Please if you can offer some advice or direction, I would be most grateful. Please also bear with me as this post may get long.
In February of this year, I took my 11 year old female cat Vegas to the vet because I saw that one of her teeth was becoming infected. At the appointment, the vet was doing the routine exam, and palpated a hard mass in her abdomen. He recommended an X-ray, and some blood work. Upon X-ray, it was apparent that there was a large mass visible in the abdomen. My local vet then referred me to the closest cat oncology center.
I took Vegas to the oncology center and it was then recommended that I have an Ultrasound with needle aspiration to attempt to diagnose the mass. I did that and a few other tests. The test came back positive for mast cell tumor. The ultrasound showed that it was actually two masses attached to her small intestine, and was non-operable. The oncologist did explain that we could try chemo, but it was not something I was interested in putting my precious angel through, and there was no guarantee that it would lengthen her life.
So fast forward to now. Up until Friday, she has been doing great. No change in bowel or eating habits, being her normal self with play and snuggles. Thursday night I went to feed her supper, and realized she had barely eaten any of her morning meal. I left what food was there in her dish and left for work. I came home Friday morning, and not only had she hardly touched her food, I had to call her out to me. Normally when I come home from work she leaps from the couch to the counter to get her morning snuggles! She was not interested in any of the things we normally do in the morning before I sleep. I went to check the litter box, and there was no poo or pee since I had cleaned it Thursday in the AM.
I called my local vet and they were able to work me in that afternoon. On the way to the vet, Vegas did pee and have a really small poo in her carrier. They took her vital signs, and did a routine exam. The vet basically reminded me, in a gentle way, that her condition is terminal, and this could be a sign of her worsening. She said that she could run some blood work but that it would not really change the outcome. She gave me a bottle of prednisone and an antibiotic to give to her.
So today she is still very lethargic, walking very stiffly and slowly, not really interested in her normal routine. This is the first night she has not slept with me since I rescued her as a kitten. She will not jump on the bed or the couch. She is drinking water today, and she ate some of her treats that she likes, but the litterbox is still empty.
I am having a really hard time with this as she was fine a few days ago, and as a matter of fact on Sunday, my family was talking about how great she looked for a cat that was told she had only three months maybe left to live.
Does anyone have any insight as to whether this is related to her cancer, or is something else going on here?
Please help me. I am beside myself here.
Thank you to anyone that reads this far.
In February of this year, I took my 11 year old female cat Vegas to the vet because I saw that one of her teeth was becoming infected. At the appointment, the vet was doing the routine exam, and palpated a hard mass in her abdomen. He recommended an X-ray, and some blood work. Upon X-ray, it was apparent that there was a large mass visible in the abdomen. My local vet then referred me to the closest cat oncology center.
I took Vegas to the oncology center and it was then recommended that I have an Ultrasound with needle aspiration to attempt to diagnose the mass. I did that and a few other tests. The test came back positive for mast cell tumor. The ultrasound showed that it was actually two masses attached to her small intestine, and was non-operable. The oncologist did explain that we could try chemo, but it was not something I was interested in putting my precious angel through, and there was no guarantee that it would lengthen her life.
So fast forward to now. Up until Friday, she has been doing great. No change in bowel or eating habits, being her normal self with play and snuggles. Thursday night I went to feed her supper, and realized she had barely eaten any of her morning meal. I left what food was there in her dish and left for work. I came home Friday morning, and not only had she hardly touched her food, I had to call her out to me. Normally when I come home from work she leaps from the couch to the counter to get her morning snuggles! She was not interested in any of the things we normally do in the morning before I sleep. I went to check the litter box, and there was no poo or pee since I had cleaned it Thursday in the AM.
I called my local vet and they were able to work me in that afternoon. On the way to the vet, Vegas did pee and have a really small poo in her carrier. They took her vital signs, and did a routine exam. The vet basically reminded me, in a gentle way, that her condition is terminal, and this could be a sign of her worsening. She said that she could run some blood work but that it would not really change the outcome. She gave me a bottle of prednisone and an antibiotic to give to her.
So today she is still very lethargic, walking very stiffly and slowly, not really interested in her normal routine. This is the first night she has not slept with me since I rescued her as a kitten. She will not jump on the bed or the couch. She is drinking water today, and she ate some of her treats that she likes, but the litterbox is still empty.
I am having a really hard time with this as she was fine a few days ago, and as a matter of fact on Sunday, my family was talking about how great she looked for a cat that was told she had only three months maybe left to live.
Does anyone have any insight as to whether this is related to her cancer, or is something else going on here?
Please help me. I am beside myself here.
Thank you to anyone that reads this far.