Cat recently diagnosed with advanced heart disease but I have questions!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:05 pm
Hello all, my lovely boy of 14 years old has recently been diagnosed with some sort of heart failure. He has fluid build up around his stomach and his breathing is a little harder but not terrible.
He is eating and drinking as usual, he is bright and alert yes sleeps a lot, but he always slept all the time anyways. He is walking a little awkward but still jumps around/gets around fine.
I’m having a lot of doubts as when I visited the vets they told me he has advanced heart failure and my two options were to give me medication or put him to sleep. They were very pushy with the putting him to sleep option and I’m confused by this option. I feel he has fight in him as he is eating, drinking and active as usual and I just want to give him the opportunity to fight for as long as he has left.
I heard of people getting medication for their cats for up to a year to help their cats heart failure. I was given ten days of medication to reduce the fluids in his stomach/ lungs. I just feel desperate and feel as though the vets have given him a death sentence already.
Maybe I’m over thinking it all but I don’t want I give up on him yet. Has anyone else here had experiencing with this and what is the best thing to do for my cat?
Thank you and sorry for the long post.
He is eating and drinking as usual, he is bright and alert yes sleeps a lot, but he always slept all the time anyways. He is walking a little awkward but still jumps around/gets around fine.
I’m having a lot of doubts as when I visited the vets they told me he has advanced heart failure and my two options were to give me medication or put him to sleep. They were very pushy with the putting him to sleep option and I’m confused by this option. I feel he has fight in him as he is eating, drinking and active as usual and I just want to give him the opportunity to fight for as long as he has left.
I heard of people getting medication for their cats for up to a year to help their cats heart failure. I was given ten days of medication to reduce the fluids in his stomach/ lungs. I just feel desperate and feel as though the vets have given him a death sentence already.
Maybe I’m over thinking it all but I don’t want I give up on him yet. Has anyone else here had experiencing with this and what is the best thing to do for my cat?
Thank you and sorry for the long post.