Latest on Misha

[April2]

After spending another $500 on Misha today they think she has Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy for one thing because of how her ECG looked today. She does not have hypothyroidism though.

The bad news is, they aspirated the lump and the vet said she does think it looks cancerous because of the way the cells looked splintered? She says she's not an expert, though and wants a pathologist to look at it so we're sending it off for them to look at it. We should know in a day or so their results. Bottom line, it will probably have to be removed, hopefully without chemotherapy.
She did a chest x-ray to look at her heart and see if there was any cancer spread in her lungs and said that all looked clear, which is good.
This heart disease she thinks she has she explained is a thickening of the heart from the inside so it doesn't always show an enlarged heart. She doesn't know for sure she has this because we'd have to have a cardiologist confirm this with an echocardiogram which would be hundreds more. She is pretty sure this is what's going on though because of the symptoms she's been having (throwing up and weight loss) and the way the ECG looked.
She wants her to start on a medicine for that but they don't carry it so she needs to find a pharmacy that I can go and get this. I forgot what the name of it is.
I'm going to have to do some investigation on what this heart disease is too.

Anyway, I'll let you all know in a day or so what the outcome looks like with the lump and what the pathologist says and I guess we'll take it from there. One day at a time.

[April2]

Yeah, maybe I should have just hand carried over stuff but when I called them (my vet clinic) they said that the specialist had already called them and requested them to fax over her records so I just left it up to them.

Sarah, sweet Sarah, prayers mean more to me than money and I could use all the prayers I can get right now with all that's going on in my life! I'll take it. Worth more than a million bucks to me. :)

[dominosarah]

I am so happy to hear the news about Misha!!  We are 3 for 3 now!!!  Jade you have a great idea but given the fact i am flat broke all i can do is send my prayers to all of  you and your babies.......sara

[zodiacqueen]

WOW, April....they sound obnoxiously disorganized by not having everything faxed over before her appointment.  That would have p'd me off enough to never go back.  That is just above and beyond poor service.  Please, ask around for some good, organized vets.  I wouldn't even trust them w/ a spay.

[April2]

I just heard not long ago that a lot of new vets start out in this chain of clinics. Not sure I like that but I know new vets have to start somewhere.

[April2]

It's a national chain.

[April2]

It's the type of vet clinic, I guess.