Huh, there are some things my vet sends out, but one lab is just a couple hours north and they fax the results same day. The other place that I've had things sent to through my vet was Fort Collins Colorado - there is an excellent vet school/lab there. I would get Shelby started on steroids ASAP if only to maximize her comfort level.
Unfortunately, Ninja had already been on a high dose of prednisone for about 3 months by then to control her seizures (probably caused by a meningioma), she was not feeling great and we just talked about keeping her comfortable until it was time. It was about 10 days after the lymphoma diagnosis that I had to help her to the Bridge. It should have been 8 days, but I didn't have a car then and the vet couldn't make it over until that day, so.... that's when it was. But I could clearly tell that *she* was not there anymore. She was just sitting. Not sleeping or eating or drinking or anything. Just sitting, staring into space. She came back to her body for a little while, when we were waiting for the vet to come over and we had a nice little snuggle and chat. We were very fortunate that she had a very peaceful passing.
Amy Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Amy Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
they are sending the results out to somewhere, not
sure where. i asked if they could get them any
quicker. they said they could see if the person could
pick up right away. they want to know what kind of
cancer but i'm starting to think it doesn't matter at
this point. i'd bet it is lymphoma and i think the
key now is finding an oncologist that can help her.
--- Barb Moermond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Amy,
> That the results take so long seems very odd to me;
> what are they checking besides cytology? My Ninja
> had intestinal lymphoma (a palpable lump, I found it
> while petting her) and they did x-rays and a manual
> abdominal exam and a needle biopsy and the tech
> looked at it the next morning - her cytology report
> said that there were a lot of blastic and broken
> cells so probable lymphoma. They do the lab tests
> blind - they don't know who the sample is from and
> so she hadn't known Ninja's FeLV status. When she
> found out it was Ninja and that she was FeLV+, she
> was sure it was lymphoma. From the x-ray, we'd been
> able to see that it was riddled throughout the
> tissue, definitely not a discrete lump that could be
> removed.
>
> Amy Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> They did the needle aspiration during the test but
> it
> takes 5-7 days for results. They were trying to rush
> it but it won't be back til next week. The tumor is
> palpable and her son died of lymphoma. the thing was
> he had large cell high grade lymphoma. they said in
> order for it to respond well, it needs to be small
> cell lymphoma. i'm new to all this so i just want to
> do what is best for shelby. i'll call cornell
> tomorrow and see if i can get in without a referral.
>
> my vet is closed on the weekend.
>
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Ultrasound specialists are usually just that, or
> > maybe radiologists, but not
> > oncologists or surgeons so I would not trust that.
>
> > Some oncologists will
> > not make an appointment without a diagnosis, it's
> > true, although I would think
> > that a palpable tumor in an FeLV+ cat would be
> > enough (it is almost certainly
> > lymphoma), and the ultrasound results should be
> > sufficient. But you get a
> > definitive diagnosis by getting a needle biopsy
> done
> > of the tumor, usually
> > while the ultrasound is happening, but maybe with
> a
> > palpable tumor they can do it
> > without ultrasound. You do not need to remove it
> to
> > biopsy it.
> > Michelle
> >
> > In a message dated 4/8/05 10:22:03 PM Eastern
> > Daylight Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > The vet that was talking about surgery was the one
> > that did the ultrasound, a specialist. My vet has
> > not
> > called me to discuss the ultrasound results yet.
> > I'm
> > thinking of calling an oncologist but they told me
> > they won't do anything without knowing if we are
> > dealing with lymphoma or carcinoma. Is that true?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Amy Wilkins
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> www.woofwagon.com
>
>
>
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