When Joey was about 5 months old he panted after playing, I took him
to the vet and he sent me to a specialty place. They did lots of tests
and said he was early HCM, this was in Missouri. Moved back her and a
year later had him rechecked, he was on medication for his supposed
heart disease and looked awful, he looked very unhealthy, he looked 100
times better before he started the meds. The year later check up here
in Washington state by a cardiologist revealed in his opinion Joey never
had heart disease and he told me to stop the meds. He looked and acted
better after stopping the meds. My sister moved in with me about then
and brought 2 cats with her. Shelbee seemed to have an upper
respiratory thing going on which cleared up but if memory serves me
right Joey's breathing and purring thing started after that.
Can't say 100% it did but that seems to be the time I associate noticing
it with, so that is why I never doubted my vet telling me it was all in
his upper respiratory area. Joey has these episodes 4,5 maybe 6 times a
year and then he is fine, they usually last a week or two. I'm pretty
sure I have insisted on a chest Xray at some point because I wanted to
be sure it was nothing to worry about and he does have HCM now and is on
medication for it these last 3 years. He gets a heart ultra sound once
a year. Would a chest xray show asthma for sure??
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Belinda
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