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Hi everyone! I’ve been reading a lot on here trying to figure out what’s going on with my cat. I live in Sweden and I am Swedish, just so you know if my English is a bit “off” J I hope you can give me some advice on this tricky case.
My kitty, British Shorthair, is now six months old. We got him three months ago. Right from the beginning we thought he was a bit different, a little bit floppy but nothing that concerned us. He would jump up on chairs and the dinner table and up on our bed. Then the day before Christmas I felt something was wrong. He would eat less and sleep more and seemed weak. And no longer would or could he jump up on the chair or table, or the bed. He tried but he just couldn’t. The first vet said it seemed neurological, that he wasn’t in pain and seemed healthy otherwise, and sent me to a specialist in neurological problems.
When the neurologist saw him she mentioned Myasthenia Gravis. I was in chock, and scared. She ran a complete blood test and everything came back normal except for something with his muscle breakdown, so that seemed to point to a suspicion for Myasthenia Gravis as well.
She didn’t think it was too urgent to do anything considering he’s not in pain, he’s very social and just seems to be a happy camper despite the weak legs. We did book an appointment in the end of January to make a biopsy of a muscle and said that if he gets better to unbook it.
Well this weekend he’s been doing so much better. He’s stronger and eats much more and he plays a lot. He even ran through the apartment chasing a toy and he jumped pretty high from behind the sofa. He’s so curious and friendly and social and much more like his “old self”.
Does anyone have an experience that’s similar to ours? Is there any hope for a complete recovery for whatever happened to him? The vet didn’t rule out that he’d get better by himself, so I’m really hoping this is what we are seeing. She did run a test for toxoplasmosis because I thought the symptoms could point to that, but the vet did not think I looked like that at all. Just to rule it out. So – anyone, anything?
My kitty, British Shorthair, is now six months old. We got him three months ago. Right from the beginning we thought he was a bit different, a little bit floppy but nothing that concerned us. He would jump up on chairs and the dinner table and up on our bed. Then the day before Christmas I felt something was wrong. He would eat less and sleep more and seemed weak. And no longer would or could he jump up on the chair or table, or the bed. He tried but he just couldn’t. The first vet said it seemed neurological, that he wasn’t in pain and seemed healthy otherwise, and sent me to a specialist in neurological problems.
When the neurologist saw him she mentioned Myasthenia Gravis. I was in chock, and scared. She ran a complete blood test and everything came back normal except for something with his muscle breakdown, so that seemed to point to a suspicion for Myasthenia Gravis as well.
She didn’t think it was too urgent to do anything considering he’s not in pain, he’s very social and just seems to be a happy camper despite the weak legs. We did book an appointment in the end of January to make a biopsy of a muscle and said that if he gets better to unbook it.
Well this weekend he’s been doing so much better. He’s stronger and eats much more and he plays a lot. He even ran through the apartment chasing a toy and he jumped pretty high from behind the sofa. He’s so curious and friendly and social and much more like his “old self”.
Does anyone have an experience that’s similar to ours? Is there any hope for a complete recovery for whatever happened to him? The vet didn’t rule out that he’d get better by himself, so I’m really hoping this is what we are seeing. She did run a test for toxoplasmosis because I thought the symptoms could point to that, but the vet did not think I looked like that at all. Just to rule it out. So – anyone, anything?