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Hi happened upon this forum tonight. For all you cat lovers out there, I want to share our experience that I hope will encourage you not to give up on your cat.
Over a year ago now was the worse night of my entire life, when my beloved cat Harvey had a saddle thrombus.
The vets were absolutely horrible. They claimed he was hopeless and practically shoved euthanasia down my throat. Then when I refused to give up on Harvey, they focused his treatment wrong, refused to give us the meds we needed, and utterly failed us in so many ways.
Due to a large number of veterinary errors, his condition got very very bad before we turned it around.
We are nonetheless here to tell the tale.
Harvey has regained full use of his back legs and also regained four pounds.
If your cat is hyperthyroid, it is essential to get that under control ASAP. I wish our vets had known that, as Harvey could have been doing much better much sooner, had the focus been on reversing heart disease by controlling hyperthyroidism.
In the meantime, make sure you understand how to use Lasix to prevent edema and congestive heart failure. Unfortunately we were not given that guidance, either, until far too late.
It is essential to learn how to monitor the breathing and to be closely in tune with your cat to adjust meds in response to what's happening.
Nevertheless, and it required quite a lot of devotion on my part mostly because of the appalling malpractice of the veterinarians, Harvey did recover.
I also had him eating healthier food for a while but now we are back to Fancy Feast being all he will eat. Ideally wet diet with low phosphorus, and I give supplements to support heart, kidneys and overall health.
I urge people not to assume just because a vet tells you it is hopeless that it is. I have two miracle cats now. But I had to stand up to veterinarians at every turn to get here.
I'd be happy to share the huge amount I learned along the way about what to do and what not to do ... and I urge you to do your own research, listen to your intuition, and question EVERYTHING the vets tell you. They were so so so wrong about this situation. I can only imagine how many cats are unnecessarily euthanized, and don't want that to happen to anyone here.
Over a year ago now was the worse night of my entire life, when my beloved cat Harvey had a saddle thrombus.
The vets were absolutely horrible. They claimed he was hopeless and practically shoved euthanasia down my throat. Then when I refused to give up on Harvey, they focused his treatment wrong, refused to give us the meds we needed, and utterly failed us in so many ways.
Due to a large number of veterinary errors, his condition got very very bad before we turned it around.
We are nonetheless here to tell the tale.
Harvey has regained full use of his back legs and also regained four pounds.
If your cat is hyperthyroid, it is essential to get that under control ASAP. I wish our vets had known that, as Harvey could have been doing much better much sooner, had the focus been on reversing heart disease by controlling hyperthyroidism.
In the meantime, make sure you understand how to use Lasix to prevent edema and congestive heart failure. Unfortunately we were not given that guidance, either, until far too late.
It is essential to learn how to monitor the breathing and to be closely in tune with your cat to adjust meds in response to what's happening.
Nevertheless, and it required quite a lot of devotion on my part mostly because of the appalling malpractice of the veterinarians, Harvey did recover.
I also had him eating healthier food for a while but now we are back to Fancy Feast being all he will eat. Ideally wet diet with low phosphorus, and I give supplements to support heart, kidneys and overall health.
I urge people not to assume just because a vet tells you it is hopeless that it is. I have two miracle cats now. But I had to stand up to veterinarians at every turn to get here.
I'd be happy to share the huge amount I learned along the way about what to do and what not to do ... and I urge you to do your own research, listen to your intuition, and question EVERYTHING the vets tell you. They were so so so wrong about this situation. I can only imagine how many cats are unnecessarily euthanized, and don't want that to happen to anyone here.