(Buddha is a severely hyperthyroid 10-year-old fat tuxedo cat who has
fainting spells, who had an ultrasound of her heart a week or so ago, which
was healthy, and is now on Tapazole and a beta blocker, for new people.)

Her heart rate is ranging between 160 and 180 bpm now, (it was 300+) and she
is eating her food again, wet and dry. She does not suck down the wet food
as she used to. She is on 10 mgs Tapazole per day (5 mgs twice a day) and is
also on a beta blocker to help slow her heart rate. I take her heart rate
twice per session two sessions a day. It is really hard to hear her heart
under the purring! :)

I have taken to pilling her with both meds at the same time because it is
easier. She has gotten pretty sly but is such a good girl, she will
eventually swallow, esp. since her plate of food is waiting for her. I find
it helpful to sit her up and tilt her head back and drop the pills as far
back as I can in her throat.

A really funny thing about the power of habit: she still begs for her wet
food even though when she gets it she seems sort of halfheartedly
interested. I am  feeding her a variety of canned foods, plus the occasional
Fancy Feast that she loves most of all. She is not throwing up at all, and
seems really happy. It must have sucked being all revved up all the time.
She sleeps sweetly and peacefully now, and is not nearly as irritable. She
seems really happy and contented, alert and relaxed. The vet said not to
play with her with the laser until we get her heart rate stabilized. I go
back in four weeks to have her blood work done again to see if we need to
adjust the Tapazole.

It is a wonderful feeling to be able to make a positive difference in her
health.