He is fine, he just has a cold. Well, an upper respiratory infection. They gave me some antibiotics and we go back for a follow up next week so they can give him his shots. The only concern they had really was that he has lost about a half a pound since December, and being a senior citizen cat, if he continues to lose weight, we might need to do some more testing to see what is wrong. He has always had a heart murmur and I guess there are signs of congestive heart failure that we should be looking out for.
I appreciate the well wishes, and if you read any of the comments, it's funny that Murphy's childhood friend Marmalade had the same issue not that long ago!
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Just a note - the cat I had growing up lost 3 lbs (1/3 of her normal bodyweight - she was small to begin with), when she got older.
No major health problems, and she lived for another 4 years at that new weight.
Just a note that it's not necessarily something horrible, or a sign that he doesn't have much longer or anything.
GL!
Murphy will be fine--just giving Mommy something else to worry about. But, he has to take his medicine!!
Mom T
So glad to hear that Big Brother Murphy is OK! :)
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