wrote:
I hear you. Listen, this may be off the wall but I take many heart
related
Rx meds for not CHF but relate stuff, w/o going into detail. One of
them
*is* Plavix and I get it through my HMO cheaper than the Canadian
quote
given here. Only Phil P. would know, as superinformed non-vet the deep
answer to this next I say: maybe he'll favor us with an opinion....I
do take
those drugs and have regular, multiple blood tests re my condition and
the efficacy of the drugs to date. I have *very few* xrays (overpriced
in
general in my hoomin-judgement in vets offices unless for foreign body
location or trauma 411....they can and do reveal fluid retention from
CHF
in hoomins....but lab wrk and an exam do the same much cheaper.
Of course i base the above on all I know about *human* CHF not cats.

Thanks, Hopitus. Yes, we can't afford further thoracentesis operations
or X-rays under general anaesthetic etc., and, anyway, we don't think
that the poor cat itself can withstand such trauma again. So it is up
to whatever drugs can do "the trick". We are prepared to pay for them
(and for the many tins of tuna and natural yoghourt necessary to get all
these pills down the cat's throat!). As for WHICH drugs, precisely,
well we appreciate the suggestions given here, by you and others, but at
the end of the day you have to go with your vet's beliefs, don't you.
Otherwise you part company with your vet or your vet loses confidence in
you and you're on your own, which, if one is not a vet, is a dangerous
road to go down. So all our faith is in our vet now. As long as she
keeps telling us there is hope in drugs we will purchase them and
administer them . . . until such time as the cat's happiness clearly
comes to an end . . . which of course is going to happen one day.

Thanks, again.

Eddy.