Shannon, thanks for the suggestion. I will definitely look into that. I
really appreciate everyone who has written in and made suggestions. This is
such a great community and a great place to get information.
Sorry it has taken me so long to send out this thank you. It has been hard
to keep up with the latest emails with work and my 21 month old. Also I am in
the middle of preparing for a long move from PA to CO.
So far Maggie is doing well and the Enalapril has really helped with her
exercise intolerance. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Again thanks everyone!
Tanya
--- On Tue, 7/13/10, Emeraldkittee emeraldkit...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Emeraldkittee emeraldkit...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Maggie - to Tanya/heart supplement
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 10:55 PM
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)
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