hi Tanya, my FIV boy has the exact same diagnosis (found by his going into congestive heart failure while in ear surgery) - he was diagnosed March 2009 with HCM. I give him fish oil and also Only Natural Pets Heart Health formula. (he is on 2 per day - he's 16 lbs - but only dose up with a vet's approval. ) My holistic dr approved this and told me 'don't be surprised if he gets better, and the condition starts to reverse' - my regular vet and then the cardiologist all approved the supplement. At his last ultrasound in May, his heart was showing improvement, some areas were no longer thickened, and others had not progressed further. There can be incidences where it 'looks good' but it's thickening inward now, if that makes sense, but she was surmising it was really improvement. I would check out the formula with your vet of course first. If it's too $ for your taste, read the ingredients and work with a vet to get a similiar concotion on your own. www.onlynaturalpets.com good luck! (we were told our guy was not going to make it back in 3/09 - :) he is also on enalapril - be sure to chk blood levels (kidney) regularly with this med. Shannon
Hello everyone, It has been a while since I have been able to get on. I found out last month that my FelV+ Maggie who turned 2 years old 16 days ago was just diagnosed with a grade 4/6 heart murmur. She has seen many vets in her short life and has not had a detectable one previously not even 7 months ago when she had her bi-annual physical and blood work. I took her in for her physical and because lately she has had some exercise intolerance that isn't normal for a 2 year old. Her heart ultrasound gave us a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Her walls were very thick and flow greatly reduced. We started he on Enalapril. I was wondering if anyone else has had the same diagnosis and if so if there was anything that worked well for your little ones. Her heart disease is progressing very quickly and I was told that with her type there isn't anything they can do to slow it down, we are only making her more comfortable with the Enalapril by making her heart not have to work as hard. Any advice is appreciated, Tanya (Maggie's Mom) _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
