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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004Purr Request for Dad
If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet "I feel kind of dizzy" and the vet rushed over and eased him to the hay. Dad passed out momentarily, and now doesn't remember that part. He came to fairly quickly, but was in a cold sweat, so the vet got Mom and Mom took Dad to the ER. They are running all kinds of tests, but there is nothing obvious yet. His BP is fine (he runs kind of low anyway), his heart rate is fine, his EKG was fine, they'll know soon if his anemia is back, and they were about to do chest x-rays when Mom called. She's keeping me in the loop this time. After her last incident, I informed her that they should keep me informed. lol Thanks in advance. Probably something simple, knock wood, but purrs always help! - Denise Brennasmeowmy Healing purrs coming for your dad. Hugs, CatNipped > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy > Healing purrs coming for your dad. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >> - Denise Brennasmeowmy Purring for a quick and complete recovery. MLB > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy I've fingers crossed for there to be a simple explanation which gives no-one cause to have concerns for his health. Sheenah > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Purrs for something silly like he forgot to eat. Keep us posted! > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet "I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > informed. lol Thanks in advance. Probably something simple, knock wood, > but purrs always help! Definitely sending purrs! I hope it turns out to be nothing at all.  Signaturemonique, who is sometimes allowed to pet Oscar, a grey^H^H^H^Hblue-cream DLH with an attitude! Purrs are on their way. Keep us posted. Joy > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet "I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Big-time purrs on the way for your Dad's episode to be nothing to worry about. Sam >> If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this >> afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > about. > Sam Missed the OP. Purrs for your Dad that it's nothing to worry about and easily treated SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Purrs on the way for your Dad, Denise. I hope that it is something easily diagnosed and treated. Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey and Sam > Purrs on the way for your Dad, Denise. I hope that it is something > easily diagnosed and treated. > > Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey and Sam We second that. Dan and Harri Roadcat > She's keeping me in the loop this time. After her last incident, I >informed her that they should keep me informed. lol Thanks in advance. > > Probably something simple, knock wood, but purrs always help! > >- Denise Brennasmeowmy Purrs that is something that is easily treated. Suz Macmoosette =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= "People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life." --Faith Resnick |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Purrs on the way from Persia and birdie chirps from Peaches. Jill Many purrs for your Dad! Christine > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Well, the hospital let him go home around 6:30 last night. He says he's fine. They say they couldn't find anything wrong. He's to see his doctor as soon as possible, and they recommended that he be put on a heart monitor for a few days just to make sure that there isn't something transitory going on there. His brother has a problem with a randomly slowed heartrate, so there is a definite possibility. But he got home in time to watch Oregon State beat Notre Dame last night. So that made him happy. Although he keeps telling Mom not to fuss. Just because he has to "be a guy" (no offense meant to the menfolks here) and macho through stuff... sigh. Mom made him go to the hospital. The vet and Mom made him not walk uphill to the car. Mom told him that the going inside the ER in a wheelchair was so he'd be seen sooner. Geez. <rolling eyes> I figure the purrs helped, if not with the finding out what happened, then with the making him feel better. Thanks, everyone! - Denise Brennasmeowmy > Well, the hospital let him go home around 6:30 last night. He says he's > fine. They say they couldn't find anything wrong. He's to see his [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Hmm. I"m glad they don't think it is anything serious, but, geez, isn't it kind of frustrating when they never find anything? I hope he takes them up on the heart monitor thing for a few days, just to get a baseline on the behaviour of it if nothing else. > Well, the hospital let him go home around 6:30 last night. He says he's > fine. They say they couldn't find anything wrong. He's to see his [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Purrs indeed. 24-hour cardiac monitoring is a very reasonable idea. Modern Holter monitors are quite small -- the wires and patches are more inconvenient than the monitor. I've let the corner of a shirt hang out, and just stuck the recorder in a pocket. Typically, you need to go to a cardiologist to get one. They have a push button that will flag the recording at any point, and the patient should push it whenever ANYTHING feels strange. Listening to your body and pushing it even when you're not sure anything is going on is one of the best ways to be sure potentially important data is noticed -- or, for that matter, getting confirmation the heart is NOT the problem when something feels odd. Negative information on one organ can be very valuable in focusing the diagnosis. Given the family history, this makes a good deal of sense. I have a condition where my heart would stop for 3-10 seconds, only while I slept. It was rather frustrating, during one hospital diagnostic stay, to have an incredibly beautiful nurse shake me awake at 4 AM, with my first impression being she was yelling "I want you." It turned out she was yelling "I want you to wake up and stay awake until a cardiologist sees you." Not a loss, however -- it was at the NIH Clinical Center and I was the only patient on the unit, so we sat up and swapped medical jokes for a couple of hours. Repeated heart pauses over 3 seconds call for a pacemaker, which I got a few weeks later. Inserting a modern pacemaker is a very minor procedure -- there are places where it's done as an office procedure, but it's more common to have an overnight stay just in case anything leaks. I was fully conscious while having it inserted under a local anesthetic, and had enough of a conversation with the subspecialist doing it to decide he was personally obnoxious, and I had my regular cardiologist take me back for the evening. >>Well, the hospital let him go home around 6:30 last night. He says he's >>fine. They say they couldn't find anything wrong. He's to see his [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > he was personally obnoxious, and I had my regular cardiologist take me > back for the evening. Thanks, Howard. My uncle has some sort of pacemaker, but IIRC they had to try a couple different types to make sure he had the right one for his problem. I think his problem is that his heart randomly changes speed, so they had to find one that would handle all the variations he needs. With it, he's been able to resume volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, travelling across the country and doing mini missions through their church down in Mexico. I'm almost hoping that it's something like that. Or at least something easily dealt with. - Denise > Thanks, Howard. My uncle has some sort of pacemaker, but IIRC they had > to try a couple different types to make sure he had the right one for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > their church down in Mexico. I'm almost hoping that it's something like > that. Or at least something easily dealt with. Pacemakers are constantly improving and getting smaller. The trend is to put a wide range of functions into the same unit so there's little need for changing the physical device -- they are externally programmable through a transmitter placed on your chest, and they do contain computers that can sense not just your heartbeat characteristic but motion, oxygen level, etc., and set the rate to match your needs of the moment. While it wasn't the standard in the past, now pacemakers are usually connected to two chambers on one side of the heart, making them much more flexible. There are still some special options, such as building in a defibrillator. There's also a new, still somewhat experimental procedure where the same chamber on both sides of the heart is paced. Neither are likely to be needed for something like your uncle has. >Well, the hospital let him go home around 6:30 last night. He says he's >fine. They say they couldn't find anything wrong. He's to see his >doctor as soon as possible, and they recommended that he be put on a >heart monitor for a few days just to make sure that there isn't >something transitory going on there. Heart monitors can be a little hit or miss. Often nothing happens while you're wearing it. Pacemakers work very well with many types of heart rhythm problems. My own mother has made it to 96 with a therapeutic pacemaker in her. > Well, the hospital let him go home around 6:30 last night. He says he's > fine. (snippety) I'm glad it appears to be nothing serious; I saw your update before your original post. We are sending just-in-case purrs your dad's way. ------ Krista Purrs on the way. Ann > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet "I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Denise, we will purr and pray that your Dad is ok. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet "I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > informed her that they should keep me informed. lol Thanks in advance. > Probably something simple, knock wood, but purrs always help! Purrs and healing thoughts and wishes going out for your dad from all of us here. Pam, Rob, and the Fayetteville Five + Mozart the kamikaze kitten and Speedy the d-thing Many, many purrs and good vibes heading your Dad's way. helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Lots of purrs for your dad and hugs for the rest of his worried family, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet > "I feel kind of dizzy" and the vet rushed over and eased him to the hay. > Dad passed out momentarily, and now doesn't remember that part. <snip>> Probably something simple, knock wood, but purrs always help! > - Denise Brennasmeowmy > If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this > afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > - Denise Brennasmeowmy Purrs on the way for your Dad. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >If it isn't one thing, it's another. Dad was down in the barn this >afternoon watching the vet trim the sheeps' hooves. He said to the vet [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >informed her that they should keep me informed. lol Thanks in advance. > Probably something simple, knock wood, but purrs always help! Purrs on the way SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html
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