10/10/2026
Hey where are you? Oh good I found you!! Would you like to hear my story? You, do great!! I'm Patrick the sweetest kitty in the world! One day when I was around 8 weeks old I wandered up into a kind samaritan's yard. I was followed by AB and Bear. A couple days later a few more kittens showed up. The kind samaritan ended becoming the foster of AB, Bear, and I. AB and Bear have since been adopted!
At my first vet visit they found something wrong with me. I had a heart murmur. The murmur at the time wasn'treally bothering me. I was still running and playing like a normal kitty should. Nobody was quiet sure wha was causing the murmur so the vet recommended to get an echo done. I got my first ever echo done on August of last year. With the help of the echo I was diagnosed with Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM). SAM is a movement problem inside the heart where part of the mitral valve gets pulled into the path of blood flow during a heartbeat, partially blocking blood leaving the heart. The vet recommended for a yearly echo to be done to see if I grow out of SAM. Now, fast forward to a couple months ago
I had my yearly echo done to see if I had grown out of SAMs and the prognosis was not what anyone was hoping for. I had not grown out of SAMs and now have Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM is a condition where the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick, making it harder for the heart to pump blood properly. These conditions put me at higher risk of blood clots, heart failure, and/or suddenly passing.
Sadly with this prognosis nobody knows how long I have left. So, the rescue decided to make me a fospice kitty. I don't like thinking of myself as a fospice kitty though, I think of myself as more of an ambassador. An ambassador of showing just because an animal may have a health condition we still have so much love to give! So, next time you decide to adopt maybe think about the "less adoptable pet" because our health conditions don't mean we have less love to give!
