Precious is home

 

what happened?

We wanted to share what has happened to Precious in

the past 3 months.  It has not been pretty and of course

it has been traumatic for her.  And us almost as much.

She was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in early October.

And put on 5 mg. of methimazole a day.  

We did not realize that she is in the 4% group of

felines who can not take this.  It was actually killing her.

In the 4 weeks she was on it,  she became so very lethargic.

She was not interested in play,  her food, watching the birds

outside.  She slept 20 hours a day.

In the 3rd week,  we found fresh drops of blood on her

food mat.  Grabbed her up and inspected her head to tail

and could find not cuts or scratches and missing claws

to account for it.  Unfortunately I continued giving

her the pills.  But 5 days later,  she rubbed her bleeding

nose on my hand.  It was a Friday and no one to help

us at the vet office.   I immediately researched on line 

about methimazole and discovered this is a bad sign.

Stopped giving her the meds and got an appointment

for Monday to have a blood test.

  Her red and white blood cells were way low,  her platelets had

started clumping and her T4 had gone from 7.1 down to 

point 9.  Her thyroid was really no longer functioning.

Our only choices  were to give her special food for the

rest of her life,  no treats ever, not a bite of anything else.

And she is only 14 so this did not sound good to any of us.

We chose to go with the I-131 radioactive iodine. 

Our vet here left it for me  to find where and when it

could take place. We waited six weeks to get an appointment.

The closest Animal Hospital was 60 miles away with

an 8 AM appointment to have her blood tested first.

She had her iodine by 4 PM and spent the night.

Precious was there 36 hours and we were so glad

to get the call to come and get her.

Now we wait,  in 4 weeks she must have a blood test and

see if this is working for her.  This treatment works in

95% of cats.  We are hoping she has the results needed.

"Lookie at me!  I'm radioactive!"

We appreciate all the well wishes.  We hope any kitty out

there that has hyperthyroidism is watchful for the possibility

that methimazole is not always the right medicine.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit and a comment.

It is much appreciated.