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12-06-2009, 01:22 PM
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Some bad news : (
I took Sweep today for his 1st Vaccinations he's now 10 weeks old , the vet sounded his chest and said it wasn't good
 he has a heart murmur, the vet let me listen to his heart which was covered by a loud swishing noise he thinks that Sweep wont live long when he gets bigger, i just burst into tears i asked if anything could be done for him, and he said the hospital heart unit can hopefully find the problem but it would be very expensive, which i dont care about hes going back in 3 weeks for the 2nd Vaccination so he said he would listen again then, i'm just praying to god now they will be able to help my sweet little boy has anyone had similar incidents they could tell me about ? with a happy ending i'm so sad at the moment and he also advised me to contact the breeder which i have and i've made her aware and asked her to vet check all the litter and to contact all the other kitten slaves....
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12-06-2009, 01:32 PM
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Re: Some bad news : (
oh what awful news, i know how you feel, my mum had a puppy once with a heart murmour,fingers crosssed for you and little sweep,
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12-06-2009, 01:34 PM
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Re: Some bad news : (
ohhh no that horrible - i am so sorry! I cant give any advice on this really but hopefully someone will soon.
 sending you lots of hugs.. x
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12-06-2009, 01:40 PM
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Re: Some bad news : (
I am really sorry to hear about Sweep. It must have been a huge shock, but it's not necessarily as bad as the vet says. Really they have no idea, they tend to give you worse case scenario. Murmurs can appear in young kittens that are evident at 1st vaccinations and have disappeared by their 2nd. Some heart murmurs can also disappear before they are a year old.
My Pops had a murmur from birth, although the breeders vet did not pick it up. She was the biggest in the litter and you would never know to look at her. She sadly only lived until she was 6 1/2 when she had a heart attack, but in those too few years, she was never ill, never had her quality of life compromised in anyway. She never showed any outward signs of having a heart problem at all, infact she was the only cat to leap from the scratcher to the arm of the sofa which was 6ft away. Although Pops died young, I have also read a number of reports from owners who have been told what you have and their cat has lived well into their teens, so there is hope.
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12-06-2009, 01:42 PM
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Re: Some bad news : (
I have heard that sometimes kittens can present with heart murmurs and that a few of these can "grow" out of them but I really do think it is how a case of how severe the murmur is. We did take a kitten who on his first visit to the vet was diagnosed with a very slight murmur but when we took him back 3 weeks later they couldn't hear it. We held onto him for a little longer and then took him for a follow up check up but he was absolutely fine.
I sincerely hope that your Sweep's murmur isn't to severe and will keep everything crossed for you on your next visit.
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12-06-2009, 01:51 PM
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Re: Some bad news : (
sometimes they can outgrow a murmous. it depends how bad it is, didthe vet give u a grade? i have a 4 yo with a murmour at the moment hes fine . i hope u have the same luck . x
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