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It sounds extra complicated to take care of a CHF cat who is also semi-feral.  You are so awesome to do this wonderful act of kindness for William and to keep letting him be with his lady while doing it!  He's also a handsome boy and is lucky in all his family! It sounds to me as if you are...

Thanks.  I don't want to let Qbert go but I love him too much to make him stay.  I made a memory book to remember all the good times.  It's online at http://www.geocornish.org/concrete5/photo-album/family/cats/qbert/ if you want to see it. I don't know if it's helpful, but our vet told us that...

Well, after a fairly good weekend with Qbert, he had a pretty hard nosedive yesterday.  It feels like his body is starting to wind down.  Instead of making him wait until all the good moments are gone, we made an appointment for tomorrow (Wed) to let him go.  The decision hurts like crazy, but...

Gentle hugs to you and scritches to your new guy.  It sounds like you've been having a rough couple of months!  I'm so very sorry about your problems getting help from the RSPCA people and that, on top of that, you are now dealing with HCM and CHF.  Any of those things would be hard to deal with...

Well.  It's been a roller coaster of a week.  At our appointment last Tuesday, the vet said Qbert's lungs and heart sounded really good and that we might actually be able to call him stable!  Then, Wednesday, I noticed him breathing hard again.  I took him back in, and another X-ray and found...

Qbert is continuing his upward trend.  He's now eating from the free range kibble bowl between meals, and is eating bigger portions of wet food before walking away.  (much to the dismay of the other cats who were more than happy to finish Qbert's bowl off when he was done.  :-) Even better, he...

Qbert ate breakfast! It was only around a tablespoon of food made soupy, but be he ate it enthusiastically and then ate a bit of gravy out of another small serving immediately afterward. I wanted to run around the house crowing "he's eating, he's eating, he's eating!" Now he's back in the...

Thank you so much.  The good thoughts and ability to talk about this craziness with someone else who has experience it helps a lot!   I just talked to the vet tech.  She said they got a good breakfast mixed with probiotic into him earlier and that it went much better than yesterday.  She is...

Well, things got complicated again.   Tuesday morning we celebrated really good looking X-rays, but by that night I was worrying about him not eating--refusing both breakfast & dinner that day.  When he only ate a few bites plus gravy on Wednesday morning, I took him back in to the vet.  She...

Even better, the x-rays today showed a really big improvement!  The vet had to make sure the techs x-rayed the right cat!  :-D    The vet is going to consult with the cardiologist and we'll make plans for going forward.  I know that Qbert isn't magically better, but I'm so grateful that we'll...

We are home with our Qbert.  He scared us while were gone by going into breathing distress on Friday afternoon.  The vet's office wasn't comfortable leaving him un-monitored overnight and over the weekend, so we decided to transfer him to the nearby (and highly recommended) 24/7 critical care...

Well, the news from the vet is mixed. The good news is that his blood pressure is back up closer to normal.  I learned that normal cat BP is 120ish.  2 weeks ago, Qbert's blood pressure was 75, and 1 week ago it was 80.  This week it was 100.  The other good news is that his bloodwork came back...

Tomorrow is Qbert's appointment, but he has started to perk up a lot the last few days.  I don't know if it's the new antibiotics or the diuretic finally starting to do something, but he has been up more, eating better, playing occasionally, and snuggling more.  He's not struggling to breathe as...

Thank you for the encouragement.  I love that your greyhound came home with more toys!  :-)  

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences!   I initially was going to have our favorite vet tech come stay at our place while we are gone.  Then Qbert's meds got more complicated and he now has 4 med administrations a day (breakfast: furosemide, antibiotics, vetmedin.  lunch: furosemide...