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Can you see it?
kitz:
Can you see it? [edited to give a clue - you are looking for the cat face in the effusion)
A few weeks ago Zigs was extremely poorly and struggling to breathe. An xray showed up plueral effusion. A sample was drawn and tested positive. The diagnosis was not good and he was sent home for his final few days. The vet did what she could to make him comfortable and said she'd be available 24/7 over the weekend if I thought the time was right. Instead he went and did a rather dramatic bounce back.
This is his x-ray. The white cloudiness is the effusion. His lung should show up black. I was given a copy this morning because whatever it is, is turning out to be rather puzzling. His cytology report, xrays and a sample of the effusion was sent away. Several vet specialists have looked at the results. Even an expert pathologist. There is absolutely no doubt he was an extremely sick boy.
Today he went for a checkup. There is no sign of the effusion. No-one knows what it was or what caused it, nor why test results were positive., but he is stable and a very happy purry cat. There possibly may be some other underlying cause, but as it currently stands he is doing fine :fingers:
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PS If you can see it, then the term is Pareidolia.
Its supposedly a sign of intelligence whereby we are predisposed to seek the familiar.
burakkucat:
I'm pleased to read the good news. :)
Big purrs for Ziggy, Zoe and Kitz.
:b*cat:
Bowdon:
Thats good Ziggy is purring again :)
kitz:
Can no-one else see the cat face staring out smack bang in the middle of the effusion?
Perhaps I didnt make it clear in my first post.
Basically in an x-ray the lung should be black, but all that white cloudiness is pleural effusion which was causing him such great difficulty to breathe.
I shared the xray, not because he'd been poorly, but because the xray had what looked like a cat face in the pleural cavity. Its also why I mentioned pareidolia which is the term for seeing things like Jesus in the clouds etc.
broadstairs:
Well I thought I could see something in the photo but was not sure whether to say anything in case I misunderstood the question, not sure what I thought it was. I had only looked at the small version in the thread, having enlarged it I'm not sure it's any clearer. I suspect because it is all about your cat this suggested to me that there 'could' be an image of a cat.
Anyway glad Zigs has mended OK.
Stuart
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