i have prednisone here. She is currently on an every other day pill. she was put on it for anemia. she had 2 pills a day for 2 weeks, then went to a pill a day for a month. now she is on one pill every other day. she is still eating and seeming comfy but i'm worried sick about her. i'm waking up first thing tomorrow morning and calling around
> 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: > 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 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 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 > > Woof Wagon > > www.woofwagon.com > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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