Sharon, In answer to your question about osteo and cats, we had a male cat about 6 years old. One day we noticed a growth on his gum line and called the vet. Vet came over the next day and said bring him in next week and we will biopsy the growth. I took him in the next week and 20 minutes after leaving him Ed called. The growth had grown dramatically in that week and had extended into his jaw. we opted not to awaken him from the anesthesia. The biopsy came back as osteo.
We made our decision based on the location and agressive growth of the tumor. I also called my brother-in-law who is a vet and he echeoed what our vet told us. There is viturally no cure and the surgery would have entailed the removal of most of his lower jaw. Radiation and chemo are essentially not effective and Rocky's short time left would be filled with pain. We couldn't do that to him. I don't know anything about the disease is the leg, except that it is fairly common in the front leg near the shoulder area and some questions have been raised with regard to this location and vaccinations. I have not read any studies relating to this. I would investigate prognonsis as it relates to location of the cancer. Have had several friends with cats that have developed cancer in this area and after amputation of the leg, the cats have gone on to live quite well. Hope this is the case for you. Sorry to ramble, but I have been up since 5am and I am NOT a morning person. Good luck to you and your baby! W ===== Wendi Giordano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Striving to be worthy of my beautiful Berner girls... Miss Kitty (Swiss Stars Cat Balou) Splash (Swiss Stars Over Niagara) And Struggling to live up to "A tired puppy is a good puppy." Cutter (Swiss Stars Black Diamond) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
