I’m in shock but Jess’ heart has recovered, and she’s been cleared for work ?
Quick recap for anyone interested, at last years MOT the vet found a grade 3 pansystolic murmur which made it dangerous for me to ride her, basically if the heart went she’d be dead before she hit the ground and they can give out without warning. Another vet confirmed it a while later. We had no expectation of recovery, and i was offered a referral to a cardiologist for ultra sound and ecg etc. but given her other issues it felt futile as there was no treatment it would have just been just to know what was wrong, so I made the decision to retire her.
But at today’s MOT it has all but disappeared, there’s just a hint of a less than grade 1 systolic murmur which wouldn’t even cause a failed vetting! The vet thinks she must have had a viral carditis that was causing it and has now resolved, as usual with Jess the weird, rare or impossible happen! To say I’m over the moon is an understatement, the relief is huge ?
In other news she may have a cracked tooth which the specialist will look at next month but it is Jessica after all ?
Quick recap for anyone interested, at last years MOT the vet found a grade 3 pansystolic murmur which made it dangerous for me to ride her, basically if the heart went she’d be dead before she hit the ground and they can give out without warning. Another vet confirmed it a while later. We had no expectation of recovery, and i was offered a referral to a cardiologist for ultra sound and ecg etc. but given her other issues it felt futile as there was no treatment it would have just been just to know what was wrong, so I made the decision to retire her.
But at today’s MOT it has all but disappeared, there’s just a hint of a less than grade 1 systolic murmur which wouldn’t even cause a failed vetting! The vet thinks she must have had a viral carditis that was causing it and has now resolved, as usual with Jess the weird, rare or impossible happen! To say I’m over the moon is an understatement, the relief is huge ?
In other news she may have a cracked tooth which the specialist will look at next month but it is Jessica after all ?