I've had my cat Bizzy to the vet twice in 3 weeks now because she was
lethargic, not eating, sneezing and had swollen lymph glands in her neck. She
had also had an infection in her left eye resulting in third lid extending over
her eye.

On the first visit, they did a CBC, etc and found nothing, although they put
her on an antiobiotic.

When she only got marginally better, I took her again and they aspirated the
lymph glands, still huge, to send out for culture. The vet looked at some of
them under a slide and said she only saw salivary celles, nothing else, but
we'd wait for the results. She could only aspirate one side; couldn't get
anything from the second one.

I came home Christmas day and Bizzy seemed worse and the third lid has
re-emerged and has not retracted. And the sneezing has returned.

I'm concerned because the quality of vet care here (small PA town) is less than
stellar. Depending on the results from the lab, I'll probably take her to my
old vet near Philadelphia. I've spent nearly $500 and gotten nothing here
that's helping this cat.

This vet said if it's not a lymphoma, it could be clogged salivary glands,
they'd probably need a punch biopsy.

My house is extremely dry this year; I've scratched most of the skin off me
because it's so dry and itchy and I wondered if maybe some of Bizzy's symptoms
might be due to that. I took her in the bathroom and turned on the shower and
we steamed in there for awhile. I also put a sterile saline in her eye,
thinking it might just be dry. Because when she sneezes, she really rubs at ner
nose (reminding me of bad allergy attacks) I wonder if there isn't some
allergic cause, but would that create these giant swollen lymph nodes?

Also, she's always been a very vocal cat and has difficulty talking lately. I
asked if the glands were blocking her throat and the vet said she could palpate
the trachea still. The cat had a slightly elevated temp at the first visit,
normal at the second. She got a second round of antibiotics.

Like I said, I don't have a lot of faith in the vets in this area. I had one
snap out at me when I mentioned something I read on the Net. I won't tolerate a
doctor of my own with that kind of attitude, and won't have it in a vet either.

Any ideas or experiences out here with these symptoms? Not sure what my best
options are for Bizzy.

Thanks for any input.