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In a message dated 7/10/2006 1:58:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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.)
Oh yes, I remember Peepers!
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!
I know this all too well myself. It never fails!
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.
You are in my thoughts and prayers!
I'm sending a bunch of headbutts your way!
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