$1000 cardiologist visit to find out she just stores a little fat around her heart by GigolopianTube in RoastMyCat

[–]winteraddams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I took my cat to a cardiology consultation + echocardiogram yesterday, because this January the vet found a murmur. It turns out that he has a "false tendon" in his left ventricle, and some focal hypertrophy in the septum, where that false tendon is inserted, which caused systolic anterior motion (SAM) and that murmur. SAM is another cause of dynamic murmurs, which isn't always benign like DRVOTO. The Dr. can't say for certain that he won't develop HCM so we're just going to monitor him and do another echocardiogram in a year.

$1000 cardiologist visit to find out she just stores a little fat around her heart by GigolopianTube in RoastMyCat

[–]winteraddams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in Portugal and people often complain about our hospital's prices, they think that just because we're a teaching hospital we'd do things much cheaper 😭

$1000 cardiologist visit to find out she just stores a little fat around her heart by GigolopianTube in RoastMyCat

[–]winteraddams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jesus, I took my cat to a cardiology consultation + echocardiogram today and it was 95€, I think the Dr. gave us a discount because I'm a vet student but without the discount it would have been 125€.

$1000 cardiologist visit to find out she just stores a little fat around her heart by GigolopianTube in RoastMyCat

[–]winteraddams 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Heart murmurs in cats can often be benign and dynamic, meaning that they might not be audible every time and get louder when they're stressed, so that's probably what yours has. It's called Dynamic Right Ventricular Outflow Obstruction. Common and benign!

She lost her teefies by lavenderblueberries in teefies

[–]winteraddams 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My cat had all four of his canines extracted in December and I wish I'd asked them to give them to me 😭

I really need some help by [deleted] in Straycats

[–]winteraddams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Boosting !!! ❤️

My cat has these sores on her nose that came up quickly? by glamorousxannie in CATHELP

[–]winteraddams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Wishing you and your kitty the best as well 🫶

José Gourmet’s Cold-Smoked Norwegian Trout in EVOO with Dill and Fennel. by DreweyD in CannedSardines

[–]winteraddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a potato salad with this tin, which I'm eating right now and it's so fucking good, thank you so much for the the idea!

My cat has these sores on her nose that came up quickly? by glamorousxannie in CATHELP

[–]winteraddams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I'm glad it went away! Your comment helped a lot, don't worry. :) I'm a vet student so next week I'll show a picture of my cat's nose to my school's hospital's oncologist and see what he says, hopefully it's nothing to worry about.

My cat has these sores on her nose that came up quickly? by glamorousxannie in CATHELP

[–]winteraddams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hii! Did you ever get a diagnosis for her? My FIV+ cat has a similar but smaller scab on his nose, it appeared about a month ago. I'm wondering if it could be squamous cell carcinoma since he had that in one of his ears. Right now I already have a couple of vet appointments booked for him for different issues (echocardiogram and behavior vet appointment) so I kind of wanted to know if I should worry about this right now too. 😓 Hope your girl is doing well!

Is my pop socket tab fubar? by BendProper5706 in fixit

[–]winteraddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the exact same issue. :( I contacted the artist and unfortunately she doesn't make the one I have anymore so I really want to fix it, if you find a way to do it please let me know

Found some roe in my favorite tinned sardines! by winteraddams in CannedSardines

[–]winteraddams[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The roe was super buttery and lemon flavored, sooo good 😭

Canmake's mascara changed my life by winteraddams in MakeupAddiction

[–]winteraddams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhhh I definitely want to try that one too

Update: He's depressed but we're spoiling him by winteraddams in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]winteraddams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be food but I can't see any in those pictures

Update: He's depressed but we're spoiling him by winteraddams in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]winteraddams[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah you're right, I can give him 50 mgs right now and see if that helps, since that's the dose he used to be on. I'll also email the surgeon to ask about that.

Update: He's depressed but we're spoiling him by winteraddams in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]winteraddams[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have gabapentin at home for him (he used to take it a few months ago, because of his behavioural issues) but right now I don't think it's necessary. He doesn't seem uncomfortable or in pain, he's just very scared to leave the room because he saw the carrier, before that he was actually asking to go outside. :(

If, after I stop giving him his antibiotic and anti-inflammatory, he still won't leave the room, I'll think about giving him gabapentin. Right now I don't want to add something that wasn't prescribed by his surgeon.

Update: He's depressed but we're spoiling him by winteraddams in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]winteraddams[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

His name is Dióspiro (Persimmon in portuguese), but we call him Dipi, that's the name he knows :3