Hi Pam At least she's eating, god, I just wish Poppy would. We are still waiting for a further blood test to narrow the chances to either, Parathyroid, Hyper parathyroid, or a cancer - poss lymphoma. The only thing to be found wrong with Pop is her high calcium in the blood, no signs of tumours under xray and no lumps in neck, all organs working fine. Like Rissa-Tai, she is v. under weight and weak.
You sound like you're getting somewhere, lets keep our fingers crossed. Love sonja -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 May 2002 07:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rissa-Tai this week HI, thanks to everyone for keeping Rissa-Tai in your prayers. She went to the vet earlier today just for a check. Her hematocrit was up to 25%, which is great, but her weight was down 7 lb. 14 oz., a loss of 9 oz. and her glucose levels are up to 415 -- she should be under 200. The vet thinks the weight loss is from the diabetes. She is happy with the improvement with the hematocrit, and said if next week her pcv is still good (I'm hoping for better), her weight is up and her glucose is down, that we do the surgery. I want to find out if there is a way to discover if the cancer has spread, maybe through ultrasound or x-ray? If so, I'm thinking we should do that first, although it would be expensive, because I don't want to put her through surgery if it won't help in the long run. Anyway, she is definitely more social, and eating a lot -- so the weight loss causes some anxiety over here. We'll see, keep the good thoughts coming -- they're working! Pam
