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Our little Sangria (15 yo) had a liver lobectomy in 2022. They removed a large cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). She was cancer-free up until just now. Our general vet did a cytology on an abdominal lump that was growing from her abdominal wall, and it came back as carcinoma. Today, we...

I'm so sorry about your loss. It's really never easy. I've always stayed with my pets in the end even if doing so was difficult. In fact, I can't imagine NOT being there in that final moment.

I just can't imagine her not being here, you know? We adopted her 10 years ago, but it doesn't feel like we've had her that long. Thank you, I'm going to try to look after myself too. I've been putting all my energy into caring for her and not really sleeping or taking time for myself.

At this point, I'm convinced the universe hates me. I'm not even joking. You all know that Pluie had a suspicious oral mass recently. We took her to another city to see a very expensive specialist. Thankfully, it was a benign granuloma. Surgery and an extraction healed it completely! The...

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I cried like an idiot when he told us. I was SO relieved. I had been having horrid stomach pains and burning for weeks. I thought I was experiencing a physical problem. When I got the news, it all went away.

Final update on my little Pluie's situation! You can read my past posts for more details, but in summary, in March 21 she developed a hard lump on her lower jaw which turned out to be an abscess. It was drained, and a rotten tooth was removed. On April 1, we took her back to our family vet...

Oh, that's such good news!!

Thank you so much for your response. I know I shouldn't get ahead of myself, and it would be better for my mental health to remain optimistic, but I always like to be as informed as I can be about the worst case scenario. We don't have an animal oncologist except for 6 hours away, but the...

So, on March 21st, my cat's right lower jaw swelled out of the blue and was painful. We rushed her to the vet that night, and they took dental x-rays and a fine needle aspirate of the lump. The aspirate showed neutrophils and tons of rod-shaped bacteria under the microscope. Based on that and...

Thank you. You're right! I think I have some sort of weird trauma related to cat cancer. My Moon passed two years ago from mammary cancer. Last year, my Sangria got diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). We got her a VERY expensive specialist surgery, and she...

Three days ago, I was petting my cat on the side of the head when she winced and ran away. I grabbed her to look at the area and noticed that there was a bone-hard lump along her left jawline. Of course, I freaked out. Convinced she had osteosarcoma or squamous cell carcinoma, I rushed her to...

Same here! It was yeast and bacteria in both ears. The vet said she has narrow ear canals, so it's possible moisture gets stuck in there. We will be extra careful drying her ears after baths. She was on 10 days of ear drops. They were drops that contained a medicine for both the yeast and the...

Update for Sangria, too! Blood work with our general vet showed huge improvement. Her ALP is back to normal as is her bilirubin. Her ALT is still elevated, but it's going down and her GGT is just slightly elevated. Globulin is normal again, and her anemia has resolved. All of this blood work...

Update! She had her appointment with the cardiologist last week. Everything came back PERFECT. Her ultrasound, EKG, blood pressure, neuro exam, blood work, and chest x-ray were all normal. The cardiologist did not recommend follow-up at this time and, based on the way the episode presented...