Hi Michelle, welcome back. What did the vet say besides agreeing to the
fio? Swollen lymph nodes sound like some sort of infection to me. What
does he suspect? Is the gingivitis nasty enough to have caused an
infection? Did he put Minstral on abx? I'm glad you've got a vet that
is willing to work with you and recognizes that you are willing to do
your homework in finding solutions.
Minstral will forgive you. Just keep telling her it's out of love that
you do the things you do and don't let yourself feel guilty about it.
Nina
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Hello All
Sorry I've been a silent member for a while due to work etc... but I
am unfortunately back now and will be for a while.
Just had Minstral to the vets cos I noticed a very subtle behaviour
change - she became more affectionate to me and scratched her jaw a
bit more than usual - I suspected gingivitis again but Minstral being
Minstral is not a handleable cat at the best of times. However at vets
we found only very mild Gingivitis but her lymph nodes are a bit
swollen. I think we are going to start interferon omega now whilst we
have caught the changes early. I have chosen not to do bloods at the
moment due to not wanted to stress her out to much.
PS - she isn't being affectionate now after I grabbed her from behind
and bundled her into the cat carrier to go off to the vets bless her.
I hadn't seen this vet in consultation before but knew he would be
good from a brief encounter with him when we were going through
the emergencies with Bramble in the past. I instantly went in with a
somewhat knowledgeable attitude and told him I had gone to him as I
felt he would work with me to do everything possible for Minstral to
help her have a quality of life and not write her off. After dropping
in some technical terms he said I was well informed so I think he will
work with me. Unfortunately our last vet has left so had to select
another one so have to picky and find the right one.
Any tips very welcome?
Michelle, Buddy, Minstral & Angel Bramble
