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    My cat has had her blood tests and kidneys and cholesterol are normal with slightly high throid but nothing major. Her BP was high which has caused the retina of her eye to detach - but the underlying problem is her heart that had a rate of about 190-200 bpm, so she has heart problems.
    So the new vet had given her a tablet to control her blood pressure and gave her a different steriod to encourage her to eat and drink as she was slightly de-hydrated. We have the daily tablet to give her each day for a week and then well be going back to check how she's getting on.

    She's been back at home for about 7 hours now and she's been eating dry food on about 4 separate occasions and taken water nearly every time! So hopefully she'll begin to be a little more active soon, but already she's had much more food and water that the last few days altogether. Fingers crossed.

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    Great news Karl! I'm glad that you took her for a second opinion. Sometimes it's a hard decision to make especially the same vet has been used for years. Fingers and paws crossed that she continues to eat and drink well.
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    Glad to hear that she's doing better with eating and drinking for you. Hopefully this new vet will get her back up to par in no time.

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    This is good news that your girl seems to be back!!!
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    It turned out that my Kitty's bloods were normal for kidneys etc but found that she has heart trouble. We gave her a tablet once a day to keep her blood pressure under control and somedays she would eat and drink more, but her mobility became worse as her back legs were working but not very well at all. He had her in the vets for a day on Friday to boost her fluid intake. Yesterday my cat ate nothing and she seemed to make a small grown if you moved her a little sometimes and then she would start going round in circles trying to get comfortable and would always sleep on her left side only. By this time she could hardly walk but would still purr this morning.

    It became apparent last night that we were going to lose Kitty
    We took her to the vet and he agreed that we'd tried everything to save her and said that her behaviour we explained had ben happening over the last couple of days indicated that perhaps it was a brain tumor behind all the symtoms we'd seen over the last few weeks.
    Kitty was put to sleep very peacefully this morning and I'm very sad to lose such a lovely little kitty who would put her paw up to me for me to give her five Wonderful memories of my little Kitty.

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    Oh I'm sorry to hear that. Ten years is not that old but when a cat is sick, they can age quickly. At least now she's at peace, can walk just fine and will be pain free. RIP, sweet Kitty.
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    I am so sad to hear this. Dear little Kitty - she had more love from you than she could have dreamed of.

    Kitty, run free at the Bridge, and please send your humans purrs in their sleep so they know you are ok.

    My condolences. {{{{hugs}}}}
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    Our cat kallie started having dilated pupils before she went blind. She is also
    deaf now. Kallie is around 17, i think, There is indications that she might be diabetic.

    If your cat has thyroid issues it would be hyper rather than Hypo. With Hypo
    your cat would be seeking warm places rather than cool places.

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