Annabel was barely breathing when we arrived at the Vet and I was sure I was going to lose her before we got into the Vet's office. They took one look at her and swept her off to emergency.
Tough girl that I am...I burst into tears in the middle of the waiting room.
The word from the Vet so far is that Annabel has Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, which means disease of the heart muscle. There are known causes, and this is where it gets creepy with this very special cat. One known cause is a type of thyroidism (hello which we all know I have been suffering from) which leads to thyroid cancer. Luckily for me we stopped this from happening because we caught my thyroid problem before it was chronic. It leads in heart failure in humans too, which is why I must pick and chose my exercises and diet carefully. HOW WEIRD IS THAT?
They are running further tests on Annabel and I will write more later. They did drain the fluid that was forming around her lungs and administered some pain medication so she is resting and doing well. They did go ahead and give her medicine for the thyroid - heart failure and she is doing much better. It is funny because we all want our pets to die in comfort, but refuse to do the same for humans.
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