Nina, he is not going to get better. If you thought he might, you should
try chemo, as that is really the only thing with a chance at giving him
long-term remission. Otherwise, he might if lucky live a few months, but
cats with lymphoma do not just go on living for years without treatment.
Steroids do help, but they can not kill the cancer off entirely. If it was
not lymphoma he has, the steroids would not even be helping as much as they are,
so I have little doubt that that is what he has.
The vet will not agree with you that he has a chance to pull through
this. I do not think you will be happy with what the vet says to
you. I also do not think a feeding tube is a good idea unless you are
going to do chemo, because he is not going to make it a long time anyway without
it. I would up the steroids.
Michelle
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