Hi Everyone,
I want to thank everyone that posted to my last message about Noel. My vet told me yesterday that I should put Noel to sleep. Noel had stopped eating and anytime she did try to eat, she threw it up. I took her in to see a specialist and they did an ultrasound on her and found a mass on her heart along with pleural effusion which also showed up on her xrays. They did a pleural tap on her and sent the fluid to a lab for diagnosis. The results came back inconclusive. It said lymphocyte rich modified trandudative effusion. The mass was referred to as a possible mediastinal mass. In my research most felines get mediastinal masses when they are young. Noel is 11. The specialist suggested a fine needle aspiration of the mass for confirmation of disease which she surmises to be lymphoma. Again, my research shows that lymphoma usually stikes cats that are Feline Leukemia positive...which she isn't. My heart is telling me to take her in for the aspiration so at least I would have a reason to put her to sleep (cancer). My brain is telling me that the vet I have is very good and I should just listen to her and put her to sleep. Can someone please help me work through this or share their own experiences on what they did? She's my little girl and I don't want her to be in pain but I also don't want to give her up without a good fight.
Thanks for reading my message,
Terri
I want to thank everyone that posted to my last message about Noel. My vet told me yesterday that I should put Noel to sleep. Noel had stopped eating and anytime she did try to eat, she threw it up. I took her in to see a specialist and they did an ultrasound on her and found a mass on her heart along with pleural effusion which also showed up on her xrays. They did a pleural tap on her and sent the fluid to a lab for diagnosis. The results came back inconclusive. It said lymphocyte rich modified trandudative effusion. The mass was referred to as a possible mediastinal mass. In my research most felines get mediastinal masses when they are young. Noel is 11. The specialist suggested a fine needle aspiration of the mass for confirmation of disease which she surmises to be lymphoma. Again, my research shows that lymphoma usually stikes cats that are Feline Leukemia positive...which she isn't. My heart is telling me to take her in for the aspiration so at least I would have a reason to put her to sleep (cancer). My brain is telling me that the vet I have is very good and I should just listen to her and put her to sleep. Can someone please help me work through this or share their own experiences on what they did? She's my little girl and I don't want her to be in pain but I also don't want to give her up without a good fight.
Thanks for reading my message,
Terri