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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:32 PM
Subject: Need prayers and advice for
Ginger
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
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