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My sympathies to you with Pixie's
loss. You did the right thing for her to ease her suffering and send her
to healthy land at the Bridge. Bless her heart, such a tragedy for one so
young. I have lost three cats with a saddle clot; whether it was that or
something else, the heart aches as deep.
Hugs, Del
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:42
PM
Subject: Re: Kitty with sudden rear leg
problems - Please add Pixie to theCLS
Amy,
I'm so sorry for your loss. I remember someone else's cat having
difficulty with his legs, but I don't recall who it was. Hopefully they
can answer some of your questions. Pixie will wait for you at the
bridge.
Hi
all. I haven't been too active on the board lately
but wanted to ask
around and see if anybody has had a
similar experience. I have (had) 6
leuk or FIV
positive kitties and have had several of them for
years
now. So far I have lost them all a different
way it seems. Lymphoma or
anemia normally plays a
role but this weekend I had a cat that just
completely
lost the use of her back legs suddenly. I first
noticed
when I saw her come out of her litter box
dragging her legs. It looked
like she may have had a
seizure or a stroke but I couldn't tell. I
watched
her for a bit to see if she would regain use of her
legs but
she didn't. She started to walk a bit but
was very wobbly and would fall.
I took her to
emergency and had a full work up and they said
possibly
a spinal injury, a disk problem, an infection
like meningitis or
something, a blood clot
(thrombosis) or a tumor pressing on her spine.
They
gave me pain meds and muscle relaxants and told me if
it
progressed at all, it was bad news. If it
responded to the medication, it
was probably just a
minor spinal cord trauma. By today, things were
much
worse and she could barely move. I took her to my
regular vet
where we ruled out everything except a
tumor on the spine. All the
lymphoma I have had with
leuk positive kitties has been extremely
malignant and
despite trying chemo, I have always lost the battle
with
lympho. It was heart breaking to see her
dragging herself around when all
she wanted to do was
play. I had to isolate her from the other cats
and
she was miserable in a room by herself. She couldn't
understand
why her legs wouldn't let her run and play.
My vet, who has never steered
me wrong, agreed the
most humane thing to do was to let her go while
she
still had some dignity. I'm heartbroken as I always
am when I lose
one but was wondering if anybody has
ever had one of their cats
experience anything
similar. It came on so suddenly and with such
force
and I never cease to be amazed by how brutal this
disease can
be. I know Pixie is at peace now but
would appreciate hearing if anybody
else has
experienced anything similar.
Amy
Weygandt
Woof
Wagon
www.woofwagon.com
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