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Harri Roadcat updagte #2 - reason to hope!
Sorry to keep everybody waiting, but we just got home. We spent several
hours at the specialist, and just now got home (8 PM). The specialist determined that Harri had a lot of fluid in her chest. He drained it, finding 103 ml of liquid (quite a lot to be inside a little kitten's chest). The liquid was milky with some blood in it. He sent a sample out to the lab to determine where it's coming from. When they did an ultrasound they also saw a mass in front of Harri's heart. The doc couldn't tell what it was, just that it is heavily vascularized. He says it could be normal tissue that is just swollen due the fluids. It's still not at all certain whether Harri will survive this, but at least we hav ereason to hope. When we picked Harri up from the vet about noon she was more talkative than she has been in weeks. She was still breathing heavily, but nearly as bad as she was yesterday. And after the specialist drained the fluid from her chest this afternoon her breathing cleared up. It was very encouraging to see her as vocal and active as she on our drive to Orange County. It made me feel much better about her chances. I should be able to find out what's going on about 9:00 AM tomorrow. The problem could be her heart, it could be a leaking thoracic duct (don't know what that is, but that's what the vet said, more or less), or it could be something else. It is unlikely she will need a chest tube as the first vet thought. So, Harri still needs lots of purrs and prayers, but her situation is more hopeful than it was before. I'll keep everybody posted as I learn more. Dan |
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Glad to hear it, Dan. I'll keep a good thought for all of you.
Sandy "Dan M" wrote in message ... snip So, Harri still needs lots of purrs and prayers, but her situation is more hopeful than it was before. I'll keep everybody posted as I learn more. Dan |
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Thanks for the update. More healing purrs on the way for Harri.
Ann -- read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos "Dan M" wrote in message ... Sorry to keep everybody waiting, but we just got home. We spent several hours at the specialist, and just now got home (8 PM). The specialist determined that Harri had a lot of fluid in her chest. He drained it, finding 103 ml of liquid (quite a lot to be inside a little kitten's chest). The liquid was milky with some blood in it. He sent a sample out to the lab to determine where it's coming from. When they did an ultrasound they also saw a mass in front of Harri's heart. The doc couldn't tell what it was, just that it is heavily vascularized. He says it could be normal tissue that is just swollen due the fluids. It's still not at all certain whether Harri will survive this, but at least we hav ereason to hope. When we picked Harri up from the vet about noon she was more talkative than she has been in weeks. She was still breathing heavily, but nearly as bad as she was yesterday. And after the specialist drained the fluid from her chest this afternoon her breathing cleared up. It was very encouraging to see her as vocal and active as she on our drive to Orange County. It made me feel much better about her chances. I should be able to find out what's going on about 9:00 AM tomorrow. The problem could be her heart, it could be a leaking thoracic duct (don't know what that is, but that's what the vet said, more or less), or it could be something else. It is unlikely she will need a chest tube as the first vet thought. So, Harri still needs lots of purrs and prayers, but her situation is more hopeful than it was before. I'll keep everybody posted as I learn more. Dan |
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still purring and praying, soft and cats
Dan M wrote in message ... Sorry to keep everybody waiting, but we just got home. We spent several hours at the specialist, and just now got home (8 PM). The specialist determined that Harri had a lot of fluid in her chest. He drained it, finding 103 ml of liquid (quite a lot to be inside a little kitten's chest). The liquid was milky with some blood in it. He sent a sample out to the lab to determine where it's coming from. When they did an ultrasound they also saw a mass in front of Harri's heart. The doc couldn't tell what it was, just that it is heavily vascularized. He says it could be normal tissue that is just swollen due the fluids. It's still not at all certain whether Harri will survive this, but at least we hav ereason to hope. When we picked Harri up from the vet about noon she was more talkative than she has been in weeks. She was still breathing heavily, but nearly as bad as she was yesterday. And after the specialist drained the fluid from her chest this afternoon her breathing cleared up. It was very encouraging to see her as vocal and active as she on our drive to Orange County. It made me feel much better about her chances. I should be able to find out what's going on about 9:00 AM tomorrow. The problem could be her heart, it could be a leaking thoracic duct (don't know what that is, but that's what the vet said, more or less), or it could be something else. It is unlikely she will need a chest tube as the first vet thought. So, Harri still needs lots of purrs and prayers, but her situation is more hopeful than it was before. I'll keep everybody posted as I learn more. Dan |
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We iz purrink fur her, and fur yoo, Unka Dan, fur all dat yoo iz
doink to help a liddle kitty. Yoo iz a kitty-angel! - Purrs, Mme. Anaïs 6/23/2005 9:47:35 AM anais+at+electric-ink+dot+com On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:32:56 -0700, Dan M wrote: Sorry to keep everybody waiting, but we just got home. We spent several hours at the specialist, and just now got home (8 PM). The specialist determined that Harri had a lot of fluid in her chest. He drained it, finding 103 ml of liquid (quite a lot to be inside a little kitten's chest). The liquid was milky with some blood in it. He sent a sample out to the lab to determine where it's coming from. When they did an ultrasound they also saw a mass in front of Harri's heart. The doc couldn't tell what it was, just that it is heavily vascularized. He says it could be normal tissue that is just swollen due the fluids. It's still not at all certain whether Harri will survive this, but at least we hav ereason to hope. When we picked Harri up from the vet about noon she was more talkative than she has been in weeks. She was still breathing heavily, but nearly as bad as she was yesterday. And after the specialist drained the fluid from her chest this afternoon her breathing cleared up. It was very encouraging to see her as vocal and active as she on our drive to Orange County. It made me feel much better about her chances. I should be able to find out what's going on about 9:00 AM tomorrow. The problem could be her heart, it could be a leaking thoracic duct (don't know what that is, but that's what the vet said, more or less), or it could be something else. It is unlikely she will need a chest tube as the first vet thought. So, Harri still needs lots of purrs and prayers, but her situation is more hopeful than it was before. I'll keep everybody posted as I learn more. Dan - |
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Reason to hope, indeed.
purrz continuing, and hearts and thoughts with all of you. Sylvia "Dan M" wrote in message ... Sorry to keep everybody waiting, but we just got home. We spent several hours at the specialist, and just now got home (8 PM). The specialist determined that Harri had a lot of fluid in her chest. He drained it, finding 103 ml of liquid (quite a lot to be inside a little kitten's chest). The liquid was milky with some blood in it. He sent a sample out to the lab to determine where it's coming from. When they did an ultrasound they also saw a mass in front of Harri's heart. The doc couldn't tell what it was, just that it is heavily vascularized. He says it could be normal tissue that is just swollen due the fluids. It's still not at all certain whether Harri will survive this, but at least we hav ereason to hope. When we picked Harri up from the vet about noon she was more talkative than she has been in weeks. She was still breathing heavily, but nearly as bad as she was yesterday. And after the specialist drained the fluid from her chest this afternoon her breathing cleared up. It was very encouraging to see her as vocal and active as she on our drive to Orange County. It made me feel much better about her chances. I should be able to find out what's going on about 9:00 AM tomorrow. The problem could be her heart, it could be a leaking thoracic duct (don't know what that is, but that's what the vet said, more or less), or it could be something else. It is unlikely she will need a chest tube as the first vet thought. So, Harri still needs lots of purrs and prayers, but her situation is more hopeful than it was before. I'll keep everybody posted as I learn more. Dan |
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