Don't give up hope on her yet! Cheesecake will be ours this year and
hopefully in time to help her! It's just a matter of money and getting my
roommate to stop spending it on Legos and junk! :-) We are going to get the
experimental treatment next month if it kills him and hopefully have some
positive results from it before summer. Tell her to hang in there, help is
on the way!
Laura and the Brat Pack.
John Schestag wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'll try the goat's milk and baby food meat and broth today Karla,
> thanks. Also good info from Sue and Gabriela. One vet said he could do
> a surgery and remove Lizzie's swollen right eye and put in a sterle
> eyeball and then sew it closed if all the meds fail to work.
>
> I asked if they would surgically remove the tumor behind it and treat
> the cancer by surgery? He wants to wait until Saturday morning to
> evaluate her and give me an answer after the ultra sound and x-ray. I
> don't want to play God and take her life. Yet, I don't want her to
> behave like some 1930's ladies' fox wrap all limp and lifeless, if that
> time comes.
>
> If her pain is necessary to cure her, then I'd say OK, dope her up and
> get on with it. But if I'm being a vet nut and let them butcher her and
> make her suffer for no common sense justification, then the logical
> thing to do would be to buy her a 1st class ticket to the rainbow
> bridge.
>
> Not an easy decision to make when she's still purring when I hold her
> and she can still give weak head butts. I must know if she is in any
> pain now or if she is just reacting normally to the medications. She
> isn't vomiting and she can still walk around slowly. I have high hopes
> she will perk up by Saturday's exam. This weekend will totally suck!!
>
> Removing the eye and the lymphoma is possible but the other vet said the
> felv would still be present and maybe only extend her life by 3 months.
> This I didn't want to hear. She's at my feet now. I gave her our good
> morning massage and then she walked over and took a drink. I put down a
> special soft food from the vet and she smelled it and tried to cover it
> up with her paw on the kitchen floor. I got her message loud and clear.
> "Johnny, this stuff smells like cat s___!!"
>
> She walks about 10 feet and then lays down. At least she's behaving
> better than yesterday. This has all happened so quickly it has me
> stunned. This is my first and I hope last bout with this horrible felv
> within my furry family.
>
> Take care, John