It sounds like her teeth and gums are the things that need fixing, at least short-term. Her mouth might just be too painful for her to deal with it.
Lucy probably attacked her because she smelled like the emergency clinic- my boys have done that to each other on the few occasions they've gone separately.
I would definitely keep an eye on the lump, but I think her mouth is the problem at the moment.
Keeping your family in our thoughts.
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Ginger, my 6 year old positive, did not seem to want to eat last night and
this morning at 6 am licked her lips when I gave her baby food and only ate a
few licks-- she would normally go crazy for it. I took her in to the emergency
room. Her blood work was all normal except her protein was a little high. Her
xrays were normal except there was a little something showing where the lymph
node in the chest is. The radiologist said it is either fat, which frequently
collects there and Ginger is fat, or the beginnings of an enlarged lymph node
there which could indicate lymphoma. Her gums are super-inflamed and her
teeth in terrible shape. They gave me antibiotics for her mouth, gave her Pepcid
before we left, and said to give her fluids. They chipped some of the stuff
off her teeth. She was very stressed while there.
Upon coming home she ate a jar of baby food. My cat Lucy then started
viciously attacking her-- which she has never done, and Ginger has been hiding from
her. I gave her a vial of feline interferon for the first time, have an
ultrasound scheduled for Monday if she does not get better, and am praying. I tried
to give her fluids and she turned into a wildebeast-- I have given many cats
fluids in my life, and Gray was helping, and we could not get more than 10 ml
or so into her. I tried giving her more food, including more baby food, and
she would not eat it. Actually, she tried a few licks of baby food and then
started moving her mouth and throat funny like it was stuck in her mouth or
throat, which of course is impossible with baby food, and then she walked away.
She played with me a little, but is not herself at all. She does not have
diarrhea. She is a little dehydrated, which I guess I will try to fix by getting
more baby food in her since I can not get fluids into her.
If anyone thinks this sounds familiar and has any idea what is going on,
please tell me. I hope it is not lymphoma, and to tell the truth it seems odd to
me that beginning stages of lymphoma in the chest would make her not want to
eat. Please send prayers and energy.
Thanks,
Michelle
Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito
"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
- Anonymous
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