At a routine vet visit, we were told our 3 year old Maine Coon may have a heart murmur. The vet told me that it could be cardiomyopathy and he could just drop dead suddenly one day (!). So I was of course a little upset. He recommended a $500 echo to test for it.
My fiance was a little skeptical and encouraged me to seek out a second opinion. So we're taking him to a large animal medical center next week to see a veterinary cardiologist to get a second opinion.
If they suggest an echo too then I guess we'll just do it.
I'm so nervous!
What should I expect?
If it is cardiomyopathy how long can he live and what type of treatment would he have to be on? What is the cost of feline cardiac medications?
I'm so nervous for him! And I'm about to get married in 4 weeks and this is adding a lot of stress and I'm so nervous now about going out of town for our wedding/honeymoon!
I just hope we get good news at the cardiologist next week.
We were considering getting another Maine Coon, but now I'm not so sure since I've heard this does run in the breed.
My fiance was a little skeptical and encouraged me to seek out a second opinion. So we're taking him to a large animal medical center next week to see a veterinary cardiologist to get a second opinion.
If they suggest an echo too then I guess we'll just do it.
I'm so nervous!
What should I expect?
If it is cardiomyopathy how long can he live and what type of treatment would he have to be on? What is the cost of feline cardiac medications?
I'm so nervous for him! And I'm about to get married in 4 weeks and this is adding a lot of stress and I'm so nervous now about going out of town for our wedding/honeymoon!
I just hope we get good news at the cardiologist next week.
We were considering getting another Maine Coon, but now I'm not so sure since I've heard this does run in the breed.