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Glad your mom is improving, Karen. I do know how frustrating it is when
"trying out meds" is all you can do to find the right one and the right dose; encouraging purrs for you and your mom. Christine "Karen" wrote in message ... I was at mom's for several days. It was good to see her. She seems mostly to be doing better although yesterday she wound up at emergency as she wasn't feeling good. All tests looked good, but her heartbeat was down to between 45 and 60 even at a walk so they have cut back on the Solatol (beta pace??) thinking this is the problem. I hope so. I'm supposing it takes a while to get all the meds at a good level? It is rather depressing. She doesn't even have to change much of her lifestyle as she was leading a very heart healthy style before all this, which is really depressing for her. I mean if you do everything right and still have trouble it seems pretty futile. On the cat front, got to play with her kitties. Nermal, the 15 y.o., seemed perkier than I have seen her in sometime. She lets mom brush and comb her all the time and so is staying knot free. It took 15 years to get this persian used to grooming, but now she seems to realize it makes her feel better. Skinny as a rail as usual but doing well. Tycho is a big orange and white puffball she took in right after her last hospital experience two years ago. He's just a sweetie. You can hold him like a baby and he is terribly patient with Petrus who is still a rough housing kitten at 1.5 years. He's a good big brother. Petrus has to be the most unusual cat I've ever seen. He is short haired with big shoulders and a skinny, skinny butt. He has VERY long legs and toes. I've never seen such toes on a cat. He is more like a monkey. He can walk on a one inch rod with ease. He is mostly white with dark grey splotches. He reminds me of the cats you see in Japanes paintingss (except they are usually round but he is way skinny and ALL muscle). He's a real love dove. His back legs are longer than his front, rather rabbit like. He is the most flexible cat I've ever seen too. He was sleeping on the cat tree with one arm twisted clear up behind him like it was totally natural and when he curls in half, his spin is not the gentle u shape you usually see but actually very severe, like the bend in a paper clip. The cats did well while I was away, so now I don't need to worry about leaving them with a sitter. Pearl has been a total leech since I've been back much to my surprise. I didn't think she liked me that well! So many posts that I cannot keep up but I send out general purrs to those in need and congratulations to the new kitties and husbands in the group. Karen |
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