Pavel is doing much better. He’s not out of the woods yet. He made it through the first 48 hours. He’s coming up to the first 10 days. Then it’s the first 3 months.
The very good news is that the cardiologist vet we took him to on Friday said that the ultrasound couldn’t detect any more clots in his heart or in his major blood vessels. We’re now giving him blood thinners and diuretics to try and prevent clot formation in the future. There’s no major limb, nerve or organ damage, though there are a few crystals in his kidneys (which he’s also prone to but those, so far, are controlled by diet). He spent the first few days being a bit lethargic, and just about being able to jump on the sofa or our bed, but he’s now mostly back to his noisy self. He’s grooming, eating, drinking, pooping. All the usual good cat behaviours. He can also jump into the bathroom sink to get a drink.
So yeah. We seem to have dodged the 1st bullet. No telling when, or if, the next one will hit, so in the meantime, we’ve making the most of the time we have again with him.