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TK's recent Echo...The good, the bad, and the confusing
"Nomen Nescio" ] wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The Confusing: TK's regular vet found that the murmur had almost disappeared back in August. Now it's up to a 4 - 6. The explanation that I was given at Tufts was that if the stethoscope isn't in just the right position, then it's hard to hear the murmur. This was the same vet that originally found the murmur and referred us to Tufts, so I find it difficult to believe that that she missed it in August (especially since she went for the electronic stethoscope after she couldn't hear the murmur at all with the regular stethoscope). TK was very upset at Tufts and his heart felt like it was going to explode as I held him....that may account for a more severe murmur. But to go from near 0 in August to 4 - 6 in November just does NOT sit right with me. I can't help thinking that there may be some unknown factor in play, here. I wouldn't be too concerned about the change in the murmur. In some cats heart murmurs can be significantly louder at higher heart rates and can disappear at lower heart rates. The other thing that concerns me is the way he's shed weight so quickly. According to the scale at Tufts,he lost 4 lbs in 3 1/2 months (our measurement puts it closer to 3 lbs). That's quite a loss for a cat that gets 3 cans of Fancy Feast and about 10 gms of Hills m/d (dry) each day. It certainly wouldn't hurt to have your regular vet run a blood profile including thyroid levels and a urinalysis to investigate other causes of weight loss. Remember the vet you are seeing at TUFTs is a cardiologist and may know less about other disease processes than your regular vet. J. Anyway, I can't put my finger on it, but something just doesn't "feel" right, here. I can't help thinking that there's something going on that everyone is missing. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: N/A iQCVAwUBQ5IAk5MoscYxZNI5AQEaoQQAqUuMXtd59T9ls/kFMPmdtLVB5jhBznAH A98Zhom5/tL8lmRqM4pV4pIvmrcXCPaGc41LNV1D024VjX6sLVqYTRTeKKA E+uFT 1mrSjSpBm6lFb0kjyOHb0S1KsXn1JCbN/mZ7/vouVE4X6dTPWkpcnTRFjr/gVj7i 5Sm3/dGrBy0= =NHXj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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