Thank you everyone for your kind words and support. :bighug::( This is such a tough time for me.
Thank you ❤️ Yes Furosemide (Furovet) and Chlopidogrel are the ones he is getting. And also amlopidin and another hypertension med. It's brand name...
Hi everyone, it's been a long time since I have written an update on my Hugo. All in all, he has been doing well until recently. I believe that last...
And thank you everyone for the well wishes for my Hugo :bighug: I am really sad about his heart issue along with all these other things he has going...
I have no idea how long the hypertension has been going on, but probably for a while now. It also seems like the meds aren't really doing much. Last...
It has been worsening gradually over the past six months or so, but since he has asthma he has coughed sometimes before that too, but I always just...
The cough sounds almost like he is purring so much that it makes him cough, for some reason that it sort of overwhelms his airways. I really don't...
Thank you, yes I am now having to avoid making him purr, which is awful because I want him to be happy. Did your Beenie have HCM? did she cough other...
@Stephanie & Quintus Everything is helpful! Imagine me going through these things alone in my head and not having anyone to throw any ideas at me. I...
The vet didn't look in his throat, just felt with her hand around his neck if there was anything that felt abnormal. She couldn't feel anything...
I have thought HCM was more common in Maine Coons and Sphynxes, but not so in the Oriental breed. They suffer from asthma most often. I have the...
It could be possible that dry air would worsen his asthma, but when it is so clearly triggered by the purring...I don't know. :confused:
What puzzles me about the coughing is that he will start to cough if he scratches his neck and only when he purrs out of happiness. So he can play...
I asked about the medication to prevent clots and she said because the left atrium is not affected so he doesn't need it yet. Should I insist he gets...
Thank you Carla :bighug:
The vet is specialized in doing these echocardiograms and in cardiology, but she isn't a cardiologist....I think. No other medications were given...
Hi everyone! So last time I wrote here about my Hugo getting diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, HCM. Since the diagnosis, he has had a...
Thank you everyone for your valuable advice and input, and sorry I haven't replied earlier. We travelled to my parents house for Christmas. Hugo did...
Hi Marje, it's good to talk to you all again, but I wish I would have had better news. :( Hugo hasn't had labs done since June, and then his T4 was...
Hi Karen, thank you for your reply. I tried taking Hugo's resting heart rate tonight and I got 18-20. So it seems okay. But today he got two coughing...