Well, that sucks.
Jan. 25th, 2008 12:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosMy mom took the kitten to the vet the other day to be neutered, but after checking his heartbeat, they hesitated to do the surgery because the heart murmur he had during his first check-up -- which the vet had said lots of kittens have and grow out of -- was still there. So they did a bunch of tests and an echocardiogram and it turns out Riley has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. According to that, you know when young athletes drop dead of a heart attack all of a sudden? That's usually why.
They can still neuter him in a month, but he's got to go on heart medication twice daily and he's probably got five or six years. It's entirely possible they're just going to come home one day and he'll have just dropped dead of a heart attack.
So, you know, that's depressing.
(The good news is that they said he'd do better in a stress-free environment. If there's any environment less stressful for a cat than my parents' house I'd love to know. When I die, I want to come back as one of my mom's cats and be spoiled rotten. :))
They can still neuter him in a month, but he's got to go on heart medication twice daily and he's probably got five or six years. It's entirely possible they're just going to come home one day and he'll have just dropped dead of a heart attack.
So, you know, that's depressing.
(The good news is that they said he'd do better in a stress-free environment. If there's any environment less stressful for a cat than my parents' house I'd love to know. When I die, I want to come back as one of my mom's cats and be spoiled rotten. :))
