Re: [Felvtalk] Maggie - to Tanya/heart supplement

2010-08-11 Thread TANYA NOE
 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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Re: [Felvtalk] Maggie - to Tanya/heart supplement

2010-07-13 Thread Emeraldkittee
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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