GenevaS
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- Aug 2, 2015
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Hello all,
This past Monday night, the 18th, our baby girl Matcha collapsed and seemed to be paralyzed after a stint of playing with her brother. It was absolutely devastating to watch. After about 10 minutes time, she seemed to have walked off the paralysis and was back to acting normal.
The next day we took her to the cat clinic near our house to have tests done. After a couple days of waiting for blood work we were told that she would need to undergo and echocardigram to look deeper in to her heart.
The results were not what we were hoping for and worse than we could have imagined. Matcha was diagnosed with Severe Juvenille Onset Breed Related Hypertrophic Cardiomyopothy. The doctor prescribed her Plavix to help prevent blood clots and Atenolol to slow her heart rate.
We were told by our vet that there was really nothing we could do for her. We were told that she did not have an answer for an estimated amount of time left, only that the fact that the diagnosis was "severe" meant we would really need to keep a close eye. We were told that she could not endure too much high energy playing, which has proven difficult given the fact that she is essentially still a kitten and her brother is very high energy. We decided that to deprive her of all playtime would be diminishing to her quality of life. Knowing that the inevitable was bound to happen no matter what, we want her to enjoy the days that she has left. At this point my fiance and I vowed to give her the best life possible. Whether we had 2 days or 2 years, we wanted to make sure we made the most out of every day.
Fast forward to last night, the 23rd. Matcha had another collapsed episode. She appeared to be in immense amounts of pain, couldn't stand or walk. The episode passed within 10 minutes and she made it through the night.
We need your opinions...Let me please preface this by saying that this girl is our child. We would do anything for her...The vet told us that we just had to wait this out and expect the inevitable. We were told that she could pass in her sleep or have an episode severe enough that would end it all...These episodes very clearly cause her pain. We feel awful and cruel just waiting for these episodes to strike. We don't want our baby to be uncomfortable when she passes.
Please, has anyone gone through something similar? Is this really a thing where we just wait for a heart attack that was worst than the last to take her? Do we put her down, peacefully so that there is no more suffering?
We are truly at a loss. Please help.
This past Monday night, the 18th, our baby girl Matcha collapsed and seemed to be paralyzed after a stint of playing with her brother. It was absolutely devastating to watch. After about 10 minutes time, she seemed to have walked off the paralysis and was back to acting normal.
The next day we took her to the cat clinic near our house to have tests done. After a couple days of waiting for blood work we were told that she would need to undergo and echocardigram to look deeper in to her heart.
The results were not what we were hoping for and worse than we could have imagined. Matcha was diagnosed with Severe Juvenille Onset Breed Related Hypertrophic Cardiomyopothy. The doctor prescribed her Plavix to help prevent blood clots and Atenolol to slow her heart rate.
We were told by our vet that there was really nothing we could do for her. We were told that she did not have an answer for an estimated amount of time left, only that the fact that the diagnosis was "severe" meant we would really need to keep a close eye. We were told that she could not endure too much high energy playing, which has proven difficult given the fact that she is essentially still a kitten and her brother is very high energy. We decided that to deprive her of all playtime would be diminishing to her quality of life. Knowing that the inevitable was bound to happen no matter what, we want her to enjoy the days that she has left. At this point my fiance and I vowed to give her the best life possible. Whether we had 2 days or 2 years, we wanted to make sure we made the most out of every day.
Fast forward to last night, the 23rd. Matcha had another collapsed episode. She appeared to be in immense amounts of pain, couldn't stand or walk. The episode passed within 10 minutes and she made it through the night.
We need your opinions...Let me please preface this by saying that this girl is our child. We would do anything for her...The vet told us that we just had to wait this out and expect the inevitable. We were told that she could pass in her sleep or have an episode severe enough that would end it all...These episodes very clearly cause her pain. We feel awful and cruel just waiting for these episodes to strike. We don't want our baby to be uncomfortable when she passes.
Please, has anyone gone through something similar? Is this really a thing where we just wait for a heart attack that was worst than the last to take her? Do we put her down, peacefully so that there is no more suffering?
We are truly at a loss. Please help.