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My 4 year old DSH boy, Snowball, was diagnosed with CHF in November 2016 (See my other posts). Almost three months later, he is doing rather well on Lasix, Fortekor, Vetmedin and aspirin (once every three days). He is playful, manipulative, spoiled, eats well and is generally living his life. He goes for another heart ultrasound on Thursday. Three months ago, our primary vet said we could expect him to live maybe "three to six months more". The feline cardiologist said "six to twelve months".
The thing is, our lives (husband and mine) has pretty much been on hold since the diagnosis. We do our usual work etc. But the idea of like, going away for the weekend - either for work or leisure or even taking a long day trip is too scary. We are too afraid to kennel him - although that is probably the most logical thing to do if need be, because at least someone can check in on him. On the other hand, I know kenneling is stressful even under the best circumstances. I don't know how to cope or what to decide - we have work trips, religious and family commitments that would normally take us away for a couple of days at a time. We don't have the option of a house sitter unfortunately. He's a very scared kitty and I cant expect a house sitter to "nurse" him, pill him and monitor him. Not any house sitters I know anyway.
Also we wanted to travel overseas in about 6 months for a month long holiday but we've been paralyzed about that too.
How do we cope with this? Can cats with his condition be kenneled?
My 4 year old DSH boy, Snowball, was diagnosed with CHF in November 2016 (See my other posts). Almost three months later, he is doing rather well on Lasix, Fortekor, Vetmedin and aspirin (once every three days). He is playful, manipulative, spoiled, eats well and is generally living his life. He goes for another heart ultrasound on Thursday. Three months ago, our primary vet said we could expect him to live maybe "three to six months more". The feline cardiologist said "six to twelve months".
The thing is, our lives (husband and mine) has pretty much been on hold since the diagnosis. We do our usual work etc. But the idea of like, going away for the weekend - either for work or leisure or even taking a long day trip is too scary. We are too afraid to kennel him - although that is probably the most logical thing to do if need be, because at least someone can check in on him. On the other hand, I know kenneling is stressful even under the best circumstances. I don't know how to cope or what to decide - we have work trips, religious and family commitments that would normally take us away for a couple of days at a time. We don't have the option of a house sitter unfortunately. He's a very scared kitty and I cant expect a house sitter to "nurse" him, pill him and monitor him. Not any house sitters I know anyway.
Also we wanted to travel overseas in about 6 months for a month long holiday but we've been paralyzed about that too.
How do we cope with this? Can cats with his condition be kenneled?
