OK. We don't have details. Flowerbelle is home from her cardiac ultrasound. She also had chest x-rays (again).
The cardiac ultrasound was done by a cardiac radiologist, though the owner of the vet practice was present. He's in surgery and will be for the better part of the afternoon, so we won't have details until he calls. BUT we were told that the message to be passed on to us was "it looks more like her lungs than her heart." And THAT is very good news and less of a worry as re: consequences and long term treatment.
That said, the radiologist (or Ken, not sure which one) took her blood pressure. So it wasn't done by the same vet tech that normally does it. It was only tested three times - I don't know where on her body it was done - and each one shows basically her systolic pressure is 180 or more! I also don't know WHEN it was done. Was it done before the cardiac ultrasound? Or after? How stressed was she? So kind of stupid, really, to have it done at all, unless they did it shortly after she got there - not after she'd waited and had the CS done (and I don't know if this was the case or not).
But those numbers are what her BP looked like BEFORE the Norvasc! So I have no idea what's up with that. Her vet isn't in today. Obviously we're going to have to schedule another appointment to take her in to get her blood pressure checked - and soon - because either her Norvasc needs to be adjusted, or something was just really wonky with today's measurements.
For those that don't know, Flowerbelle was diagnosed with early asthma. Treating that is complicated by the high blood pressure - pred is contra-indicated. Apparently even the inhaled steroids are.
She also developed a heart murmur after 9 years... so that, combined with the elevated blood pressure and coughing was the reason for the cardiac ultrasound. But it looks like her heart is in the clear - though we don't know for sure yet. :lol3:
So... to be updated.
The cardiac ultrasound was done by a cardiac radiologist, though the owner of the vet practice was present. He's in surgery and will be for the better part of the afternoon, so we won't have details until he calls. BUT we were told that the message to be passed on to us was "it looks more like her lungs than her heart." And THAT is very good news and less of a worry as re: consequences and long term treatment.
That said, the radiologist (or Ken, not sure which one) took her blood pressure. So it wasn't done by the same vet tech that normally does it. It was only tested three times - I don't know where on her body it was done - and each one shows basically her systolic pressure is 180 or more! I also don't know WHEN it was done. Was it done before the cardiac ultrasound? Or after? How stressed was she? So kind of stupid, really, to have it done at all, unless they did it shortly after she got there - not after she'd waited and had the CS done (and I don't know if this was the case or not).
But those numbers are what her BP looked like BEFORE the Norvasc! So I have no idea what's up with that. Her vet isn't in today. Obviously we're going to have to schedule another appointment to take her in to get her blood pressure checked - and soon - because either her Norvasc needs to be adjusted, or something was just really wonky with today's measurements.
For those that don't know, Flowerbelle was diagnosed with early asthma. Treating that is complicated by the high blood pressure - pred is contra-indicated. Apparently even the inhaled steroids are.
She also developed a heart murmur after 9 years... so that, combined with the elevated blood pressure and coughing was the reason for the cardiac ultrasound. But it looks like her heart is in the clear - though we don't know for sure yet. :lol3:
So... to be updated.
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