Olive's heart

**cats4ever** · 08-01-2019, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Randi

Oh Heidi, I'm so sorry to hear this. I so hope she will be alright until she get the echo cardiogram, and hopefully be treated. It would be nice if someone will cancel their appointment so Olive can get in sooner. And chance your vet will work overtime for her, or does she need to go to a hospital?

Sending lots of comforting thoughts and love for Olive and for you!

Thank you, Randi!

The echocardiogram is done at a referral hospital and is interpreted by a cardiologist. Olive's veterinarian makes the referral, and then I make the appointment.
I called another place today. Apparently they have openings as soon as next week, but when I wanted to know the cost, this person said 'there's no real way to get an estimate".
Seriously? Everybody else told me how much their service is. He was very incompetent, so I called again a little later. I did get an answer, but they require 2 appointments, one for consultation, the other one for the actual echo.
This is out of the question, because it's a long drive.
So it's back to square one.

, the October appointment.

**phesina** · 08-01-2019, 03:44 PM

We are saying our prayers and sending our loving good wishes and warm energies that either something terrific suddenly opens up or else Olive does just fine waiting to have the appointment in October.

Dearest sweet little Olive, your Meowmie loves you so very much! We all want you to be well and strong.

**cats4ever** · 10-24-2019, 06:49 PM

Today Olive and I went to the cardiologist for her echocardiogram.
It went great, and what's even better is that there was only a slight progression of her cardiomyopathy. She will stay on her current dose of Atenolol.
The cardiologist doesn't think that Olive will have any problems in the near future.

The heart murmur could be related to her thyroid, so we will check it sometime soon.
It was quite a drive to get there, a 160-mile roundtrip. When we got back, Olive went almost immediately to sleep, and she's still snoozing.
She deserves it, and I'm happy that she will be with me in the foreseeable future.