> "Philip" 1chip-state1@earthlink.net wrote in message
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> "CatNipped" lcrews@houston.rr.com wrote in message
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> "NateB323" NateB323.1sf1n3@news.catbanter.com wrote in message
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> I've been posting about TB and our battle with his liver disease.
> He---
> is---
> in the vet right now on IV fluids because he had a bad weekend,---
> vomiting---
> up to 4 times a day.  I would have to syringe feed him right afte
> he
> vomitted to make sure he got some food in him, then 3-4 hours late
> he
> would vomit up a little that hadn't gone through him yet.  He was
> looking weaker, walking very slow, kind of wobly, and he was loosing
> weight.  The vet weighed him in at 8 pounds 9 ounces, down about a
> pound from two weeks ago.  His blood values still show elevated ALT
> (400), ALP (300), and dramatically elevated bilirubin (15).  His HCT
> I
> believe that is how they measure red cells...was at 24.8% but hi
> white
> cell count was extremely high at 52!  This is very concerning, th
> vet
> doesn't know if this is due to infection or ongoing inflammation
> but
> he has been on antibiotics for a long time.  I still don't know what
> all these figures really mean, but she is pushing an exploratory
> surgery to see what this expanding fluid structure is underneath his
> galbladder.  She also wants to get biopsy's of liver, galbladder
> and
> maybe others.  I am scared to death to put TB through surgery at his
> age of 15 and weakend state.  I need to tell her today if I want to
> proceed with the surgery or not.  They will have to do a clot tes
> and
> check other levels, but I am so concerned about the possibility o
> him
> dying during the procedure.  I am also concerned about his recovery
> process...I don't know, what if I put out all this money for the
> surgery, he makes it, they find out what exactly he has, and trea
> it,
> OR, he dies during procedure, OR he never fully recovers and ha
> even
> worse final days because of the surgery.  I am stressed out beyond
> anything I have ever experienced, I love this cat as much as I lov
> my
> mom or dad.  What should I do?
>
> --
> NateB323-
>
> I can't help with this decision, but to counter what one idiot*
> (cough*Lyn*cough) posted - my 15-year-old went through *THREE
> surgeries
> within three weeks and she did just fine.
>
> *This particular idiot told another idiot that he was right t
> return--
> his--
> cat to a kill shelter because of a chest cold.  She also said that
> you
> shouldn't adopt a handicapped cat and it is better to put them to
> sleep
> and
> adopt a healthy cat.
>
> The best advice I can give is listen to your vet, who knows your
> cat,--
> and--
> don't heed bad advice from crazies on the internet.
>
> Hugs,
>
> CatNipped
> -
>
> Hey ... YOU are one of those "crazies" on the Internet so your advice
> is
> equally tainted.
>
> -
>
> WTG Philip, catchem not looking, never having done nothing to you and
> stickem!
> Is this what we have resorted to?