 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussion GroupsGeneral TopicsCat AnecdotesHealth and BehaviorRescue CatKB.com Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map |
Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2005Sapphire's outlook darkens
Sapphire, 15 year old black cat, had her sonogram which verified a solid mass throughout her liver and a kidney. According to the vet- inoperable and probably cancer. I would do anything for my Sapphire and asked him about chemotherapy so now she is back at the vet for a biopsy to definitely say cancer and find out if it is the treatable kind. If so the vet will send us to a special care hospital to see an oncologist. He is having his own 2 dogs cared for with them. Today's biopsy will not be done with surgery but with another sonogram and anesthesia. I want to see the tumors shrink, her appetite and energy increase, so if chemo can do this we will go with it. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. Barb - I am so sorry the sonogram showed this. I know your desperation, believe me. My heart goes out to you & my thoughts and prayers are with you and Sapphire. Take care. Email me anytime. Carol > Sapphire, 15 year old black cat, had her sonogram which verified a solid > mass throughout her liver and a kidney. According to the vet- inoperable [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Of course I don't look busy, > I did it right the first time. Thank-you for the thoughts. I know this whole chemo business is a long shot but that's all we have. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > Thank-you for the thoughts. I know this whole chemo business is a long shot > but that's all we have. > > -- I keep reading Phil and others say that cats tolerate it better than humans, so keep your chin up. The best thing is that Sapphire has a Mom who will do the very best for her. Many cats do not. She is a lucky girl. > Thank-you for the thoughts. I know this whole chemo business is a long shot > but that's all we have. It may be a long shot, but otoh, it may work. If the biopsy does show cancer, the oncologist will give you a better idea of the prognosis, & details about the chemo if s/he thinks it'll be a reasonable route to try. Chemo will not cure the cancer, but if it works it could put Sapphire into remission, so that she'd feel well for the extra time it gives her. Cats (& dogs) tolerate chemo - re: side effects - much, much better than humans do. Cathy Oh Barb, I"m sorry to hear this. Please keep us posted. > Sapphire, 15 year old black cat, had her sonogram which verified a solid > mass throughout her liver and a kidney. According to the vet- inoperable [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Of course I don't look busy, > I did it right the first time. > Sapphire, 15 year old black cat, had her sonogram which verified a solid > mass throughout her liver and a kidney. According to the vet- inoperable [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I want to see the tumors shrink, her appetite and energy increase, so if > chemo can do this we will go with it. Barb I'm sorry the diagnosis is so serious. I really hope the biopsy will come back benign. > Sapphire, 15 year old black cat, had her sonogram which verified a solid > mass throughout her liver and a kidney. According to the vet- inoperable [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I want to see the tumors shrink, her appetite and energy increase, so if > chemo can do this we will go with it. We are sending "hope" purrs for a cure for Sapphire. MLB > Sapphire, 15 year old black cat, had her sonogram which verified a solid > mass throughout her liver and a kidney. According to the vet- inoperable [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > -- > Barb ***I'm sorry to hear the (potential) bad news. I think that you are doing the right thing for her, Barb, as long as it's not too invasive or stressful on her. I'm sure she is very bonded to you, so she's strong. I would really encourage her eating (and drinking) as much as possible to keep her fluids and strength up. Buy her a good liquid vitamin, and give it to her once a day. Try to coax her along with her eating and drinking water as best you can with *anything* she likes to eat or drink. I used to buy my Blue sliced deli turkey breast, top round roast beef, ham, etc, etc. Veal or Ham (Gerber brand) babyfood or tuna juice, red salmon, etc, were also good for helping to stimulate Blue's often fickle appetite. I used to warm his babyfood slightly in the microwave for him because he seemed to smell it better. All in all, it seemed that the more food I offered him in my constant attempts to get him to try to eat (and through my many answered prayers) and he would eventually find something he would* eat, and this would help to stimuate his appetite, and he would rebound and rally. Please continue to keep us informed with Sapphire's progress. May she rebound, and rally and live for years longer. ML My Tasha used to only eat Gerber Ham!!! And she lived to be 16-1/2. >> Sapphire, 15 year old black cat, had her sonogram which verified a solid >> mass throughout her liver and a kidney. According to the vet- inoperable [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > ML I used to buy my Blue sliced deli turkey breast, top round roast beef, ham, etc,. Veal or Ham (Gerber brand) babyfood or tuna juice, red salmon, etc, were also good for helping to stimulate Blue's often fickle appetite. I used to warm his babyfood slightly in the microwave for him because he seemed to smell it better. Funny you should mention that because although Sapphire has been walking away before finishing her canned wellness she has been all too willing to scarf down the turkey breast I've been giving her, ham, too. She drinks a lot but I do agree the more she can eat the more strength she will have for what is ahead. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. Thanks to all for your encouragement. Yes, I do know that cats and dogs can tolerate chemo overall better than humans. If she can stay comfortable while on it that will be fine. No drastic invasive measures. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. Barb - How is she today? Carol > Thanks to all for your encouragement. Yes, I do know that cats and dogs > can [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Of course I don't look busy, > I did it right the first time. Hi, Carol, Today Sapphire is barely hanging in there. She is bony, little appetite and unhappy. I put her in bed upstairs last night where she always sleeps and she gets up early to go down and make. She won't use a litter pan upstairs and just walks around it. In the morning I had to look all over for her and she was sitting in the bath tub. When she saw me she meowed a lot and I know she is so sad. She ate no cat food but had some baby food lamb and some deli ham. Wouldn't eat deli turkey or tuna this morning. She did come up on the counter and last night she was up on the six foot high wall unit where it's nice and warm from the lights. She is now sitting on a kitchen chair with her little best friend on the other chair. They are still washing each other but the she does a lot less of washing Pickles. I am still waiting for the biopsy results to see if she will be able to be helped by chemo or anything at the oncologist. This waiting is so difficult. Thank-you for your caring, -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. Barb, I'd like to add my purrs to the many extended to Sapphire. I hope she pulls through this with a good quality of life. Is she able to urinate? You mentioned that she is having some difficulties with the litter box. You also mentioned that she has been in the bathtub. These things are two of the many signs of urinary blockage. If she's feeling ill or depressed she may be less willing to make the trip to the box. When cats hold their urine too long, it can become concentrated and bacteria can grow. Make sure she's peeing ok. Love to Sapphire. Sapphire is peeing okay. I had said she wouldn't use the box I had just put upstairs for her convenience. She still goes downstairs to pee. I just thought I could save her a trip. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > Hi, Carol, > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Of course I don't look busy, > I did it right the first time. **Hi Barb, I was really glad to read this update because I was wondering today how Sapphire is doing. I'm very sorry to hear that she is not doing well. Sounds like you are monitoring her health well and watching her carefully. Continue to make sure that she is drinking frequently water/ milk, cat milk, tuna juice, whatever, so she will stay hydrated and keep her strength. Please keep us updated. ML Thanks, ML. There really isn't much I can do while waiting for the lab results. Sapphire takes frequent little sips of water. The results are now in and the vet will discuss them with me tomorrow morning. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > Thanks, ML. There really isn't much I can do while waiting for the lab > results. Sapphire takes frequent little sips of water. The results are now > in and the vet will discuss them with me tomorrow morning. > > -- Purrs for Sapphire and you. > Thanks, ML. There really isn't much I can do while waiting for the lab > results. Sapphire takes frequent little sips of water. The results are now > in and the vet will discuss them with me tomorrow morning. > > -- > Barb ***Barb, I'll be thinking verrrry positive thoughts regarding Sapphire and you. Please let us know what the bloodwork says tomorrow. Hopefully she will be able to heal and be fine with time. How is she today? Is she peeing in her box? Has she been in the tub again? How's her appetite, is she eating better/more? I had to hand-feed Blue, coaxing him to try to eat or drink often, until* he would start to show interest in food and begin eating on his own regularly. So, BTW, what does Sapphire look like? I love her name! :-) ML Hi, ML, Will create a new post about Sapphire now that she has entered a new stage. She is a black cat with a white heart under her neck. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. Hi Barb, How's our favorite kitty doing today :-)? Is she eating and drinking okay? Please continue to keep us posted each day if you can. Darn, I have bonded with her and yet I haven't even met her :-)! She really sounds beautiful, inside and out. W/ love, concern + prayers, ML > Hi, ML, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Of course I don't look busy, > I did it right the first time. Barb Thinking of you and Sapphire. Purrs from the Fabulous Furballs Lesley Thinking of you and Sapphire. Purrs from the Fabulous Furballs Lesley -- Tomorrow morning I guess we will know where we go from here. Thank-you and Fabulous Furballs for your kind thoughts. Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > Thinking of you and Sapphire. Purrs from the Fabulous Furballs > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Of course I don't look busy, > I did it right the first time. I hoping that you & Sapphire get good news tomorrow. All my fur babies are sending good thoughts your way. >^.,.^< My Toma girl is dying of kidney failure & it is so hard to watch. :'-( Kathy Kathy, That's hard. I lost my Moonshines to kidney failure and she actually died at home because she just drifted off to sleep. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > Kathy, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Of course I don't look busy, > I did it right the first time. My Siamese (also named Toma...) died of kidney failure also.:-( Kathy |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.