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Results of surgery, Chylothorax.

Results of surgery, Chylothorax.

May 9th we found out what surgery had determined. There is a duct that takes fatty material from the intestines and moves this fluid up to the heart. Some time this duct ruptures and the fluid does not make it successfully to the heart but dumps into the lungs. This is what happened to Whiskers.  Some cats are prone to this problem. The surgeons would expect to find one duct but Whiskers had multiple ducts which they cut off and…

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