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Took Daisy to TED
Between this group & another cat group I belong to, the stories of how
cats hide their illnesses were getting to me. I have personal experience with this, too, with Bonnie (RB). Daisy acts fine, eats fine, her weight is fine. But almost all of her behaviors have changed in the last few months. So I made an appointment that took 10 days to get b/c I wanted the partner who is aggressive & a good diagnostician, & I wanted an evening appointment. We went tonight. As he was looking at & feeling her, he was saying everything seemed fine. Then he got out the stethoscope. Hhe listened to her heart for a v-e-r-y long time. This of course made me nervous. Hhe ended up saying that she has an irregular heart rhythm (not a murmur). He said that cats can have this & it often is not a problem. But of course she's never had it before. The result was that he took blood & we scheduled an EKG for Tuesday. He'll call me w/her blood results Friday AM at work. So Daisy, Miss Moxie & I would appreciate a group purr that all her tests turn out OK, & that having an EKG is not too horrible for her. She'll have to be in all day Tuesday while I'm at work. Has anybody else's cat had an EKG? Thanks, Katz |
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Katz wrote:
So Daisy, Miss Moxie & I would appreciate a group purr that all her tests turn out OK, & that having an EKG is not too horrible for her. Lots of purrs for a normal EKG. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Purrs that Daisy's test results are good!
Hugs, CatNipped "Katz" wrote in message ups.com... Between this group & another cat group I belong to, the stories of how cats hide their illnesses were getting to me. I have personal experience with this, too, with Bonnie (RB). Daisy acts fine, eats fine, her weight is fine. But almost all of her behaviors have changed in the last few months. So I made an appointment that took 10 days to get b/c I wanted the partner who is aggressive & a good diagnostician, & I wanted an evening appointment. We went tonight. As he was looking at & feeling her, he was saying everything seemed fine. Then he got out the stethoscope. Hhe listened to her heart for a v-e-r-y long time. This of course made me nervous. Hhe ended up saying that she has an irregular heart rhythm (not a murmur). He said that cats can have this & it often is not a problem. But of course she's never had it before. The result was that he took blood & we scheduled an EKG for Tuesday. He'll call me w/her blood results Friday AM at work. So Daisy, Miss Moxie & I would appreciate a group purr that all her tests turn out OK, & that having an EKG is not too horrible for her. She'll have to be in all day Tuesday while I'm at work. Has anybody else's cat had an EKG? Thanks, Katz |
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"Katz" wrote in message ups.com... Between this group & another cat group I belong to, the stories of how cats hide their illnesses were getting to me. I have personal experience with this, too, with Bonnie (RB). Daisy acts fine, eats fine, her weight is fine. But almost all of her behaviors have changed in the last few months. So I made an appointment that took 10 days to get b/c I wanted the partner who is aggressive & a good diagnostician, & I wanted an evening appointment. We went tonight. As he was looking at & feeling her, he was saying everything seemed fine. Then he got out the stethoscope. Hhe listened to her heart for a v-e-r-y long time. This of course made me nervous. Hhe ended up saying that she has an irregular heart rhythm (not a murmur). He said that cats can have this & it often is not a problem. But of course she's never had it before. The result was that he took blood & we scheduled an EKG for Tuesday. He'll call me w/her blood results Friday AM at work. So Daisy, Miss Moxie & I would appreciate a group purr that all her tests turn out OK, & that having an EKG is not too horrible for her. She'll have to be in all day Tuesday while I'm at work. Has anybody else's cat had an EKG? Thanks, Katz I have never had a cat get an EKG. I wonder if it's the same as we call an ECG in Britain. If so, I have had two myself and it isn't uncomfortable at all. No discomfort whatsoever. Unlike an echocardiogram.. Tweed |
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In article . com,
"Katz" wrote: Between this group & another cat group I belong to, the stories of how cats hide their illnesses were getting to me. I have personal experience with this, too, with Bonnie (RB). Daisy acts fine, eats fine, her weight is fine. But almost all of her behaviors have changed in the last few months. So I made an appointment that took 10 days to get b/c I wanted the partner who is aggressive & a good diagnostician, & I wanted an evening appointment. We went tonight. As he was looking at & feeling her, he was saying everything seemed fine. Then he got out the stethoscope. Hhe listened to her heart for a v-e-r-y long time. This of course made me nervous. Hhe ended up saying that she has an irregular heart rhythm (not a murmur). He said that cats can have this & it often is not a problem. But of course she's never had it before. The result was that he took blood & we scheduled an EKG for Tuesday. He'll call me w/her blood results Friday AM at work. So Daisy, Miss Moxie & I would appreciate a group purr that all her tests turn out OK, & that having an EKG is not too horrible for her. She'll have to be in all day Tuesday while I'm at work. Has anybody else's cat had an EKG? Thanks, Katz I was with Clifford (RB) when he had cardiac ultrasonography, and, IIRC, there was a 2-lead EKG running. You normally want some EKG information when doing echocardiography. It occurs to me I don't know how complex a EKG you could do on a cat. The human standard (not simpler telemetry) is "12-lead", which actually use 9 or 10 wires -- some of the "leads" are combinations. You certainly couldn't get standard EKG electrodes onto a cat's chest for the 6 frontal positions -- they would be larger than the cat! My guess is that somewhere between 3 and 5 spots have to be shaved. That's probabky the unpleasant part, as well as lying still for the minute or so of the actual measurement. |
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Howard Berkowitz wrote: It occurs to me I don't know how complex a EKG you could do on a cat. The human standard (not simpler telemetry) is "12-lead", which actually use 9 or 10 wires -- some of the "leads" are combinations. You certainly couldn't get standard EKG electrodes onto a cat's chest for the 6 frontal positions -- they would be larger than the cat! My guess is that somewhere between 3 and 5 spots have to be shaved. That's probabky the unpleasant part, as well as lying still for the minute or so of the actual measurement. |
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Howard Berkowitz wrote: It occurs to me I don't know how complex a EKG you could do on a cat. The human standard (not simpler telemetry) is "12-lead", which actually use 9 or 10 wires -- some of the "leads" are combinations. You certainly couldn't get standard EKG electrodes onto a cat's chest for the 6 frontal positions -- they would be larger than the cat! My guess is that somewhere between 3 and 5 spots have to be shaved. That's probabky the unpleasant part, as well as lying still for the minute or so of the actual measurement. I've had an EKG myself. As said, nothing to it. But of course, as TED said, cats squirm & don't cooperate. He did say something about attachments to her legs. I didn't even think about shaving. Bummer. Poor Daisy. So the actual test only takes a minute or so? That's good to know. Katz |
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Thanks to all for the purrs. We even got some Australian-accented purrs
by email! Katz |
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in article , Katz at
wrote on 3/16/05 9:31 PM: Howard Berkowitz wrote: It occurs to me I don't know how complex a EKG you could do on a cat. The human standard (not simpler telemetry) is "12-lead", which actually use 9 or 10 wires -- some of the "leads" are combinations. You certainly couldn't get standard EKG electrodes onto a cat's chest for the 6 frontal positions -- they would be larger than the cat! My guess is that somewhere between 3 and 5 spots have to be shaved. That's probabky the unpleasant part, as well as lying still for the minute or so of the actual measurement. I've had an EKG myself. As said, nothing to it. But of course, as TED said, cats squirm & don't cooperate. He did say something about attachments to her legs. I didn't even think about shaving. Bummer. Poor Daisy. So the actual test only takes a minute or so? That's good to know. Katz They show a cat getting one on the vet site Enfilde posted the other day. It didn't look too bad. |
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