RE: Simon walking around well-- Kathy and others

[MacKenzie, Kerry N.]

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Dear Michelle

 

>>>but if he says Simon would have to stay in the hospital a few days in order to get the meds without risking getting very sick (he said that last week when he was giving options),  I won't.  Simon is so happy right now at home that I don't want to leave him in the hospital and risk him losing even this time-- and missing his purr therapy.  <<<

 

Couldn't agree more with you. Simon would be so upset to be parted from you. love, Kerryx

 

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Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:08 AM
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Subject: Re: Simon walking around well-- Kathy and others

Kathy, thank you so much. Simon seems to be handling the meat ok. He wants mostly fishy stuff (which he had not wanted since getting sick) and the liver shake. I am feeding him every hour or so, and he generally eats a modest amount at a time. Except he empties the bowl of liver shake and licks it clean.

I will ask for kidney values as well today. I am not sure if they have been doing it.

What do you mean by good chance of remission? Would you do the chemo if he says that he has a 20% chance of remission? This oncologist tends to say 20% a lot. We have used him for two other animals, our dogs, and my partner, Gray, noticed that 20% seems to be the number he always uses.  Gray thinks he pulls it out of a hat when he wants to make it seem like there is more than a nominal chance but not so much chance he can be blamed in any way if you do it and it does not work. Then again, maybe studies back up the 20% figures, but these prognoses are so individual it is hard to see how there would be many very relevant studies on such things.

I had basically thought that if his liver values are lower and the vet thinks he can give a dose of chemo without the need for Simon to stay in the hospital on IV fluids and not much more than usual chance of feeling sick, I will do it, but if he says Simon would have to stay in the hospital a few days in order to get the meds without risking getting very sick (he said that last week when he was giving options),  I won't.  Simon is so happy right now at home that I don't want to leave him in the hospital and risk him losing even this time-- and missing his purr therapy.  Instead I would do more steroids on some sort of plan.

Please let me know your thoughts if you get this before 1:30 EST, as that is when I am leaving for the oncology aptmt with him.

Thanks again,
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