Bad News.

[swestrup]

Well, we're back from the vet and its looks like sucha has mouth cancer. Its almost certainly terminal. We were given some anti-inflamatories and antibiotics to control secondary infections, but they're just going to provide a bit of relief. They took blood samples to see if she also has liver and/or kidney damage, because its not even possible to confirm the (very slim chance) that the cancer is benign without putting her under, and they can't do that if she doesn't have healthy liver and kidneys.

If we do nothing, she may last another few weeks, but she's going to be in constant pain if we do that. We'll know more about our options when we get the bloodwork back on Friday, but it seems very likely that we'll have to put her down.

Comments

[ellenk.livejournal.com]

:-( I'm so sorry!

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

I didn't want to say anything, but I was thinking it sounded like mouth cancer. I was hoping it'd just be a tooth abcess.

I'm very sad to hear this. Hugs to all four of you.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Argh.

I guess it's been a year now since m_cat passed away... I hate cancer! I hate it when a cat is sick and these decisions have to be made. I hate that putting m_cat to sleep was eventually the best thing we could do for her.

I'm sorry you're having to go through this.

[tygrbabe.livejournal.com]

i'm so sorry for you guys *hugs*

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Poor Sucha. I'm sorry to hear it was serious after all. :(

[lunarcrisis.livejournal.com]

That's really too bad. It's a good thing you found out now and not later though. . .

Good luck getting through this, all of you. =(

[moomlyn.livejournal.com]

If the vet won't prescribe opiates, you should get him/her some catnip.

[forthright.livejournal.com]

Man, that sucks. Sorry to hear about that.

[le-maistre-e.livejournal.com]

Sweeties. Oh damn.

Thoughts and good wishes to you all.

Hugs from my babes, too, and if you need, you can always come here for feline love.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear the sad news. Certainly not what you were expecting.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}
and warm thoughs,
H.

[jes6ica.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor kitty! I'm so sorry for all of you! :(

[rosy1.livejournal.com]

so sorry.

[skjalm.livejournal.com]

Poor sucha! Hope you get better news when the blood work comes back.

[tcaptain.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry.

Hang in there.

Re: Bad News

[capj.livejournal.com]

Poor sucha! Thinking of you...

[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

I wish I could offer some words of solace. But I know there are few things worse than losing a beloved pet... and while I wish that you would never know such pain, I am glad that your cat has known your love and companionship for much of the time that she has spent on this planet.