You are such a wonderful mommy to see little Kisa so often. That is
doing a great deal to help in her recovery. Everyone likes to see
somebody they love when they are ill.
Taylor Scobie Humphrey
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On May 28, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Kelly L wrote:
At 04:41 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote:
I am so sorry you are both going through this. this is what we all
face, thank goodness for wach other. I am sure Kisa was glad to
have you visit and she must be feeling better not to be so
dehydrated. Those are good things, I am probably way off base but
is there a chance theliver is enlarged due to lipidosis or it it
remarkably enlarged,
Sadly cancer is so common with our special FELV angels. I have
heard that theri response to treatment is as good as a non FELV
cat, but Liver cancer is a very hard one,
She is getting some much needed nutrition and those N.G.
( nasogastric) tubes are not uncomfortable. they just look awful...
Please keep us updated and write as often as you like,
We are all here with you.
Kelly Lane
I visited Kisa three times at the vet today, and she's going to be
spending another night there. They're keeping her on the IV.
They also put in a feeding tube through her nose, so she's got
that taped to the top of her head, and a cone around her neck.
She seems a little more alert, but she didn't get up at all. She
purred while I pet her, but it is so hard to see her like this.
They found the presence of Hemobartonella, and she was looking
pale, so they are giving her doxycycline now instead of batyril.
She wasn't anemic on Tuesday, but she may be now.
They also did an X-ray, and it looks like her liver is quite
enlarged. The vet figures it probably is cancer.
The only way to know for sure is the liver biopsy, but she is too
weak for general anesthetic right now.
The nearest place where she can receive cancer treatment is 6-7
hours away from here. I didn't ask yet how much this would cost.
She would basically start the treatment there, then the vet here
could probably do the chemo after all the diagnosis is done. I'm
really now sure how feasible that would be for me. I've got other
kitties to look after, and a job to go to...not to mention the
cost for a treatment that may or may not help her.
He suggested we wait and see how she is tomorrow after another day
on the IV.
What an ordeal..why is it we have to make such hard decisions when
it comes to the lives of our little ones? I don't want to put her
through a bunch of stress and pain just to have her die anyway,
and wish I hadn't put her through so much. Yet I find it so hard
to give up on her.
Cassandra
----- Original Message -----
From: C & J
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:20 PM
Subject: Update on Kisa
Well, after going to the vet today, it's not looking good for Kisa.
She has elevated bilirubin in her blood/urine, and elevated number
of lymphocytes. Therefore they believe she has a liver disease,
possibly lymphosarcoma.
The only way they can tell for sure what the problem is with her
liver is to do a biopsy which means surgery. They didn't
suggest doing this though because of the FeLV and her immune
system being compromised.
They gave me prednisone and baytril for her, though i'm really not
sure how she'll handle keeping those down when she is vomiting so
easily. They're hoping the steroid will make her feel a little
better and maybe regain some appetite.
I've really got to try and get her to eat something, she hasn't
eaten since Saturday night now.
I don't understand why this is all happening at once. First I
watched Tomi get sicker and sicker for nearly 2 months. As soon
as he started getting better, Koda got sick with kidney and liver
failure, and died. Now, barely a week later Kisa goes from being
a super healthy and active cat to death's door. I haven't even
had enough time to get used to Koda being gone, now its another
crisis situation.
This is all after having nothing but healthy, happy, and active
cats for 12 years.
I used to think how awful it would be if my house burned down
while I was away and my 5 cats were inside. What is happening now
is almost worse than that since it is so prolonged and i'm
beginning to wonder if something I am doing is causing all this
(like feeding raw food). I've always kept my cats indoors because
I didn't want them to get run over by a car, etc....but they seem
to be no safer indoors.
Sorry for venting on you all, its just really starting to affect
me, both emotionally and financially.
Cassandra
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