Bailey was really very healthy until his last year, he started
having teeth problems and we had to pull a lot of his teeth, then he was
fine for about 6 months and then stopped eating and became very anemic
and lethargic and had constant diarrhea. We did the bone marrow
aspirate and they found pre cancer cells so we were pretty sure he was
developing cancer somewhere but we couldn't find it. We did
ultrasounds, bloodwork but nothing was conclusive. He had a feeding
tube because he wouldn't eat anything and I could tell he was
uncomfortable when he got fed, I asked my vet if he could possibly have
pancreatitis but she said his bloodwork didn't bear that out. I wish I
had done the pancreatitis test but I didn't and after he passed 6 months
later we did a necropsy and he had pancreatic cancer. If I had done
that test when I noticed his eating aversion I may have caught it before
it turned into cancer ...
He never got any special food or meds until he got sick, then I gave him
things to try and boost his immune system, but Bailey didn't like
getting meds so I did only the bare minimum because stress is the worst
thing for positives and getting meds was stressful for him. With the
feeding tube it was a lot easier and he got more stuff then.
On 4/15/2011 1:30 PM, Lynda Wilson wrote:
Belinda,
What a relief to hear! I feel you are so lucky because I don't hear
very many stories as yours. I have read that 85% of kitties that test
positive on the IFA test, don't live past 3 1/2 yrs. I'm so glad that
you were able to enjoy Bailey as long as you did! What meds did you
have him on?
--
Belinda
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