Hi Wendy,
How old is Julie? I've never had any cats with thyroid problems, so I
can't speak from experience. I know there are groups, like this one,
for Hyperthyroid. I've also heard about a treatment, (one time thing),
that seems to be pretty miraculous in alleviating the problem, that's
used with younger cats. Maybe that's what Marylyn is talking about? I
wish I could remember more, but the folks on whatever list you join
would know for sure. Oh honey, blessings to you and Julie, you're both
in my thoughts and prayers,
Nina
wendy wrote:
Hi guys,
I took Julie to the vet this past Friday because she
was having pain going to the bathroom the Sunday
before and had a little blood around her genitals. I
couldn't get her to the vet until Friday so I gave her
Baytril I had left over from Cricket starting on
Sunday, which wiped out whatever bacterial infection
she might have had, and all her renal functions seemed
to be back to normal by Friday. But I took her in
anyway just to be sure, and they ran a urinalysis and
total blood/labwork on her. Saturday the vet called
me and said her results showed hypertension (she got a
17 on her T4 results, normal is between .4 and 5.2)
and he prescribed 10 mg of Tapazole/Methimazole daily.
I have to bring her in in two weeks for further blood
work to see how the drugs are helping her thyroid.
Does anyone here have any experience with
hyperthyroidism in their kitty, and what did you do
about it? What does T4 measure? Did your kitty pass
away from the hyperthyroidism? Did the drugs reverse
the heart murmur? What diet would be good for a kitty
with hyperthyroidism? Any advice is greatly
appreciated!
:)
Wendy
