Wendy,
I have a little experience with it and will be glad to talk to you about it. there is also an excellent yahoo group for people with hyperthyroid cats. I would strongly recommend you join it for more info.
Bonnie has been dealing with this as well. I'm not sure if she joined the yahoo group for it or not.
Both of my cats with hyper t lived a number of years, and died of related causes (we think). One had liver problems and one had a rare kidney infection. I don't think either of their cases was what is normally expected with hyper-t though.
I have to get through some more emails, but I'll try to email you more tomorrow.
tonya
wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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