I visited Kisa three times at the vet today, and she's going to
be spending another night there. They're keeping her on the IV.
They also put in a feeding tube through her nose, so she's got
that taped to the top of her head, and a cone around her neck.
She seems a little more alert, but she didn't get up at all. She
purred while I pet her, but it is so hard to see her like this.
They found the presence of Hemobartonella, and she was looking
pale, so they are giving her doxycycline now instead of batyril.
She wasn't anemic on Tuesday, but she may be now.
They also did an X-ray, and it looks like her liver is quite
enlarged. The vet figures it probably is cancer.
The only way to know for sure is the liver biopsy, but she is too
weak for general anesthetic right now.
The nearest place where she can receive cancer treatment is 6-7
hours away from here. I didn't ask yet how much this would
cost. She would basically start the treatment there, then the
vet here could probably do the chemo after all the diagnosis is
done. I'm really now sure how feasible that would be for me.
I've got other kitties to look after, and a job to go to...not to
mention the cost for a treatment that may or may not help her.
He suggested we wait and see how she is tomorrow after another
day on the IV.
What an ordeal..why is it we have to make such hard decisions
when it comes to the lives of our little ones? I don't want to
put her through a bunch of stress and pain just to have her die
anyway, and wish I hadn't put her through so much. Yet I find it
so hard to give up on her.
Cassandra
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*From:* C & J <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:20 PM
*Subject:* Update on Kisa
Well, after going to the vet today, it's not looking good for
Kisa.
She has elevated bilirubin in her blood/urine, and elevated
number of lymphocytes. Therefore they believe she has a
liver disease, possibly lymphosarcoma.
The only way they can tell for sure what the problem is with
her liver is to do a biopsy which means surgery. They
didn't suggest doing this though because of the FeLV and her
immune system being compromised.
They gave me prednisone and baytril for her, though i'm
really not sure how she'll handle keeping those down when she
is vomiting so easily. They're hoping the steroid will make
her feel a little better and maybe regain some appetite.
I've really got to try and get her to eat something, she
hasn't eaten since Saturday night now.
I don't understand why this is all happening at once. First
I watched Tomi get sicker and sicker for nearly 2 months. As
soon as he started getting better, Koda got sick with kidney
and liver failure, and died. Now, barely a week later Kisa
goes from being a super healthy and active cat to death's
door. I haven't even had enough time to get used to Koda
being gone, now its another crisis situation.
This is all after having nothing but healthy, happy, and
active cats for 12 years.
I used to think how awful it would be if my house burned down
while I was away and my 5 cats were inside. What is
happening now is almost worse than that since it is so
prolonged and i'm beginning to wonder if something I am doing
is causing all this (like feeding raw food). I've always
kept my cats indoors because I didn't want them to get run
over by a car, etc....but they seem to be no safer indoors.
Sorry for venting on you all, its just really starting to
affect me, both emotionally and financially.
Cassandra
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