will try anything!!
Are their any changes I could make to her diet to help?
Also she has a heating pad that she is glued to but is it also helping her?
I love my vet but should I get a second opinion?
If so any specialists in the ny/nj area?
I really appreciate you taking the time to read this and any feedback would mean the world to me!! Here are a few pictures of my little goofball!
About a year ago our vet found Pickles had a heart murmur, we didn't want to jump to conclusions since sometimes kittens outgrow them. After further testing he discovered she has HCM. He put her on two different medications, atenolol and enalapril to be taken every day, plus 1/4 baby aspirin every three days. It seemed to be going well, she was taking the pills fine with no side effects.
Yesterday she had her 3rd Echo and her heart is still enlarging. I haven't been able to stop crying, he prescribed her a couple more prescriptions to take in addition to the atenolol and the enalapril but he didn't seem very optimistic since we haven't had any progress. I feel so scared and desperate, I am terrified I might loose her, so please if anyone has any information they can pass along I will try anything!!
Are their any changes I could make to her diet to help?
Also she has a heating pad that she is glued to but is it also helping her?
I love my vet but should I get a second opinion?
If so any specialists in the ny/nj area?
I really appreciate you taking the time to read this and any feedback would mean the world to me!! Here are a few pictures of my little goofball!