Natasha was diagnosed with lymphoma a couple years ago. She did fine on
Predizone until she started loosing weight again so she was started on
Leukeran a little more than a year ago. When I took her last May her weight
had gotten up to 6 1/2 pounds. We had a real hot spell this summer and she
wasn't eating much. Plus we had a rough summer because my husband was
diagnosed with prostate cancer in June and had his prostate removed in July
so with our being scared pre-surgery and dealing with the healing
post-surgery, plus the iffy pathology report (one of the lymph nodes removed
was infected so we don't know if all his cancer was removed) things were
pretty tough for us this summer. He did have a 0.00 post-op PSA reading,
however - that was encouraging.
I think Natasha picked up on this because she was sleeping in our bed with
us the week before his surgery and purring, and she normally likes to lay on
the living room couch downstairs at night.
When I took her in today, she had lost 3/4 of a pound. The vet gave me a
can of a high-fat A/D cat food to try to put some weight back on. I
mentioned that Natasha didn't really like canned food so we are going to see
if she'll eat this. I feed her the Friskeys Special Dinners but she will
only lick the juice from them and maybe eat 2 chunks. The vet also examined
her and said that her lymph nodes didn't feel big which was a good sign.
Her intestines felt a little thick. I will hear the results of her blood
tests Monday.
Sorry for the rambling!

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Debbie Trujillo - 06 Sep 2003 17:10 GMT
I should add that I also feed her Meal Mix dry which she grazes on
throughout the day.
> From: Debbie Trujillo <res21yh8@verizon.net>
> Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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> Sorry for the rambling!
m. L. Briggs - 06 Sep 2003 19:28 GMT
>I should add that I also feed her Meal Mix dry which she grazes on
>throughout the day.
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>> Sorry for the rambling!
We are sending multiple purrs for the complete recovery of your
husband and Natasha's wellbeing.
Debbie Trujillo - 05 Nov 2003 09:15 GMT
> From: m. L. Briggs <mlbriggs@nospam.net>
> Organization: XMission http://www.xmission.com/
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> We are sending multiple purrs for the complete recovery of your
> husband and Natasha's wellbeing.
Thank you.
m. L. Briggs - 06 Nov 2003 01:05 GMT
>> From: m. L. Briggs <mlbriggs@nospam.net>
>> Organization: XMission http://www.xmission.com/
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>> husband and Natasha's wellbeing.
>Thank you.
Good wishes and healing purrs to all. MLB
Karen M. - 09 Sep 2003 03:49 GMT
I'll be hoping for good news on Natasha and your husband as well. What a
stressful summer for you! :(
Karen
> Natasha was diagnosed with lymphoma a couple years ago. She did fine on
> Predizone until she started loosing weight again so she was started on
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> Sorry for the rambling!