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Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
My cat while hospitalized for congestive heart failure threw a blood
clot that cut circulation and paralyzed his hind legs. Has anyone here had a cat with a similar problem that they were able to treat and help recover from? Thanks. |
Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
Yes, I did the same thing (get a big storage box-clear). It is
approximately 16 inches tall by 3 foot long by 18 inches wide. It works wonderful. My female cat kept peeing over the side of a regular liter box. Well this kept her tail inside and everything else as well. If they are little kittens, you can try one with a door and that way you will have a better chance that it will keep his job inside. Although little kittens can easily jump over a 16 inch tall liter box. They have so much energy, there is nothing they can't do. wrote in message oups.com... My cat while hospitalized for congestive heart failure threw a blood clot that cut circulation and paralyzed his hind legs. Has anyone here had a cat with a similar problem that they were able to treat and help recover from? Thanks. |
Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
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Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
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Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
-L. wrote: wrote: My cat while hospitalized for congestive heart failure threw a blood clot that cut circulation and paralyzed his hind legs. Has anyone here had a cat with a similar problem that they were able to treat and help recover from? I'm really sorry to hear about your kitty. What does the vet say? The problem with saddle thromboses is they tend to break up and then relodge in other areas, which can cause even more damage. I would probably treat the cat and see how he does after a week or two, if you can afford the treatments.. -L My cat did have saddle thrombosis and did recover. He was given warferin to thin his blood and break up the clot. I gave him nightly paw massage (not quite sure why) and lots of cuddles. He didn't walk for a week and I was about to give up...so fed him what should have been his last supper - lovely raw steak. He got an attack of the squits the next morning and dragged himself up rather than lie in his own mess... And he lived happily for another 2.5 years (he did die a few months ago but was over 20) So...lots of TLC and maybe:) |
Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
-L. wrote: wrote: My cat while hospitalized for congestive heart failure threw a blood clot that cut circulation and paralyzed his hind legs. Has anyone here had a cat with a similar problem that they were able to treat and help recover from? I'm really sorry to hear about your kitty. What does the vet say? The problem with saddle thromboses is they tend to break up and then relodge in other areas, which can cause even more damage. I would probably treat the cat and see how he does after a week or two, if you can afford the treatments.. -L My cat did have saddle thrombosis and did recover. He was given warferin to thin his blood and break up the clot. I gave him nightly paw massage (not quite sure why) and lots of cuddles. He didn't walk for a week and I was about to give up...so fed him what should have been his last supper - lovely raw steak. He got an attack of the squits the next morning and dragged himself up rather than lie in his own mess... And he lived happily for another 2.5 years (he did die a few months ago but was over 20) So...lots of TLC and maybe:) |
Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
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Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
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Any success treating a cat with a "straddle" blood clot?
Sad to say I euthanized. Given the concurrent congestive heart failure
that they were balancing against while giving him glucose to keep his blood sugar at survivable levels, the critical care vet said she expected him to die in a day or two. She recommended euthanasia saying all it would do is end a few hours of anxiety and pain. I was very reluctant never having done something so final as that. I asked to bring him home so at least he could die outside on the porch where he loved to be but I was worried he wouldn't survive the car ride and his last moments would be stuck in awful rush hour traffic so I ultimately agreed to euthanize there. He was pretty out of it but gave me a final weak rub with his head which made me desperately want to call the thing off. The vet was experienced but I'd be lying if I said I don't have doubts about whether she was mistaken about his chance for recovery and am haunted by fears I unnecessarily cut his life short. My first time dealing with this. What a brutal decision to have to make and thing to experience. I know death is inevitable and with the underlying heart disease and risk of future clots his life span probably wouldn't have been very long even best case scenario. But damn if I don't worry that I made a horrible mistake. dgk wrote: On 10 Jul 2006 10:21:37 -0700, wrote: My cat while hospitalized for congestive heart failure threw a blood clot that cut circulation and paralyzed his hind legs. Has anyone here had a cat with a similar problem that they were able to treat and help recover from? Thanks. I was sick and missed this. One of my cats had this. I found him unable to walk; somehow during the night he had dragged himself down the steps and was hiding in a box. I took him to the specialty vet and they figured that he had about a 50% chance of making it, so I told them to start treating him. But they did an ultrasound of his heart and found that there were more clots ready to come out and that they thought that it was pointless to continue treatment, so we euthanized him. It can be treated but the cause is the underlying heart condition. If that can be treated, then it's possibly worth doing. That is, depending on several factors including your financial situation. I hate to mention that, since it sounds crass, but spending $2000 to keep a cat alive for a few months, likely in a debilitated condition, isn't necessarily a good move. I think it cost me $1500 just for the two days that they woirked on LuckyBoy. I spent well over $4000 on Nico (lymphoma) and he lived six months. I think that both were a mistake and I'll give great thought before doing what are really heroic measures the next time. Part of the problem is that we just don't know how much they are suffering. And being scared and in a hospital counts as suffering. They don't know why they're there, only that you aren't there and that they are in a strange place. When I went to get Nico after four days in the hospital he clung to me with his claws, and ripped his paws trying to get out of the carrier in the car ride home. I finally let him sit in my lap while driving on the Long Island Expressway. He was leaking liquid pop into my crotch. No one gets out of here alive. The only question is when, how, and the quality of life while alive. Since our cats can't tell us how much they're suffering, we just have to do the best that we can. Good luck and let us know how it goes. |
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