(lakinapook) wrote:

I suppose its possible. I don't recall ever being spoken to about
heartworms in cats. I always thought that it was just a dog thing. I
will have to check into that.

No, cats can get heartworm as well, and detecting it may be harder than it is
with dogs. Sometimes the cat appears perfectly normal and then suddenly dies of
heart failure.

With our cat, I don't remember the actual eosinophil count but the vet said it
was extremely high, high enough to suspect heartworm. I don't think it was as
high as 1309, however. A high level of eosinophils indicates the body is
reacting to something foreign--like parasites, or allergens.
It's possible your cat died of heart failure due to heartworm infestation,
although I don't know quite what the other parts of the blood test indicate. I
believe a high CPK is consistent with heart attack or heart failure.

(Yngver) wrote in message
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(lakinapook) wrote:

Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to
read the results, but these items did stand out.
Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH
CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH
Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW
Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH

Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate.

I'm not a vet and can't really interpret those figures except to say that
when
a stray cat we took in tested very high for eosinophils, the vet suspected
heartworm. Is this a possibility? Heartworms can cause sudden death.