Hi all,
I posted a week or so ago about my Smokey being prescribed vidalta for her hyperT, she was put on 15mg a day and after her next blood tests the vet said her levels had gone up so the dosage was to change to 20mg a day. Well, last Sunday eve after I had given Smokey her tablet - 10mg - she had what appeared to me a stroke, she lost all control of her back end and lost bladder control. I took her to the vet on Monday and her heart rate was very high and she was having trouble breathing, the vet gave her a steriod injection to help her and told me not to up the dose of the vidalta yet until we sorted this problem out. I took her back the next day and saw a different vet who gave her another injection and an antibiotic injection, Smokey then seemed to pick up a lot and was nearly back to normal. Then 2 days later I returned to the vet and saw yet another different vet who said it was silly not to up the dose of her vidalta just because of the recent problems, and sent us home to be seen again in 2 weeks. So on Friday I started the new dose and gradually over the weekend she has gone down hill again. This morning she is in a right state, she can barely walk again, and her front legs are now affected as well as her back ones. After doing some more reading on the subject on here I'm convinced that the vidalta has done this to her. I'm at a loss as what to do, I can't stop crying. I had come to the conclusion she had had enough but after reading some posts on here I'm wondering if I stop the tablets will she improve. Before she started on these pills she was a very healthy (albeit skinny), lively cat who loved a cuddle, and was always under my feet wanting to be near me. Now she just doesn't want to know, it seems as though it's a real effort for her to purr when I stroke her. I don't think she is in pain but how do we know?