Hi Lora, Prayers coming your way for your little Madison Lee's lump to be just a fatty tumor.
Kat (Mew Jersey) On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Lora wrote: > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:57:46 -0700 (PDT) > From: Lora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Special Need List Add-On: Madison Lee > > Belinda, > > Could you please add my darling little Madison Lee to > the "Special Needs" list? She is one of my FeLV > negatives who is a five (5) year old black and white > tuxedo. > > On July the first I found a knot, the size of a > quarter, at the base of her neck. > > I do not know if any of the original members who were > active when I first joined the FElVtalk list back in > 2002 (when my beloved Peeper was alive) remembers the > college argumentative essay that I wrote regarding > Feline Vaccine Aassociated Sarcomas (FVAS.) > > Anyway, that essay was written a year later in 2003 > and that is the year I quit vaccinating my > kitties...ALL of them. > > It is because of this that I am hoping my sweet little > Madison does NOT have FVAS. She has not been > vaccinated for FVRCP, Rabies or Feline Leukemia in the > past three (3) years. > > We took her to the hospital for an external exam on > Saturday July the 8th. Exactly one week later. Thanks > to the blasted 4th of July holiday they were backed up > and the 8th was the soonest that I could get in! > > Why in the hell do all medical emergencies occur on > the holidays when regular veterinarian offices are > closed?! This is the third time is has happened to me > and my kids in the past ten years! Grrr! > > Unfortunately, our veterinarian informed us that cats > can develop FVAS with or withOUT be vaccinated! > > I do not know if I agree with this statement. I will > have to do more research. Perhaps there has been some > new developing information in the last three (3) years > that supports this theory. I do not know, but will > find out. > > Amptuation surgery is scheduled immediately. If the > tumor is indeed malignant, the longer it stays in her > body the higher the risk of it metastasizing to other > parts. A huge concern is cancer in her chest cavity. > > Surgey will begin on Wednesday July the 12th and once > the tumor has been removed our veterinarian will > dissect it and send it to pathology for confirmation. > > We are all praying that it is just a benign, fatty, > subcutaneous tumor that will not require chemo, but > unfortunately there is no way to tell until the tumor > is physically out of her body and sent to pathology. > > Currently, Madison is asymptomatic. She is not showing > any outward signs of cancer. She has not lost any > weight, her appetite has remain normal and hardy, she > is not running a temperature, her eyes and nose are > clear, her coat is still shiny and her activity level > has not slowed down. > > So, we sit and wait...and pray with positive thoughts. > > Out of 22 years of resuce work and a cat-mom to 14, > never once have I ever encountered a feline with a > tumor. This will be another "first" for me. 2006 is > quickly turning out to be a bad year for me. > > With that said, we hope for the best, but are perpared > for the worst. > > Please keep us in your thoughts. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > >
