I just took my 11 year old cat, Sola, in to the vet on 2/1/07 because he was vomiting every couple of days (mostly regurgitated food, but on the 1st it was bile which got me worred). The vet did a complete blood count and urinalysis and everything checked out okay except for his amylase value, it was just a little high.

My vet told me not to worry, but of course I'm worried because he was just in the vet in November for these checks and everything was normal. Plus, his sister died one month ago today from a heart attack and she was a perfectly healthy cat who basically just dropped dead without showing any signs of cardiomyopathy. So I'm a little neurotic right now.

We also took Sola in to get an Echo, ultrasound and thorough check of his heart once it was determined that his biological sister died of a heart attack to make sure that he wasn't prone to that as well and they found that he has a slight defect - atrial septal defect, but the vet said not to worry about that type of defect and that if it hasn't bothered him in 11 years, it shouldn't now. What do you think?

As far as the amylase, I've read that high values can be a pre-cursor for renal failure, though his creatinine and BUN values are completely normal as well as his urinalysis and I've read that those are the most important elements when looking at kidney function.

Any advice would be appreciated! And if it helps, Sola is a Norweigan Forest cat mix who is a male-neutered, 11 years old, totally indoor cat who eats a holistic diet - CA Natural wet and dry food. I don't have toxic plants or flowers or anything in the house and I use non-chemical cleaners to clean the house.

Thanks so much for your help!

Lisa

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