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Hi everyone. Almost two months after I lost my beloved boy, I am left with my questions. He had had digestive issues since around December, and I had taken him to the vet many times regarding this (ultrasound, antibiotics, prescription food, steroids). We were treating for IBD, and he seemed to be responding well to steroids and a prescription diet. However, he basically took a steep and sudden turn for the worst on April 16th when I noticed in the morning that his breathing was extremely labored. The vet took an x-ray of him at an emergency appointment, and low and behold his tiny body was filled with cancer. She told me it was likely lymphoma because it started off in the GI tract, or it could have been carcinomatosis. He was not going to make it through the night, so I had a compassionate home vet come to my home after I ordered him a steak dinner to help him cross the bridge . Anyway, the vet assures me that I could not have known or prevented this or caused it. We were treating him for IBD but that even if we knew it was lymphoma in December, we could not have stopped it (at most, slowed it down). But after doing some googling online to answer some of my lingering questions, I am seeing that the leading causes of lymphoma are FIV and FELV. My kitty did not have either. He was just shy of his 10th birthday. What else would cause a healthy well-cared-for cat to get such a horrible disease? Thank you and I hope I didn't bum you out with my post. <3