Hi Michelle,
Wink is approximately 9 years old. She's tiny (right now only 4.5 lbs) and has always been that way. I don't think she ever weighed more than 6 lbs.
She is also hyper-thyroid. If she's a candidate for surgery, Dr. Bulakowski feels that it's reasonable to expect a 2-4 year extension of her life. I've hunted everywhere for something, anything in the way of trials for Mandy and I discussed it with the Dr. (they are now a partner in trials with the American Cancer Institute) and there is nothing right now. I hope against hope that he will hear of something at this conference and call me next week with something to try. Mandy looks physically terrible; skin and bones, drooling, tongue sideways out of her face, but I can't describe how happy she is. Ran in to play with the laser pointer last night. Runs to me purring with her tail up and jumps in my lap. She is so involved with us and the other cats. She doesn't want to go and I can't find anything that will help her stay. It's heartbreaking. Thanks for your love and concern; it means so much to me.
Love, Julie
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Julie, no I never saw that vet. I saw Dr. Philibert, and the female vet on occasion (I liked her a lot but can not remember her name for the life of me).I am sorry the news was not so great. Boarding for that long is intense. What are the chances they give for the surgery and radiation prolonging Wink's life a lot? How old is Wink?Something you may want to do is look online for experimental treatments/studies. I think that there are more for dogs than cats, but our dog Fern got in one through the Animal Cancer Institute (they have a web page listing open studies) and that, combined with lots of herbs and acupuncture, gave Fern 18 months when the oncologists said she would have 5-9 months with surgery, radiation, and chemo (we declined all three because it would have been really hard on her for not much more time). She did better without the recommended procedures than with them, and felt good til near the end. And the experimental drug (Thrombospondin, and antiangiogenic drug) was a sub-q shot with no side effects that we gave her ourselves.Lots of love,Michelle
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