I'm not exactly sure where to put this, so I'll start here (and see where it ends up I guess...
). I took 3 out of 4 cats to the vet today (Smoochie was conveniently missing all morning, and I couldn't find her anywhere
), and got some fairly bad news. All my cats are seniors, and Bird is the oldest (15) and has hyperthyroidism. The vet told me today that (on a good note) her weight is stable
, but her thyroid gland is huge (a 5 or a 6 on the 1-6 scale- I think I got that right) and she has developed a grade 3 heart murmur, which leaves out the possiblity of surgery. Sigh.
And then Meggie has lost weight (I told them that something was wrong with her when we went in, that she wasn't grooming herself as well as usual, and had lost weight)- 2 lbs- she weighs 6lbs 4 oz. now, and her thyroid gland is a 4-5, and she still has her heart murmur (I don't remember her grade, a I think), plus a possible mass in her abdomen that she complained about everytime the vet got a hold of it to palpate it
. She said it might be stool, but probably not since Meggie acted like it was tender. I'm supposed to take her back in 2 weeks to a month for a recheck, and if it is a mass, well...that would be it.
The good news is that our hair factory, Butterbean, is fat and healthy, and her murmur hasn't changed (she has a grade one- what is it about my household??? Even the dog has a heart murmur, but she came that way
).
Maybe I should just let Smoochie skip the vet this year...
And then Meggie has lost weight (I told them that something was wrong with her when we went in, that she wasn't grooming herself as well as usual, and had lost weight)- 2 lbs- she weighs 6lbs 4 oz. now, and her thyroid gland is a 4-5, and she still has her heart murmur (I don't remember her grade, a I think), plus a possible mass in her abdomen that she complained about everytime the vet got a hold of it to palpate it
The good news is that our hair factory, Butterbean, is fat and healthy, and her murmur hasn't changed (she has a grade one- what is it about my household??? Even the dog has a heart murmur, but she came that way
Maybe I should just let Smoochie skip the vet this year...