Blackheart's records

Blackheart is a one-year-old male black tuxedo. What the state doesn't know about this cat is that he spent all his kitten life throwing up his food. The last cat I had with this issue died during a routine neuter. At that time I had warned the veterinary of this condition and she did an exam on him, but she reported he died under anesthesia and they couldn't revive him. She believed it had something to do with his heart, so I was concerned that the veterinarians found nothing wrong with Blackheart. If the state had won the case, I doubt he would have made it out of a shelter alive. Thankfully, he is home, alive and well.

Blackheart's state capture photo 11/5/19

Blackheart's state shelter photo 1/30/20

Blackheart's state shelter photo 1/30/20

Blackheart's state shelter photo 1/30/20

As described in the article Faulty Interpretations Lead to Wrong Conclusions, there are two copies of the 11/6/19 exam forms, one is incomplete and one is the original. This is the incomplete version.

This is the original exam.

Amazingly, this cat has recovered from all the findings on 11/6/19 and requires no further treatment. He is no longer thin. His scabbing, scaling and wounds are cleared up, his ears no longer contain debris even though there is no evidence of a cleaning, his eye discharges and crustiness are gone, he has no nose discharges, his marked gingivitis is now mild and his buccal ulcerations have disappeared. Of course, all of those things can go away or improve on their own. Or maybe they weren't so bad on 11/6/19 as bias led the veterinary to believe. Or maybe they confused him with another cat or maybe he had none of those things at all. And he must be drinking normally again as he's no longer dehydrated. So why was he taken to the veterinary?

Amazingly, this cat's ears are full of debris again, and though full of debris are negative for mites. Now that we're four months into state care, we suddenly see a cat noted as negative for ear mites. How do they know? Because he's been treated with Revolution or because a test was done? Surely we know that insecticides are not 100% effective and he can still have mites even though he's been treated, espcially if he's been treated with the same insecticide four months straight. But now he's come down with a life-threatening health issue.

Documentation Posted August 29, 2020 by Elmvale Farm