To Scooter's mom,
I'm so sorry about Scooter's prognosis. I'm sending prayers and
support, we do all know how hard it is to watch and wait and try to
decide what's best for our sweet babies. I wanted to second Michelle's
suggestion. From what I hear, the dex shots, (my vet wouldn't prescribe
the combo), don't always have this sort of effect, but my Spencer got a
new lease on life for a month on them. It was truly miraculous how much
better he felt. It didn't save him, but we had another month together
to live and love. My heart is with you both,
Nina
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you are not going to do chemo, then please please get the vet to
give him dexamethasone injections, or, even better, a combined shot of
1/2 ml dex and 1/2 ml depomedrol. These are very strong steroids that
shrink lymphoma and make them feel a whole lot better. They can help
cats with lymphoma live up to several months in comfort without
chemo. A number of us on this list have seen these shots work well
like this. The shots do not make them feel sick at all, only better,
and are very cheap.
Michelle
In a message dated 11/11/2006 8:18:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm sad to say that Scooter will probably not make it. The vet
thinks he likely has lymphoma, as x-rays show his kidneys to be
enlarged and misshapen, and his white cell count dropped from
normal to 2000 in less than a week. His blood, when viewed
thought the microscope, has lots of lymphocites. He didn't look
good yesterday.
I'm saying prayers and sending healing energy to all the sick
kitties out there, and to all you caregivers. This is so hard - I
don't know how you all keep doing this. Bless you.
