Well I finally got Peepers in for his Ultrasound, delayed somewhat by a
heart attack of my own.

The results indicate some very slight thickening of the walls and Septa(?
hope I have that right) and some turbulence in the right ventricle if I
remember correctly as to side.  The shocker was his very high beat rate (240
to 260 beats per minute); and given what I was told, a normal cat even
stressed out should not go above the 160 to 200 beats per minute this does
not sound good.  I also had them give a test to check the thyroid levels as
they will need that to help determine how to treat him.

Given his well developed ability to avoid getting anything into his stomach
that he doesn't want, I will likely end un smearing some medication in his
ear to be absorbed through his skin and also liquified meds that I can
squirt into the back of his mouth where he must swallow.  I don't know how I
would ever get a pill into this cat.

I asked for an early prognosis giving a five year survival time and the vet
indicated that since this is so early in the process that medication has a
good chance of  keeping  him going at least that long, as she has a cat with
the same problem going into an even longer time after discovery and her cat
was in worse condition at the start.  Sounds hopeful.

Larry Osborne