My 12-year-old cat, Sonic, has always very healthy since I got him as a three-month-old kitten. Toward the end of last month, we noticed that his nictitating membrane in his left eye wasn't closing all the way, he had a small bump on the left side of his face and he was drooling just a tiny bit every now and then. He was his normal 11ish pounds at that point. The veterinarian figured it was an infection and gave antibiotic drops to put into both his mouth and eye and we were told to make an appointment two weeks later. Two weeks later, we brought him back in the I was not quite back to normal, but getting better. The thing was, he lost about a pound since his previous visit and the vet started thinking that it was lymphoma and took him back and gave him a steroid shot. However, she never took any tissue samples. I brought him back two weeks after that appointment, which was last Friday, and he'd lost 0.5 pounds. His eye is back to normal though
I'm sure the vet knows what she's talking about, but how can she know it's cancer without taking any samples? What if it's just an infection that you could beat?
A little on me. I am a 35-year-old quadriplegic. I live with my parents and will almost certainly never have a significant other or kids. Sadly, Sonic is probably the closest thing to us I will ever have. I am not made of money, but I would like to do anything I can within reason. On the other hand though, I don't want to put him through a bunch of harsh treatments that will wreck his body. I think for now we are just going to let nature take its course.
Anyway, has anyone had experience with a similar situation to this? He used to be all about food, but in the last week or so, and especially today, he's had trouble. We've gotten him some broth-type and lickable food. Any other ideas somebody might have? I always thought he was going to meet with me until he was 20. 12 Is way too early to go.
Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read and especially answer my question. I will be going out to my Thursday night trivia thing tonight, so I may not see responses until tomorrow.
Here is a picture of Mr. Sonic, aka Puss Puss aka lots of other thing.
I'm sure the vet knows what she's talking about, but how can she know it's cancer without taking any samples? What if it's just an infection that you could beat?
A little on me. I am a 35-year-old quadriplegic. I live with my parents and will almost certainly never have a significant other or kids. Sadly, Sonic is probably the closest thing to us I will ever have. I am not made of money, but I would like to do anything I can within reason. On the other hand though, I don't want to put him through a bunch of harsh treatments that will wreck his body. I think for now we are just going to let nature take its course.
Anyway, has anyone had experience with a similar situation to this? He used to be all about food, but in the last week or so, and especially today, he's had trouble. We've gotten him some broth-type and lickable food. Any other ideas somebody might have? I always thought he was going to meet with me until he was 20. 12 Is way too early to go.
Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read and especially answer my question. I will be going out to my Thursday night trivia thing tonight, so I may not see responses until tomorrow.
Here is a picture of Mr. Sonic, aka Puss Puss aka lots of other thing.
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