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Abbey purred!
"Candace" wrote in message
oups.com... She hadn't purred for almost 6 months. She was diagnosed with chylothorax and fibrosing pleuritis (scarring of her lungs from the chyle sitting in her chest cavity) in May. She had a *very* grave prognosis, had her chest drained twice, was supposed to die. The 2 vets kept preparing me for that, said her chances of survival were less than 10%. They said she wouldn't be able to get her chest drained again probably because of all her lung damage. She took lasix and rutin, very gradually improved. Starting about 2 months ago, she started acting pretty normal again...playing, eating more, doing all her old things. Gained her weight back. But still never purred...not because she wasn't happy, you could tell she was happy, but we figured some internal damage had been done and she was not able to do so anymore. Her breathing continued to look odd as though she was pushing the air in and out with her abdominal muscles rather than her diaphragm (I think that's how it works). A week or 2 ago I noticed her breathing doesn't really look that odd anymore...almost like a normal cat now. Last night, I was brushing her, and loud purring began!!!!!!!!!!! My little girl is back to normal again. Candace See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace HaPpY dAnCiNg all over the freaking place! YAY!!!! I'm *SO* glad to hear that Candace. http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/HappyDance/ Hugs, CatNipped |
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Abbey purred!
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Happy to hear such good news! I remember when Abbey was sick (Ham for the Furballs tonight! The power of the purr works!) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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