My friend's cat Lisa died 2 weeks ago -she came home, began to breathe hard and while Gudrun was calling the vet, she died.

She was 8 years old and as you can see looked perfectly healthy. She had become a little lazier but nobody knew she had a serious heart condition.

Now Gudrun is worried about her sister Mona (I don't have a picture of her). She has had an ECG (I hope this word is right) and it shows a heart problem too. The vet thinks it is HCM (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) and she is having ultrasound tomorrow. Basically the sickness is difficult to treat.

The real problem: Mona has a tooth problem right now. The tooth should be pulled but it could happen that she dies when anesthesized. She has not been eating these days -so most likely she is in pain. After the ultrasound tomorrow a decision must be taken to pull that bad tooth.

Her mom is so worried. There is a small hope it could be a treatable version of HCM (like hyperthyreoidic) which is unlikely as her sister had it too.

So you see, we could need some support here. Thanks a lot.