Recent Content by blackmagik

Thank you....I believe you did the right thing.  I'm new to this disease but I think treating the heart disease would eventually damage the kidneys from the variety of medications.   I apologize for not responding sooner, as I rarely use my computer. I really do appreciate your kind wishes for...

Hi all, I haven't been here for a while but I can tell you that Columbine has been very helpful with advice and comfort as I journey through the heart disease of my Baby Black Dot. Dot is doing remarkably well. She is 14 or 15 years old (feral) and was diagnosed in October 2014. Our story is on...

Dot Update: Hi, I thought I'd let you know how our baby black Dot is doing 7 months after diagnosis. This morning I heard a 'hacking' cough from Dot as she was sunning herself on the roof. I called her to come in but she was not ready. When I attempted to climb out the window to reach for...

Oh my dear, I am so sorry for you and Eno. I know your heart is breaking. Eno is so fortunate to have your care and love, and you so blessed to have the experience of having his love in return. I'm wishing for you both, healing that touches both body and spirit...peace in those moments when you...

I'm so sorry Eno is not doing well...My black Dot behaved the same way when I brought her home from a weekend at the emergency hospital being treated for the same condition. My regular vet gave me 'mirtazapine' to stimulate her appetite. Dot was so irritable with her tail flipping...

Thank you so much for your kind words and support. I hope when it's Dot's time, she will go peacefully as you described as Cali's passing. When I asked the emergency vet, 'what am I to expect' and was told that her heart would just stop....I thought that was what I would have to deal with. She...

Hi, I'm so sorry your kitty is not well. Are you able to count his breaths per 15 seconds? When I found my cat breathing a little too rapidly, I brought her in. She was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy....(an enlarged heart with thickening of the walls, thereby creating fluid to build up around the...

Thank you so much for your reply and advice. And please extend to your friend my sincere sympathy and my gratitude for taking the time to relay her experience during her most recent loss. Kind regards,

Hi, I'm new here...just searching for others who are caring for their cat living with cardiomyopathy. My baby black 'Dot' was diagnosed in October 2014.  I came home from work one very hot evening and found her laying on the floor stretched out, so I lay down with her and express to her....'oh...