Hi Becca,
You've gotten a lot of good advice already and I have nothing to add.
Just love her and love her and love her. She'll let you know what she
wants.
=^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, Travis, Dori and
6 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec & Salome'
=^..^=
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:27
PM
Subject: Fwd: Paassht
Hi,
I've just been lurking and reading for a few
weeks. My little one,
Paassht, is 7-1/2 and tested positive for FeLV
in 1999. She was very
healthy with nothing more than occasional URIs
until September '05, when
she started losing weight. It has been a
bit of a roller coaster ride
since then, back and forth to the vet, on and
off antibiotics etc.
About 10 days ago I took her in because she
seemed dehydrated and they
gave her some fluid SQ. Within 36 hours
or so she was almost back to
her old self but we went back this morning
because the fatigue returned
and I suspected she was dehydrated
again. She is eating very well but
not regaining any weight. I
have been afraid it was cancer and sure
enough, she has a palpable
intestinal mass. The vet doesn't believe she
will recover and so has
recommended comfort care only. I had them give
her fluids again
since that helped her feel so much better last week.
The vet also
sent us home with very low dose prednisone to try PRN and
we are
continuing her amoxicillin. I'd like to get a second opinion but
our
phone book lists no specialists on veterinary oncology or internal
medicine, just a handful of clinics advertising cancer care (all of
which are a 30-45 minute drive away). There are some others billing
themselves as cat specialist but they are a similar distance away.
The
closest option is to take her to see another generalist. She
does OK in
the car, but I don't want to drag her all over town if it won't
really
help her. Even with the fluids this morning I had to ask
myself was it
for her, or for me? What would you do if Paassht were
your kitty?
Becca &
Paassht
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