So my my first little kitty who is over 18.5 was diagnosed with suspected Lymphoma.
I am not expecting too much from her or any miracles bc she is so old but thought I would post see what experience others have had.
I didn't so the aspirants I think thats the spelling bc my little girl seems like we are nearing the end and it didn't feel right. So its just a suspected Lymphoma. I opted for the steroid treatment. She got her first shot today and I was sent home with pills.
A little background she had kidney disease and hyperthyroidism both pretty controlled with meds. She lost a lot of weight over 6 months. I had an ultrasound done in August it showed IBS. For this I tried food and several other things that didn't work along some acupuncture treatment for her. Which made some progress. The weight kept coming off the vet thought maybe its her thyroid so they ran the 2nd deeper panel of blood. I got hopefull bc it was high and we changed her med. Then a month later we looked and she was now low thyroid. The vet suggested an ultrasound that I scheduled. I never made it to that one bc she started to decline so the ultrasound was done sooner at the hospital where they suspected Lymphoma.
This was today. We are home now and she seemed to perk up on the first steroid dose, has gone to the food bowel several times and kind of resting better ,but still not great. I'm going to watch her for the next few days and decide to put her down or keep fighting.
It all depends on if she seems comfortable or not as she hasn't been and it doesn't feel right to continue to make her suffer.
Not sure what else to say but I'm bummed out. I cried a lot but I think I have done my job with her and have to let go control.
Anyone have a cat this old with this? Should I even keep going or just stop with her now. This is pretty tough these final moments with her.
I am not expecting too much from her or any miracles bc she is so old but thought I would post see what experience others have had.
I didn't so the aspirants I think thats the spelling bc my little girl seems like we are nearing the end and it didn't feel right. So its just a suspected Lymphoma. I opted for the steroid treatment. She got her first shot today and I was sent home with pills.
A little background she had kidney disease and hyperthyroidism both pretty controlled with meds. She lost a lot of weight over 6 months. I had an ultrasound done in August it showed IBS. For this I tried food and several other things that didn't work along some acupuncture treatment for her. Which made some progress. The weight kept coming off the vet thought maybe its her thyroid so they ran the 2nd deeper panel of blood. I got hopefull bc it was high and we changed her med. Then a month later we looked and she was now low thyroid. The vet suggested an ultrasound that I scheduled. I never made it to that one bc she started to decline so the ultrasound was done sooner at the hospital where they suspected Lymphoma.
This was today. We are home now and she seemed to perk up on the first steroid dose, has gone to the food bowel several times and kind of resting better ,but still not great. I'm going to watch her for the next few days and decide to put her down or keep fighting.
It all depends on if she seems comfortable or not as she hasn't been and it doesn't feel right to continue to make her suffer.
Not sure what else to say but I'm bummed out. I cried a lot but I think I have done my job with her and have to let go control.
Anyone have a cat this old with this? Should I even keep going or just stop with her now. This is pretty tough these final moments with her.