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 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[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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