Thanks Laurie!

I just called the vet's office at 10:30 and asked if Marius was still there, and they told me that he had already gone home, so right away I called home and Aaron had just walked in.

He said that Marius was a pretty good kitty for the ultrasound. Basically 1 lining of his heart is a little thicker than normal. Aaron also was trying to describe to me (bless his little heart) about these "thumb-like" structures that push blood through the valves(??). One of those was a little larger than the other. So, the combo of these little things add up to the heart murmur. Basically we just need to monitor it because there's not really anything we can do at this point, which is a good thing I hope. We have to re-check in 6 months, so hopefully it won't get any worse!

Please keep Marius in your prayers as we monitor this thing, and pray that it doesn't get worse to the point of requiring treatment.

Thanks for all of your positive thoughts during this stressful time.

Many **hugs**
Karen

Marius sends purrs and headbumpies to you all =^..^=