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As is often typical of older cats with hyperthyroidism and other issues, because it is difficult for them to do the thorough grooming younger cats perform throughout the day, their fur can become matted in ways that defy the owner's attempts at removal. Fortunately, I located a local woman, Sally the cat groomer, coloradocatgrooming.com, who came to our home and worked wonders with Callie, "Matted Fur Removal Spot Shave & Comb Out, Nail Trim, Dry Shampoo, Eyes, Ears, & Sanitary Trim If Needed."
Most importantly, she was calming, gentle and able to win Callie's full cooperation. I was really impressed by her skill and warmth and a bit surprised by Callie's cooperation. I was expecting more resistance. Sally left me with suggested tools to buy and the use of Arrowroot Powder and a brush on a daily basis to prevent any future matting.
Though his hate for the medicines, Mr. Sparrow is getting better and better. His hyperthyroidism is finally under control!
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Pistache va commencer demain son traitement pour hyperthyroïdie. On va rire, un comprimé le matin et un le soir et encore un autre pour l'hypertension. Je peux m'estimer heureuse qu'elle n'ait plus de dents, mais elle a encore des griffes.
Prochainement ce sera moi qui aurais l'air "molle" comme elle sur la photo .
Pistache will begin tomorrow her treatment for hyperthyroidism. That will be fun : one tablet in the morning and one in the evening and another one for hypertension. I can be happy that she has no teeth anymore, but she still has claws.
Soon I will look exhausted like her on this photo.
THANK YOU flickr contacts for supporting Josie.
Josie has been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and some flickr contacts offered to support her to get treatment that will cure her. I made a facebook page to allow anyone who wants to help Josie.
www.facebook.com/helpcurejosie/
I'm working out this camera slowly. I discovered if I took it off auto and set the iso to the highest setting and used the macro when I moved in close, I can get some really good photos.
She's Gone...
Missy, 2006-2023
Missy passed away at home on October 9, my wife and I were there with her. She battled hyperthyroidism for the last three months, we did what we could, but it finally got her.
At least the day before, Missy had a really good day...a healthy Missy adventurous day.
This photograph was taken in January of 2022.
Canon SL1
Canon EF-S 55-250mm STM IS
1/50th sec
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iso 1600
fl=250mm
Copyright Susan Ogden
September and October have the most magnificent skies here on the Banks! The sun and the clouds, that Carolina Blue showing off the ocean colors ... just amazing!
i have had such a busy month...with all the weather happening and having my mom here to keep her out of harms way in Florida. I should be taking her home next week and accessing the situation there. I have also had the stress of Bubba the Beach Cat being under the weather...diagnosed with hyperthyroid and then having a reaction to the meds and having to change to a no iodine diet...and still he may have to have a treatment that is going to cost me a bundle. Hoping and praying the diet will work to keep the thyroid from making too much thyroid hormone. Given the fact that he is not your average cat, i am a bit afraid the food may not work...he is one of only 2-3% of cats that the medicine he WAS on causes a reaction to. :(
Hoping for a somewhat calm and quiet fall and winter, teaching some evening art classes at my house...and seeking a gallery that will take my photography for spring,...
Hope all my friends on Flickr are well and look forward to seeing your work and getting some time to actually sit and look through it all and comment...sorry have been MIA.
Mon lapin Dude va chez la vétérinaire tous les deux mois pour ses dents. Maintenant une fois sur deux, Pistache vient aussi pour une prise de sang. Comme elle est en hyperthyroïdie et qu'elle prend en plus des antiinflammatoires à vie pour ses problèmes de gencives, une prise de sang régulière s'impose. Elle a été PARFAITE chez la vétérinaire comme d'habitude. Son poids s'est stabilisé à 4 kg, elle pourrait faire un peu plus, mais ça va.
My rabbit Dude goes to the vet every two months for his teeth. Now once in two, Pistache also comes for a blood test. As she is hyperthyroid and also takes anti-inflammatory for life for her gum problems, a regular blood test is required. She was PERFECT at the vet as usual. Her weight stabilized at 4 kg, she could weigh a little more, but it's okay.
Elles sont bien assorties point de vue couleurs, ces deux-là
Parmi les bonnes nouvelles, la prise de sang de Pistache faite lundi est parfaite. On lui contrôle les valeurs rénales tous les 4 mois (vu qu'elle prend du meloxicam à vie quotidiennement) et ses valeurs thyroïdiennes (elle est en hyperthyroïdie)
These two have matching colours.
Among the good news, Pistache's blood test done on Monday is perfect. We check her kidney values every 4 months (since she takes meloxicam for life daily) and her thyroid values (she has hyperthyroidism)
Diagnosed hyperthyroid - haven’t talked w vet yet but radioactivity is a common and effective treatment.
Pistache est en pleine forme depuis que sa gingivite est sous contrôle, elle a repris 500 g en moins d'un mois. Je ne pense pas qu'elle sera jamais vraiment grosse vu qu'elle a une hyperthyroïdie, mais au moins elle n'est plus squelettique.
Demain elle va chez la vétérinaire pour son rappel de vaccins et par la suite tous les 4 mois environ elle ira à la prise de sang vu qu'elle a tout de même un traitement plutôt lourd. Mais elle est une patiente modèle
Pistache is doing very well since her gingivitis is under control, she gained 500 g weight in less than a month. I do not think she'll ever be really fat because she has hyperthyroidism, but at least she's no longer skeletal.
Tomorrow she goes to the vet for her vaccine and later every 4 months she will go to the blood test as she still has a rather heavy treatment. But she is a model patient.
Retour de visite chez le véto pour Luna. Tout va bien. Son hyperthyroïdie est revenue à la normale, ce qui a étonné le véto en seulement 1 mois. Des repas réguliers avec une alimentation équilibrée, un coin douillet pour dormir, quelques grattouilles et câlins... Et voilà ! Une petite minette en forme !
D'ailleurs, si Torstein peut l’embêter un peu, il ne se prive pas mais en face, il y a du répondant !
Return of visit to the vet for Luna. Everything is fine. Her hyperthyroidism returned to normal, which surprised the vet in just 1 month. Regular meals with a balanced diet, a cozy place to sleep, some grattouilles and hugs ... There you go ! A little granny in shape!
Sometimes Torstein annoys her a little but she does not let do !
Encore une année qui commence mal. Pistache n'arrête pas de maigrir (elle est descendue à 2kg850 contre un poids idéal d'environ 4 kg), elle a donc eu une prise de sang lundi. Et là horreur, son hyperthyroïdie qui était bien sous contrôle (dernière prise de sang en septembre parfaite) s'est énormément aggravée. Ses valeurs sont 3 x supérieures à la limite. Elle a pratiquement tous les symptômes sauf le fort appétit qui normalement accompagne cette maladie. On a augmenté la dose des hormones, mais elle est à la dose maximum "normale", il faut espérer que ça va fonctionner. A 16 ans passés, ce n'est pas une bonne nouvelle.
Another year with a bad start. Pistache keeps losing weight (she's down to 2kg850 / 5 lbs against an ideal weight of around 4kg / 8.8 lbs), so she had a blood test on Monday. And how awful, her hyperthyroidism which was well under control (last blood analyse from September was perfect) worsened enormously. Its values are 3x above the limit. She has almost all the symptoms except the strong appetite that normally accompanies this illness. We increased the dose of the hormones, but it's now at the "normal" maximum dose, let's hope that it will work. At more than 16 years old, this is not good news.
Pistache a été à la prise de sang ce matin pour contrôle du traitement d'hyperthyroïdie. Comme chaque fois elle a été parfaite en voiture et pendant la prise de sang.
Pistache went at the blood test this morning for control of her hyperthyroidism treatment. Like every time she was perfect in the car and during the blood test.
As it is true of many older cats, especially those with hyperthyroidism, there is a tendency for the fur to get matted, even if you brush them daily. Fortunately, this wonderful woman Sally from Colorado Cat Grooming does a magical job of removing the matted areas. And she visits the home so the cat experiences less stress. Gentle and calming.
It has been a week now since I said my last goodbyes and I-love-yous to my sweet, adorable, dearly beloved little kitty cat, Belle (aka HRH Miss Belle, The Baked Potato, HoneyB, BunnyB, Bumby, Bumbles, Baby Girl, Cutie Pants, Sweetness, Sweetpea, Little B, Little Peep, Stinky, et cetera); she had a lot of silly nicknames…
I think I’ve just been grieving too much to share the news in a public forum or write a proper tribute for her. She was my steadfast little companion for 15 years – from January 2001, when I first brought her home from the Milo Foundation right after the holidays, to January 20, 2016.
I don’t think it’s possible to love an animal more than I loved that diminutive little five-pound cat, that “absolutely precious cottonball” as my friend Mark recently called her; she was kind of like a Japanese anime character – and in fact she was part Japanese Bobtail... I miss her so much. I miss her every time I return home and she’s not right there behind the front door waiting to greet me as she always was, with her inquisitive gray nose and quivering little bobtail. (If she wasn’t right at the door, it was possible cause for alarm – like the handful of times she had sneaked into a closet and been accidentally closed up in there for an entire day.) I miss her when I get up in the morning and there’s no little being making demands on me – or just making conversation (she was a rather chatty cat, with all kinds of vocalizations that changed or evolved over the years). I miss her when I go to sleep at night and she doesn’t amble up her little ‘old lady’ stairs to knead around and plop down on top of or right next to me.
She was such a funny little cat. A veritable “Penelope persnickety” – everything always on her own terms – and high maintenance as all get-out, but also gentle and sweet and totally devoted. Have I mentioned how cute she was…? With her slightly crossed, bright blue eyes flic.kr/p/ndp8Hp and her crooked little bunny tail and her small kitten-like stature and her ridiculously soft fur. And oh my word, could she purr – like an outboard motor when she really got going.
As much as I adored her – for me it was love at first sight – she took quite a bit longer to decide if I was worthy of her… Sometimes I wonder what happened to her in the first nine [or so] months of her life before I adopted her; I suspect it wasn’t very good, as it took her a long time to fully trust me, and quite a few more years after that to trust other humans who weren’t me. (Although she wasn't one to hiss or scratch or bite -- almost never! That was not at all her style.) To my surprise she became almost gregarious in her old age, even though she was sick* for the last three or four years of her precious little life (*hyperthyroidism, liver disease, kidney disease/failure). And either in spite of, or because of her stubborn, willful ways she was a great teacher to me over the years – about patience and love and acceptance. I had so much love for her; she expanded my heart. And now my big heart feels broken in two.
This first month of 2016 has been the cruelest month; truly, I can’t remember the last time I’ve cried and grieved so much and for so long: first there was the death of David Bowie on January 10th (the most beautiful, extraordinary man to have fallen to earth); then another beloved cat friend, Mark’s & Kim’s Tony, on January 16th (Tony was the epitome of a "cool cat" flic.kr/p/5CWfUP); and then my darling Belle just four days after that on January 20th. I heard Mayor Bill de Blasio declared January 20th “David Bowie Day” in NYC. I’d like to think David and Tony and Belle are all frolicking together somewhere, swimming like dolphins, forever and ever…
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Pour ceux qui me demandent des nouvelles de Pistache. Pistache va aussi bien que possible pour un chat de 16 ans 1/2 souffrant d'hyperthyroïdie. Sa maladie n'est pas nouvelle, elle date de 5 ans déjà. Là sa dose de médicaments été augmentée vu qu'elle maigrissait beaucoup et que ses valeurs sanguines n'étaient plus normales. Pour vraiment juger il faut attendre la prochaine prise de sang, fin janvier, début février. Mais rassurez-vous, elle ne souffre pas.
For those who ask me about Pistache. Pistache is as well as a 16 1/2 year old cat suffering from hyperthyroidism can be. Her illness is not new, it dates back 5 years already. Presently her dose of medication is increased as she was losing a lot of weight and her blood values were no longer normal. To really judge we have to wait for the next blood test, at the end of January, beginning of February. But rest assured, she is not in pain.
I've booked Josie in for her Hyperthyroid treatment on the 29th June, 2016 at the Sydney University Vet Hospital. I've stopped her medication now, as she has to be off it for 2 weeks prior to her treatment. Her treatment will be a tablet of Radioactive Iodine. She will stay isolated in the hospital for 5-7 days while she's radioactive and they will feed her and change her bedding etc. Everything she comes into contact with in that week in hospital is destroyed. They know when she can come home when she stops giving off high levels of radiation.
I've raised just over half her costs, thanks to everyone who has supported her treatment, which is enough for the deposit when I admit her. If anyone would like to contribute to her costs through paypal, for when I have to bring her home. www.facebook.com/helpcurejosie/
Bon et bien voici les nouvelles de Chouette suite à son échocardiographie. Elle a une "cardiomyopathie hypertrophique" (CMH) = un épaississement des parois du muscle cardiaque. Les causes sont multiples mais déjà l'hyperthyroïdie et les causes rénales ont été exclues par la prise de sang. Il reste à vérifier sa tension, ce qui sera fait dans un second temps la semaine prochaine. Après il y a aussi des causes congénitales et/ou indéterminées. Toujours est-il que pour le moment elle n'a pas de traitement (sauf s'il s'avérait qu'elle a trop de tension), mais annuellement elle devra être contrôlée.
Well, here is the news of Chouette following her echocardiogram. She has a "hypertrophic cardiomyopathy" (HCM) = a thickening of the walls of the heart muscle. The causes are multiple but already hyperthyroidism and renal causes have been excluded by the blood test. Her blood pressure needs still to be tested, which will be done in a second step next week. There can also be congenital and/or undetermined causes. In any case, for the moment she has no treatment (unless it turns out that she has too much blood pressure), but she will have to be checked annually.
You can see the blue hue on her fur here. This is exactly how she looks in real life. A real life painting.
Josie has hyperthyroidism. People wanted to help with her treatment, so I set up a facebook page for her. If you would like to support her treatment, I thank you so much. Details can be found here. She needs expensive Radioactive Iodine treatment to cure her.
Le garage collectif de mon immeuble abrite depuis quelques années plusieurs chats dont un joli petit tigré. Ce chat vivait dans une maison au bout de ma rue. Il y a environ 3 ans, les gens ont déménagé en laissant le chat sur place qui a trouvé refuge dans le garage. Il y a plusieurs personnes du quartier qui donnent à manger aux chats du coin.
L’été, je m’asseyais sur le trottoir et il montait sur mes genoux en ronronnant ou alors il montait dans ma voiture pour avoir des câlins.
Et puis, je l’ai vu décliner. Avec le temps qu’il fait, j’ai craqué et je l’ai emmené samedi chez le vétérinaire.
Il s’agit en fait d’une minette d’environ 14 ans et d’une grande maigreur due à une hyperthyroïdie avancée. Elle a un début de cataracte et je me demande si elle n’a pas aussi de l’arthrose. Si j’avais su qu’elle était si vieille, je l’aurais pris plus tôt.
Je suis en colère contre ses anciens propriétaires qui ont largué cette pauvre bête de 14 ans surement trop âgée pour eux.
Comme les analyses virologiques sont bonnes (pas de leucose, pas de FIV, pas de parasites), elle a intégré ma tribu. Elle est sortie très vite de la boite de transport sans s’occuper de mes autres chats et a tout de suite trouvé le canapé où elle s’est installée une petite sieste. Pendant tout le weekend, elle n’a pas arrêté de ronronner. Elle a déjà pris ses marques à la maison.
Je l’ai appelé Luna et elle finira sa vie à la maison.
Maintenant, le plus important est de soigner son hyperthyroïdie et de lui faire reprendre du poids.
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The collective garage in my building has housed several cats for several years, including a cute little tabby. This cat lived in a house at the end of my street. About 3 years ago, people moved, leaving the cat in place, who found refuge in the garage. There are several people in the neighborhood who feed the local cats.
With the bad weather, i decided and I took him to the vet on Saturday.
It is actually a female cat about 14 years old and very thin due to advanced hyperthyroidism. She has a start of cataracts and I wonder if she also has osteoarthritis. If I had known it was so old, I would have taken it sooner.
I am angry with its former owners who dumped this poor 14 year old beast probably too old for them.
As the virological analyzes are good (no leukosis, no IVF, no parasites), she joined my tribe.
She got out of the transport box very quickly without taking care of my other cats and immediately found the sofa where she had a nap. Throughout the weekend, she kept purring. It is already installed at home.
I called her Luna and she will stay at home all her life.
Now the most important thing is to cure hid hypothyroidism and make it gain weight.
Rusty is fine. This is not a eulogy photo. It's just one of my favourite shots of her. The date was August of 2011, a year after her nuclear treatment for hyperthyroidism and two weeks after being diagnosed with renal failure.
Today Rusty is very thin but she's had a little bit of cat food and a tiny amount of cheddar cheese. As long as she eats something I think it is a good day.
P.S. She does look good on black.
Today we had to say goodbye to our chief scoundrel, Wild Willy.
He has had hyperthyroidism for the past 4 years, but was on medication & still lively - only this Tuesday teatime he was getting under my feet in the kitchen begging for food scraps. But that night he took a sudden downturn & despite veterinary treatment he went rapidly downhill & died peacefully in my arms in the early hours of Friday morning.
We found him visiting our garden in the spring of 2007 as a raggedy stray, & adopted him into our cat family about 8 months later (it took a while to gain his confidence). He has had more than eleven happy years with us & blossomed into a fiesty, fluffy boy until the thyroid problem made him lose weight recently. But he always maintained his 'street-wise' attitude & took no prisoners!
This photo is from 10 years ago at the height of his 'Wild-Willy-ness'.
He was especially fond of our little Poppy (who we lost last Nov) so we've buried him next to her under the rose bush. Together forever. XX
Keiko...hanging in there. She's doing ok...so Emory and I are happy. [This shot is from my archives as it's been raining non-stop for the last two days--so not taking any pics right now].
I'm hanging in there too. I know lots of my contacts have opened accounts at new photo sharing websites. I don't plan to follow as I'm fairly content here at Flickr despite the changes. I don't have time to have two websites. I wish you well if you decide to completely leave Flickr. I will miss everyone but I respect your decision to go where you feel best.
For any of you who have been following Willy's progress after his diagnosis of hyperthyroidism - Here he is feeling much better & hugging a cushion.
You can tell it's 'his cushion' by all the snags in the fabric - & just look what he's done to my old lampshade's tassels!
She was rolling around in the sun and attacking the table leg.
She's been on the thyroid medication for 25days. It really helps. She's due for more tests to see her levels and to see if her kidney function is ok.
She looks unhappy, as do all my cats at the moment.
A picture of my beautiful boy from 2019. He's had a scary week. He's hyperthyroid which has caused stress on his heart. My regular vet told me a year ago his pro-pnb levels were high and to do nothing but watch. Last week he was lethargic, not eating, and rapidly breathing. Symptoms that could be his heart or pneumonia, which he had last year. I was hoping for xrays to confirm either way but while I was at my regular clinic, I could not see my regular doctor, and the doctor I got was very glib about everything and decided not to do an xray. The next day his regular doctor called with his latest pro-pnb results and told me I should go to an ER to get xrays. I don't like my local ER docs but his breathing was worsening so I took him in that evening. He had had a major heart issue and needed a LOT of fluid drained around his heart. VERY scary. He had to stay overnight and get lots of medications and oxygen before he could come home. Anyway, so HAPPY he's home and he's his snuggly, although tired, self. He's very tired and still doesn't want to eat much... and he has to have five pills every 12 hrs and even though he's as weak as a lamb right now, he FIGHTS pills. He's 16 lbs when healthy and big-boned and STRONG. It takes an hour. Once he's eating again I can slip the pills into food.
On the 4th April, 2016, I started Josie's treatment for hyperthyroidism. I took a while to decide how to treat her. I had her on herbs, and they were calming her, but she was still eating enormous amounts of food to maintain her weight and the herbs were not enough to treat her. Her eyes had started to bulge a lot as well. I was worried.
The vet gave me a paste version of the tablets, that I rub on the inside of her ear when she eats her dinner. It absorbs through the skin, and it's a new breakthrough because it stops the terrible side effects that the tablets often cause in many cases. It costs double than the tablets per month, but considering she has no side effects, I am willfully paying for it.
I am tossing up whether to try and raise funds to get her the radiation therapy that will cure her, but I'm not rushing. I've still got her on the herbs, and I'm hoping if this problem was caused by the poisoning from the neighbours, it may reverse (even though the vet says he's never seen this condition of hyperthyroidism reverse, medically it will get worse and she will need a higher dose of the medication, and she will eventually die from the condition. I've got time to think about things while I treat her with the paste.
Today she was playful and interactive and calm. She is much easier to look after now that she's more settled.
She is doing well most of the time. Her health never came back properly after she was poisoned a while ago. She vomits bile in the morning if I don't feed her a second dinner late at night, and it has to be meat, not canned. She is eating more than she used to, and I am worried she may be going the way as Josie. Matilda's thyroid level was 35. Over 30 can be pre-hyperthyroid. So I will test her again 12months from the last test. At the moment I am happy she eats. She does go off her food sometimes though. She starts to drop weight. I give her vitamins when she starts to go off her food and she bounces back. But she hates the vitamin paste.
She seems to be happy and she eats well.
Her fur is no longer as well kept as it used to be.
She seems to be happy, she stretches and does cute things all the time. She loves to be outside in the sunshine.
To me Josie has aged so much in a week.
My eldest cat Keiko has been doing fine on her thyroid pills--we are relieved. With the warm sunny weather she's been really active. Just a few snap shots taken outside yesterday.
Our pet [cat] sitter is coming over at nine a.m. and will care for Keiko, June and Rusty while Emory and I attend church with my dad & siblings. Then we're going to brunch at a restaurant --so I'll be away most of the day.
Have a blessed Easter.
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Sorry for being away for such a long time! Initially, I was thinking to post at least once a week and check back on Flickr as quickly as possible but I have been very busy with work and some personal stuffs.
I just had my 36 birthday not long ago. It was a bittersweet moment because early that week, one of my cats, Kiki (on the right) has been diagnosed hyperthyroidism. It is quite a common disease for older cat. Throughout that week, we took him in and out for blood testing and treatments. That wasn't fun at all for us and our wallet.
But at the end, we are very grateful that he has been feeling better and the medication he is taking right now has been working. Unfortunately, this medication is something that he will need to take for the rest of his life. Every year, my birthday wish has been the same: a good health for both Kiki and Lala :)
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Great news. Ultra sound was done this morning and there were no abnormalities at all. So we don't know why she has chronic diarrhea and sporadic vomiting but we've ruled out all the bad stuff. It's probably due to the thyroid meds she's on but can't take her off--and we've tweaked it as much as we can.
She got a steroid injection to help the diarrhea. ...and some special food for her GI tract. That's all we can do. We hope our senior girl feels 100% soon.
February 12, 2021
Rainy day life. The vet called and Tommy has hyperthyroidism. That's the reason he's been acting all manic and restless the past couple months.
So Ms Phoebe lost a pound. She had full labs done, kidney function tests , all normal as is CBC. She's hyperthyroid so we're increasing her dose of methimazole, and will recheck in a few weeks Vet also thinks she may be experiencing joint pain & some nausea, got 2 shots to help with that.
I am so grateful for my vet and his staff. They are all so caring and thorough. Hopefully Ms Phoebe's appetite will pick up soon.
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I'm happy to report that Keiko is back to her old self again [after being sick earlier this month]. In fact, yesterday she was very active [and even got up on our 6'foot fence]. She will be *15 yrs old* in two weeks....so it's amazing how well she's doing.
Under our vet's advice we put her back on the thyroid medication yesterday. We will keep her at 1/2 the dose and monitor how she tolerates it very carefully. We are nervous about this--but am hoping she won't react adversely to it again.
Josie is recovering well from her dental surgery. She also seems to be more settled than before the surgery. I suspect her teeth were painful and affecting her behaviour.
I just wish her eye colour would return to that bright amber they once were. When the cats were poisoned a few years ago, it affected their eyes, they never returned to their original bright colour or beauty.
She is happy and adorable and loves getting attention. She pesters me a lot for attention. Despite her diagnosis of cardiomyopathy in July 2016, she is doing very well. The vet is pleased with her on her recent visit. She gets a blood test in December to check her thyroid is still normal. She underwent radioactive thyroid treatment in July 2016 for hyperthyroidism. It has cured her thyroid so far.
Josie has hyperthyroidism.
Her kidneys are fine, in fact her Urea was a touch low.
Also her potassium was a touch low.
Everything else was fine.
It is caused by a tumour on the thyroid.
That's why she steals food and breaks into the oven.
But the mystery is she is overweight...she should be very thin with hyperthyroidism. (She did drop suddenly a bit of weight a few weeks ago)
Her TT4 measured 87. It should be betweem 10-60.
This is the reason she drinks so much.
My poor little girl. The local vet recommends a treatment called "RADIOACTIVE IODINE THERAPY". One treatment cures 95% of cases.
It is very expensive. I have to ring tomorrow to find out how much it costs.
Another option is surgery but it is very close to the parathyroid gland, and if he damages that, she will die, so he is reluctant to remove the tumour. And this operation would be expensive too.
And the final option of treatment is tablets, for life. It does not cure the problem and you will always be giving her blood tests to get the levels right and she will be on medication for life. Her blood pressure will always have to be watched monthly.
I'm not in a position to easily give her what she needs. And I have to make a decision soon.
This little girl has a very high T4 level of 20.
It's a lousy condition. It raises a cat's heart rate and can damage their organs. The elevated metabolism leads to sleeplessness and unfortunate GI woes.
We finally hit on a combination of feeding and medication that's allowing her to get some much needed rest. She was sitting next to me when suddenly she used my hand as a pillow for her head. A few minutes later she was in the first deep and restful slumber she's had in a week.
Next Sunday we drop her off for a dose of I 131 which will cure her hyperthyroidism for good.
Almost 3 months Mr. Sparrow stopped his Hyperthyroidism treatment. Looks to be fine compared to when we realized he was suffering from that.
Following this link you can see how he became during his worst period:
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Josie Update Monday 11th July, 2016.
Josie can't come home from hospital today, her radiation level is 110, and it needs to be under 100. They don't know if she can come home tomorrow, but it won't be later than Thur morning, as 8 days is the longest cats ever take to get their radiation levels back down.
The dose she was given was 210, and it breaks down with half life, not a consistent amount each day.
Josie is being friendly, and she did eat in the afternoons on the weekend. They said they worked out she will eat if she can keep the vet in sight, but I think this afternoon weekend vet got Josie to eat with the time she gave her, and Josie felt safe with her, since then Josie relaxed and started being friendly. She wouldn't eat in the morning on each day, only the afternoon.
I suspect Josie might not come home till Wed or Thur. She may come home tomorrow.
I asked if eating helps get the radiation levels down, and they said they don't believe that makes a difference. I know it took Josie 2 days to do her first pee, and I'm wondering because after she was dosed she was holding her pee, if this made a difference to her levels now. I don't really know how it works, but I do know a lot of it gets out of the body through excrements, so maybe keeping the urine in her bladder was keeping more radiation in her system in those first two days...it's just my thinking but I don't know.
The photo was taken when I needed to get her to a vet and my old car had stopped running. I knew she was sick, I had taken her blood sugar and it was 4. I had tested her urine with Combur 10 Urine test strips and it showed everything was fine. I had narrowed it down to possibly her thyroid due to her excessively drinking. The cats were poisoned by the back neighbour on the 1st of January, and I didn't know if Josie was having a reaction that would pass. With the miserable way she looked here (her eyes became a mottled colour), and the way she was excessively drinking, I suspect she was suffering the hyperthyroidism and poisoning. I had her diagnosed in March eventually, as she seemed to doing better at one stage, and then the excessive drinking started to become obvious again. Then I was having difficulties getting someone to drive me there. I should have just rang a taxi. It's awful how in hindsight I can see a better way of doing things.
A picture of my beautiful boy from 2016. He's had a scary week. He's hyperthyroid which has caused stress on his heart. My regular vet told me a year ago his pro-pnb levels were high and to do nothing but watch. Last week he was lethargic, not eating, and rapidly breathing. Symptoms that could be his heart or pneumonia, which he had last year. I was hoping for xrays to confirm either way but while I was at my regular clinic, I could not see my regular doctor, and the doctor I got was very glib about everything and decided not to do an xray. The next day his regular doctor called with his latest pro-pnb results and told me I should go to an ER to get xrays. I don't like my local ER docs but his breathing was worsening so I took him in that evening. He had had a major heart issue and needed a LOT of fluid drained around his heart. VERY scary. He had to stay overnight and get lots of medications and oxygen before he could come home. Anyway, so HAPPY he's home and he's his snuggly, although tired, self. He's very tired and still doesn't want to eat much... and he has to have five pills every 12 hrs and even though he's as weak as a lamb right now, he FIGHTS pills. He's 16 lbs when healthy and big-boned and STRONG. It takes an hour. Once he's eating again I can slip the pills into food.
Joshua Wanat was my boss's cat back when we lived in DC. We adopted him after it turned out my boss's new wife was hugely allergic to him. He's very friendly and very dog-like as cats go, but the poor guy's position has really been slipping as more mammals get added to our household. First the dog, then the baby ... good thing he's so meowey or we might forget about him altogether.
Joshua is 11 now and was recently diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, so now I get to give him a pill two times a day. He's a good kitty and doesn't put up a fight. Good ol' Joshie.
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My vet just called to say that Keiko's blood work indicated that her kidneys are ok [ the thyroid meds she's on can potentially affect the kidneys adversely] and that her thyroid level is now a bit too low. So, when Keiko is feeling better we will try with the meds again but will drop the dose to 1 pill per day instead of twice daily.
My vet is adamant about Keiko being on the pills--and if down the road we discover that she really can't tolerate them, we will consider something different--but the other choices are not as good.
It's rare to get a pix with all three of my cats together. I took this last evening when Emory said to bring my camera quick......You can see who's the *Queen*.
Keiko had a better day today--she ate well and didn't vomit. Here she is resting on our computer desk as it rained all day so everyone was pretty snoozy.
Tomorrow she has her ultra sound. We hope we all goes well.
Update: May 22, 2013
Keiko's ultra sound went well and no abnormalities were found. She's had every test now and has a clean bill of health. So her diarrhea and bouts of vomiting must be due to her thyroid medication or a sensitive tummy.
We attended a post card show today. This is our first time at this show. We came home with five postcards, a stereo card, and a tintype. There were several photographs that we wanted to buy but didn't. Even addicted collectors have to draw the line somewhere.
The dealer thought that this might be a post mortem but we think she is alive but suffering from a condition like hyperthyroidism or another disease that causes the eyes to bulge.
Jack thinks it might have been made as a medical record but I think it is more likely that it was a family photograph. I am adding a detail of her eyes below.
Keiko: Still vomiting. Not everyday but often enough I'm still very worried about her. She coughed up her lunch and thyroid pill today. Not good. She goes in on Friday for blood work to see how the thyroid pills are doing.
Jasmine: She's been given a death sentence. Her cancer is a ticking time bomb.
June: Our youngest. She's healthy. The only one.
Rusty: He's feline FIV positive but has no symptoms. He also has an peritoneal-pericardial diaphragmatic hernia. {Hard to explain--it has to do with his heart}.
Emory and I are so stressed by all. The kitchen counter is covered with meds to give Jasmine everyday now. Cancer pills and Prilosec is given in the morning. Benadryl must be given morning/ noon and night. Prednisone has to be given at night. Whew.
Keiko has to be pilled mid day--and offered wet food thru out the day because she's losing weight...she's looking thin and frail.
Emory and I are so worn out from worry for our sick furkids. It makes us cranky with each other --which just adds to all the stress of our "new normal".
Pics in collage were previously posted on Flickr.
My adorable * Princesa * crossed the rainbow bridge yesterday - 12th December 2023. 😢
Adopted as a kitten on 16th August 2005 - Princesa ❤️ was our 2nd cat and she passed away due to hyperthyroidism and lymphoma in the liver.
Our hearts are in pieces and we already miss her so much, after 18 happy long years (and almost 4 more months) !
Princesa gave us so much love and we gave her so much love too (until the last moments)... bye, bye my adorable tabby girl !!!