Jack ...the cat

When we returned home Thursday from San Diego  Jack's behavior was a little off. Our son-in-law who had been feeding and petting both Jack and Tigger while we were gone said he had been fine. So we thought perhaps he was mad at us for leaving him.
But no.. his behavior got more and more "off"... not eating, very quiet, no climbing on the furniture etc. So Saturday we took him to the emergency vet ( open 24/7). By then he was also having trouble breathing. The vets were concerned and wanted to keep him and do tests.
The result is Jack and I have similar heart problems.
We took him home Sunday night with pills like mine - lasik, one to prevent blood clots and a blood pressure one.
We are not having great luck getting his pills into him but he is eating somewhat, drinking and more active... lots of purring too.
Tomorrow he goes to our regular vet... it's a group practice and he will be seeing one with experience with cats with heart problems.  We can tell him how today went and get help with the pills maybe.

Went to the vet... he gave us a gel to rub on Jack's ear to increase his appetite. Since we are having problems with getting his medication into him, the vet told us to stop the Plavix for now. The feurosimide and blood pressure ones are more important. So we will work on getting Jack better and see the vet again in a week.
Jack was easy to get into the carrier and well behaved at the vet...thank goodness.