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Hi,
Glad to find this place.
I'm devastated.
My 13 yr old cat (12 pounds) didn't eat for 1 1/2 days and we took her to the vet. Temp was slightly higher 103.9. Did blood test, they subQ her some fluid although she's not dehydrated. She drinks a lot. Gave some pain killers and we wait for the blood result.
Next morning vet called to say her RBC number is 19-20%. Advise us to take her to Emergency Hospital and found out what's wrong and at the same time maybe get a blood transfusion.
Then the shock, after tests and scan, they found there's cancer in her spleen (likely being spreaded there) . She has high protein in her blood. Heart, liver, kidney all normal. They told me she got Multiple Myeloma.
Vet and oncologist didn't want her to go thru bone marrow biopsy because of her age. And we are waiting to meet with oncologist on Monday and also her vet for decisions. She just got a tiny blood transfusion because of multiple blood drawing and IV fluid her PCV level dropped to 15% Saturday. This morning they called that she's eating and level back up to 23%.
I've been crying, reading and researching...prob not putting her thru chemo because that would meant lots of visits and suffering and sometimes cats didn't response well.
I was so shocked. She's eating, playing and acting fairly normal until few days ago ( Dec 25, 26) and in a week our lives are changed.
Otherwise than this shocking diagnosis she's appearing normal. Resting comfortably., eating today, walking and exploring things in the cat section in the hospital.
Any experience, comments and advise because it's really hard to make decisions for her. I know situation could go downhill suddenly but I feel that she's been living with borderline anemia situation for a long time because of the suspected cancer...
I have been taking care of my previous cat 9 yrs ago which had HCM and CRF., assisted feeding, subQ etc. but I didn't know how and what to do now[emoji]128554[/emoji]
Please share your experiences.
Glad to find this place.
I'm devastated.
My 13 yr old cat (12 pounds) didn't eat for 1 1/2 days and we took her to the vet. Temp was slightly higher 103.9. Did blood test, they subQ her some fluid although she's not dehydrated. She drinks a lot. Gave some pain killers and we wait for the blood result.
Next morning vet called to say her RBC number is 19-20%. Advise us to take her to Emergency Hospital and found out what's wrong and at the same time maybe get a blood transfusion.
Then the shock, after tests and scan, they found there's cancer in her spleen (likely being spreaded there) . She has high protein in her blood. Heart, liver, kidney all normal. They told me she got Multiple Myeloma.
Vet and oncologist didn't want her to go thru bone marrow biopsy because of her age. And we are waiting to meet with oncologist on Monday and also her vet for decisions. She just got a tiny blood transfusion because of multiple blood drawing and IV fluid her PCV level dropped to 15% Saturday. This morning they called that she's eating and level back up to 23%.
I've been crying, reading and researching...prob not putting her thru chemo because that would meant lots of visits and suffering and sometimes cats didn't response well.
I was so shocked. She's eating, playing and acting fairly normal until few days ago ( Dec 25, 26) and in a week our lives are changed.
Otherwise than this shocking diagnosis she's appearing normal. Resting comfortably., eating today, walking and exploring things in the cat section in the hospital.
Any experience, comments and advise because it's really hard to make decisions for her. I know situation could go downhill suddenly but I feel that she's been living with borderline anemia situation for a long time because of the suspected cancer...
I have been taking care of my previous cat 9 yrs ago which had HCM and CRF., assisted feeding, subQ etc. but I didn't know how and what to do now[emoji]128554[/emoji]
Please share your experiences.