Friday, September 28, 2012

Wiska is loud and weird

Wiska had elevated cardiac enzymes in August after routine bloodwork. We repeated the labs in early September to make sure there wasn't an error, and they were still quite high. So, as usual, off we went to the other end of the city to the specialty vet hospital and he had an echocardiogram. It turns out that he has trace mitral valve regurgitation (slight backwash on one side of his heart). Of course, not enough to explain the 4 out of 6 grade heart murmur (he's just loud I guess). And not enough to explain the elevated enzymes. Just weird to boot.  So the good news is that he doesn't need any meds, he just has to go back for a repeat test next year in case the regurgitation  progresses.






On a fun note too, happy birthday to me! I got wishes yesterday so I'm planning on trying to milk this for a week or so. What do you think? I have a cold, but basically still feel ok. A good thing.

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