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S sperry01 , I am so sorry to hear this. It's heartbreaking.My vet called me from home last night. Neurologist saw the videos and called her last night. Based on the the videos, he seems fairly positive she has a lesion on the right side of her brain. I knew it was possible but I am still so devastated. He mentioned that if it is a meningioma, those are often operable and most costs recover really well, and average about 2 more years of life after the surgery. I guess eventually it will grow back as multiple lesions (in most cases), and then...yeah.
Or we skip the surgery and just do steroids and anti-seizure meds and it sounds like the expectation is less than a year, maybe a few months.
Here is the problem -- because her liver enzymes are elevated... unless they go down, there's a chance he will decide the MRI let alone the surgery is too risky, because of the anesthesia. Which at that point would kill me because I should have done these things months ago. Her liver was fine then and that wouldn't even be an issue.
I am not rich, but if after he does the scans and diagnostics, she is eligible and likely to have a good recovery, I will likely want to do the surgery. sounds like the majority of cats recover super well, with 50% making it two years. But even two years... she will only be 11. I know it's selfish...I've read so many stories of owners having hours or days or weeks and I'm devastated by two years, but I really can't imagine my life without her. I've been lucky (or unlucky in some aspects) to have really never lost anyone before. I lost one friend in a fatal car crash right at the new year, but I hadnt talked to her in a long time so it was painful but I know this will be so much worse.
Then I wonder, will she even be the same cat after the surgery? I've tried to do some research in past weeks but I haven't been able to get far before I break down and have to stop.
My heart just hurts. so. much.
Not eating or eating small amount IS worrisome, but hopefully the Vets have taken that into consideration. Is she currently on an IV? If so, they may have nutrients flowing into it.
Is she normally on the heavier side, or is she normal weight, or even on the thin side? If she is not on the heavy side, she is much less likely to develop hepatic lipidosis. Let's just hope she feels like eating once she gets back home, because, unfortunately, one of the side effects of Keppra can be lose of appetite