I just dropped off Annie at the vet's.  She's 12 yrs old and about a
month ago she started not eating as much and I noticed she was licking
her lips / making a smacking sound.

We knew she needed her teeth cleaned but the vet I was going to said
the licking of the lips indicated nausea so she put her on an anti-
nausea pill.  That didn't help so she tried a pill to settle the
stomach acid.

Annie wasn't throwing up, she did act like the smell of food made her
sick to her stomach.

I saw another vet who prescribed an antihistamine, which did kick
start her appetite a bit.  She still wasn't eating very much but at
least she came out at meal time, wanting to try to eat.

It was about 2 or 3 weeks after the initial visit that I realized it
was her teeth.  When she ate, she acted like she had peanut butter in
her mouth.

She was originally scheduled to go in Fri. for a cleaning and
examination of the teeth.  This was the earliest appointment I could
get.  Then when I was home yesterday, I noticed blood around her mouth
and phoned the vet, begging to get her in sooner.  They agreed to take
her this morning.  The bad weather we're having caused a number of
cancellations so they have time to do whatever she needs.

I had never met the vet who will be doing the procedure before today.
She comes highly recommended from a friend.  She looked in Annie's
mouth and saw a growth under her tongue.  My original vet didn't see
that, unless it just recently appeared.  So they will do the teeth
cleaning, pull teeth if necessary, and biopsy the growth.

I kept telling Annie all night that she was going to feel better after
today.  So please purr for a quick recovery.

Thank goodness I learned about Care Credit.  Now I can stop putting my
pets' vet bills on my credit card.  That's another reason I am
switching to this vet.  The other vet doesn't offer this.

TIA,
Theresa