Hi,
Before I even read your last e-mail I was going to suggest an abdominal ultrasound to look for lymphoma. One of our cats had lymphoma and it was mis-diagnosed by 4 vets. She ended up having chemotherapy and did really well for 7 years. She eventually died due to a mass in her esophagus, which showed up suddenly. Her symptoms were not eating and heaving breathing. Unfortunately, the mass was inoperable. She was at least 18 years old at this point though. Michele www.veggienumnums.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry MacKenzie" <kerrymacken...@ymail.com> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:31:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Petey isn't eating and x-rays have found nothing Thanks Belinda. I just received the latest on Petey, see below. Will keep you all posted. Kerry Petey is at Family Pet – they’ll do a full blood work-up and probably give him some fluids. The Dr. didn’t seem too optimistic. She thinks his heart murmur is recent – the emergency vet last night heard it and I told him I thought he’d always had that, but the FP vet didn’t have that in any of her notes from her previous times with him. She also thinks his gums are too pale, even for a FeLeuk cat. She looked at his x-rays and thought his small intestine looked abnormal and will have other vets give their opinion. She has a few preliminary ideas - anemia, which could also have something to do with his heart murmur; a gastro-intestinal issue; or, worst case scenario, lymphoma – and I think she mentionedstomach cancer. Hopefully they will be able to rule out or find out more with the blood work. I’m hoping to hear from her within the hour to discuss the results and our options. She didn’t sound very optimistic about any of it. She thought he was quite sick and was very concerned about his heavy breathing during his visit. Will let you know what I find out.. ________________________________ From: Belinda Sauro <ma...@bemikitties.com> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:23:38 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Petey isn't eating and x-rays have found nothing Hi Kerry, What's his HCT, anemia will cause these types of symptoms. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... http://bemikitties.com http://BelindaSauro.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4011 (20090415) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
