Many of you already know that Tanner has a heart condition called HCM. When he was at the vet school last June, it was determined that he is at an increased risk for blood clots. Therefore we decided to try him on an aspirin therapy, for prevention. We tried taking 1/4 of an 81 mg pill every three days...Tanner could not tolerate this medication. Severe vomiting occured each time we tried to start. We tried about three times, in case there was something else going on with his stomach at the time. Each trial produced the same results.
On another note, he has lost almost a pound of weight! We are very excited about this, and continue to work on his diet for more loss.
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We are all sending special purrs to you Tanner, we hope that new stuff works fur sure!
Purrs fur Plavix to work fur you! Concats on the weight loss too! We will be thinking of you and hoping all goes well. xoxo
Our purrs and purrayers to Tanner, we hope he will do well on the drug. (((Hugs))) and kitty kisses.
Paws crossed that this medication works! I am surprised that they recommended aspirin at all in the first place - I thought that kitties couldn't tolerate even the small doses.
Awwww handsome and adorable Tanner!! Me and Charlie are purring and praying very very hard that you tolerate this new meds!! We have everything crossed you'll do fine!! Take care
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Sorry we didn't know Tanner had such a diagnosis! You may remember Nimbus got the same diagnosis a few years back, before he got really sick. The vet had him on Atlenolol (sp?) and it worked great - I've had several people tell me it worked great on their cats - and people too! You are very very right about the clots - we think that's what got Nimbus in the end. Please, keep up on him. We've lost quite a few furriends this year to HCM, including our own Nimbus (partly).
That is a kitty disease I've never heard of. Purrs and Purrayers for Tanner that he tolerates the drug.
XOXOXO from our gang.
Hope this stuff works! Sending lots of purrs for Tanner!
Tanner we will Purrs & Prays for you.
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Tanner, I send a mega purrs for you. You have my thought my friend
Hugs to you and your family
xoxo
We hope all goes well with Tanner and the new medication. We are purring for him.
Sweet Tanner you are in our prayers. You are just so cute rolled over with that tummy shining. Hugs and nose kisses
Lots of purrs and prayers for you Tanner!! We pray the Plavix will help you!!
Howdy from your TX furiends,
Good job on the weight loss, Tanner. We are purring and praying that the Plavix treatment works!
Pixie took 1/4 Plavix every day for many years. We noticed a big improvement for her with that medication, she had far fewer syncopal episodes!
Carmine and Milita send purrs that the Plavix works! Please let us know how it goes. Tanner is very adorable :)
Good luck with the diet. These are some really fun photos!
Have a great holiday!
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