Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Update, I am angry and confused (long)

My kitties came through the surgery alright. That is good. Both are awake, but kinda out of it. I have called the vet twice to check on their progress.

I did get really disturbing and pretty upsetting news. Both of my kitty's EKG's were abnormal. The vet said it suggested something called "Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy" in both girls. She insisted it was no big deal and that they would be fine and maybe a little slower in their old age. They would just need a special anesthetic that was a little more expensive. If we wanted to we could have the girls tested at our leasure.

When I got off campus, I decided to look up this supposedly, benign condition. Every internet source I have looked at has said this is extremely serious. It's chronic, progressive, debilitating, and eventually fatal. It can cause sudden death. The only treatment, heart meds, and they don't even work a lot of the time. In a severe case, most cats get 3 months from diagnosis, a mild one, five years. So much for just slowing them down a little.

I think they are trying to rip us off. It would be crazy for 2 kittens from 2 different litters to both have this relatively rare condition. Not only that, they seem not the least bit concerned about it! All I could do was cry as I read what it could do to my babies. Heart failure, blood clots, eventual death... they are only 5 months old! It's incurable....

Dan called our usual vet. We used this vet because they do surgeries through a group called paws. They have a reduced rate spay program so Dan and I gladly participated. Our vet wants their charts faxed over after we pick them up on Friday. He will examine the EKG's and give us an opinion. He also thinks the whole thing is really really odd.

I am really really upset right now. I am praying my girls are fine and they're just trying to get my money. My babies are priceless to me. At this point, Dan and I have decided that if the girls do have this condition, as per our vet's advice, we will probably not continue the testing and/or treatment. A lot of it is futile and we want to enjoy our girls without really knowing when and if they're going to die. I don't know if I could look them in the face every day knowing that they could die at any moment.

T

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