was an anurisym, and a blood clot moved to his spine and paralyzed him first, then later he died.
Mar 04, 2009 Rating
Back lags sudden death by: Anonymous
I had this horrible experience this past Saturday. At 3 a.m., my cat woke me up with an unusually loud meow, or so I thought. I told him that it was too early to get up. He then let out a terrible cry. I ran to see him in the living room. I called to him and he did not come. I went to him and he was panting. I brought him water, but he would not put his face to the bowl. I fed him water on my finger. i realized he could not move. His hind legs were to the side. He cried again. (All of this happened in the course of about three minutes). I got dressed, wrapped him in a blanket and took him to the veternary hospital. My cat suffered from hypertropic cardiomyopathy. He has thrown a clot with became lodged in the heart near the hind legs cutting off circulation. I left the hospital with the plan of visiting him the next day, while he had additional tests and was stabilized. The hospital called me within an hour of my arrival home. He ws getting worse. The vet was very kind and supportive. (I had never dealt with an emergency like this before). I made a very painful decision to let my relatively young (6 years) friend go. the whole event from inception to passing was less than 4 hours. I am still reeling. This is apparently not an exceptionally rare occurance. I am told that felines are particularly good at hiding heart problems. Mine had never seemed anything but healthy, and was running and jumping earlier in the day. My solace is that I was there when this happened, and intervened immediately, so that he did not have to suffer any longer thatn necessary. For anyone out there who has had this hideous experience, my heart goes out to you. Know that there are others who have felt the same pain and doubt that is articulated best for me in the question: "What could I have noticed that might have kept this from happening?" The vet told me that this is frequently undiagnosed until the horrendous event. I so miss my little friend. Peace to all who read this and especially to those of you who have experienced this.
Comment by Kate thank you so much for contribution. It will be of comfort I'm sure to others in the same situation.
