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Month: May 2007

Surgery on Whiskers.

Surgery on Whiskers.

On May 9th Whiskers is put under the knife. The diagnosis was chylothorax, pleural effusion.  They cut the sack surrounding the heart and causing part of this heart problem. The surgeons try to attach the thoracic duct but find more than one duct. They cut out all but one, I believe not knowing which one is leaking into the lungs. They take a fatty tissue from the abdomen and put it in line with the duct to help in some…

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Whiskers needs surgery.

Whiskers needs surgery.

We were notified to come down and meet with the medical staff. We arrived and were told that our cat had a heart murmur and most importantly his lungs were filling with fluid which we already knew. They did not know what was causing this and requested that we consent to surgery. We were given a 50% chance that the surgery would succeed. (Later, the surgeon told us their track record was close to 80% success). My wife asked me…

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