So we (my family) had a bit of an emergency today with grandpa's 15 y/o cat. From what I was told, the cat wouldn't/couldn't jump up on her favorite chair, was dragging her rear legs and was wobbly when she did walk. I didn't get to see any of this so I don't know exactly how she was dragging her rear legs.
The vet checked the cat out and seems to think it may be severe arthritits. They're going to leave the cat at the clinic tonight and they will have something setup so the cat has access to one room and can be monitored via a webcam. They want to see how the cat moves about.
Here's my concern that I would like opinions on: A human being with coronary heart disease cannot be diagnosed with a stethoscope and an x-ray. A doctor might think that everything is fine, when in fact, that person is a heart attack waiting to happen. I know this because this is what recently happened to my uncle.
So how can the vet know for sure that the cat doesn't have advanced heart disease or is in heart failure? One of my cats was in congestive heart failure and two vets missed it and the cat ended up dying.
So somebody please tell me how this vet can be 100% certain that grandpa's cat doesn't have a serious heart problem? My understanding is that without an ultrasound there is no way the vet can know for sure. Isn't that correct? This is a constant problem I have with all vets. They don't know what the heck they are doing. I've had this problem with every veterinarian I've ever gone to. It's getting to be depressing. I've prematurely lost three cats because of this issue.
The vet checked the cat out and seems to think it may be severe arthritits. They're going to leave the cat at the clinic tonight and they will have something setup so the cat has access to one room and can be monitored via a webcam. They want to see how the cat moves about.
Here's my concern that I would like opinions on: A human being with coronary heart disease cannot be diagnosed with a stethoscope and an x-ray. A doctor might think that everything is fine, when in fact, that person is a heart attack waiting to happen. I know this because this is what recently happened to my uncle.
So how can the vet know for sure that the cat doesn't have advanced heart disease or is in heart failure? One of my cats was in congestive heart failure and two vets missed it and the cat ended up dying.
So somebody please tell me how this vet can be 100% certain that grandpa's cat doesn't have a serious heart problem? My understanding is that without an ultrasound there is no way the vet can know for sure. Isn't that correct? This is a constant problem I have with all vets. They don't know what the heck they are doing. I've had this problem with every veterinarian I've ever gone to. It's getting to be depressing. I've prematurely lost three cats because of this issue.