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Hi everybody,
Firstly I am very happy, that there's a forum like this and that you are reading my and my cat Miley's story. I really need your advice and support in this. And secondly, please forgive me my misspellings, as English is not my native language (I am from Estonia).
Yesterday I took my cat Miley to the vet. I thought that she has fungal infection on her skin, she has had it before. But vet was doing the regular general check and discovered something in not right in her abdomen. Vet took the cat to x-ray. The result of that was awful and shocking - most of her tummy was full of big mass. Vet was also afraid that it had gone to the other organs (liver, lungs), so she got me quickly checked into ultrasound. Ultrasound showed nothing good - big mass in the tummy and liver full of little tumors. Lungs are not sure, as you can't check it with the ultrasound, but the x-ray showed something also in the lungs, but the vet couldn't tell for sure, if it is another spread or if it's just a some shade.
I WAS TOTALLY CHOCKED FROM ALL OF THIS. This all came out of nowhere, I didn't see any obvious sings and I am so sad that I didn't take my cat to the vet earlier, I been wanting do that for few months now, to ger her checked out, but everything was seeming ok and didn't rush that visit. Even tho I had my inner doubts about her health, but in the past I have been just over worring. I feel so devastated that I didn't trust my inner gut earlier. I feel I have failed my cat.
Now I see all the symptoms, when I know the condition..she is tired, she is not so active as she could be, she is drinking A LOT OF WATER. She still eating ok, she has always been picky with food, maybe because she is persian breed. She is purring less. Have had few coughs. This is what I have noticed today. Yesterday morning before the vet visit I didn't notice anything, we were playing and she seemed all good, just sleeping much more. Today she hasn't played with her toys at all. Maybe it is all because the yesterdays visit: touching, ultrasound, x-rays etc. Maybe she is just feeling bit distress after all the checking or maybe she is really feeling unwell because of her condition. I am wondering if she is in pain.
Miley only came into my life 21 months ago trough a rescue organization. I was supposed to be just a temporary home for her, until she would find her own (my partner was not keen on having our own pet, he was not a per person and never ever had one). When she first came to our house, her condition was terrible: her teeth were in such a bad condition that they had to be removed, she had ear mites, mass under her belly that needed to be removed surgically and skin fungus. Plus her coat was in very bad condition and smelled. She had been living with a older lady with 20 or something other cats. She was feed cheap supermarket food and because she was pure breed and also very picky with her tastes, she was very thin, in result of that bad food. My sister was totally chocked when she petted Miley for the first time, because she was so skinny that you could feel all the bones. She was the ugliest cat that I had ever seen.
In the first day I just washed her and I was quite nervous to do so - last time I put a cat into the water, was when I was a kid and that cat scratched my face so badly that I have scar on my face for ever. You can imagine washing a strange cat who has obliviously had never seen water in her life of something like 10 years (nobody knows her real age), that fear of how she might react. But she didn't try to hurt me at all! She was complaining a little and she wasn't enjoying it, but not a scratch, not a hiss, nothing. She accepted it all, even tho her bad condition. In the next few days a discovered what amazing soul Miley was: she just wanted to be close, she trusted me tho I was stranger and she was just showing so much love and thankfulness that I had never seen in any cat before and I have seen plenty of them (I grew up in a farm where we often had 3-4 cats or even more, when they had kittens). You can imagine, how a felt after few days having her with me, to send her to surgery. I prayed for what ever god or spirit out there to make her well.
All went well and she got healed and was with us for few moths until me and my partner (he had become so fond of her and her personality, first pet in his life) decided to keep her with us forever. I was going trough some rough time with my partner at that time and when ever I was was sad or even had a little cry, Miley came to me and started massaging me and meowing, like she was trying to comfort me. She amazed my partner and helped him to see how I was hurting in our relationship - this also touched his heart. When ever we were having a fight or argument, Miley came to us to bring us back to the moment and help us to remember that the most important things was love. She was like a therapist, amazing one, full of love and gentleness. I had never ever seen a cat like that. When ever me and my partner cuddle on the couch or we have hug, Miley is there meowing and asking to be part of that love. She joins our cuddle curled up in both of our laps. AMAZING, SHE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SOUL, AND NOW SHE IS SICK AND I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING. I AM TOTALLY HEARTBROKEN AND IN SHOCK.
Firstly the vet didn't give me much hope, it was more about when things get really bad, then it is time to let her go.
Today vet consulted a oncologist and together with they recommended to give it a try to operate, as the tumor is so big, that soon she just can't eat and she will be starving slowly and that will be very sad and painful ending to wait until it is so bad. She generally looks quite good, especially until yesterdays visit. They say there are high risks, as she might not start breathing after her operation and they don't know very well exactly, what is going on around her mass in the stomach, with other organs. If this big mass has been cut out, she should be able to MAYBE live bit more and not suffer from that huge mass pressing on her other organs. Maybe the metastatic masses in her liver and maybe in her lungs could be treated with chemo. They think it is Lymphoma, but they don't know until they cut her up and send that mass to Germany for testing. But most of the signs are showing that this what we are facing.
I am taking Miley to vet for blood test tomorrow, to see if they give a good promise for the surgery.
Things are not looking good, I know I Miley might be gone soon. I am in shock. I really don't know what is the right thing to do. At first the idea that there's no real option made me devastated, I was hoping some window and today that option came and I felt a little light in this darkness. But I don't know if I should take it and put her trough all of that suffering of blood test, surgery, recovery, maybe chemo. Or just accept that things are bad and let her go.
I just want her to feel good and not be in pain. I love her so much. She is an angel and I am so happy to for all of her help and gifts that she has brought into my life.
I really appreciate your thoughts, story of being in a similar situation, options in treatment. Do not hesitate to ask me questions as maybe I didn't explane things well enough.
Forever grateful Liz and cat Miley.
This is Miley 21 moths ago, when she was rescued from her poor life.
This is Miley something like a year ago, after she was much better.
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This is Miley yesterday, after coming home from the vet.
Firstly I am very happy, that there's a forum like this and that you are reading my and my cat Miley's story. I really need your advice and support in this. And secondly, please forgive me my misspellings, as English is not my native language (I am from Estonia).
Yesterday I took my cat Miley to the vet. I thought that she has fungal infection on her skin, she has had it before. But vet was doing the regular general check and discovered something in not right in her abdomen. Vet took the cat to x-ray. The result of that was awful and shocking - most of her tummy was full of big mass. Vet was also afraid that it had gone to the other organs (liver, lungs), so she got me quickly checked into ultrasound. Ultrasound showed nothing good - big mass in the tummy and liver full of little tumors. Lungs are not sure, as you can't check it with the ultrasound, but the x-ray showed something also in the lungs, but the vet couldn't tell for sure, if it is another spread or if it's just a some shade.
I WAS TOTALLY CHOCKED FROM ALL OF THIS. This all came out of nowhere, I didn't see any obvious sings and I am so sad that I didn't take my cat to the vet earlier, I been wanting do that for few months now, to ger her checked out, but everything was seeming ok and didn't rush that visit. Even tho I had my inner doubts about her health, but in the past I have been just over worring. I feel so devastated that I didn't trust my inner gut earlier. I feel I have failed my cat.
Now I see all the symptoms, when I know the condition..she is tired, she is not so active as she could be, she is drinking A LOT OF WATER. She still eating ok, she has always been picky with food, maybe because she is persian breed. She is purring less. Have had few coughs. This is what I have noticed today. Yesterday morning before the vet visit I didn't notice anything, we were playing and she seemed all good, just sleeping much more. Today she hasn't played with her toys at all. Maybe it is all because the yesterdays visit: touching, ultrasound, x-rays etc. Maybe she is just feeling bit distress after all the checking or maybe she is really feeling unwell because of her condition. I am wondering if she is in pain.
Miley only came into my life 21 months ago trough a rescue organization. I was supposed to be just a temporary home for her, until she would find her own (my partner was not keen on having our own pet, he was not a per person and never ever had one). When she first came to our house, her condition was terrible: her teeth were in such a bad condition that they had to be removed, she had ear mites, mass under her belly that needed to be removed surgically and skin fungus. Plus her coat was in very bad condition and smelled. She had been living with a older lady with 20 or something other cats. She was feed cheap supermarket food and because she was pure breed and also very picky with her tastes, she was very thin, in result of that bad food. My sister was totally chocked when she petted Miley for the first time, because she was so skinny that you could feel all the bones. She was the ugliest cat that I had ever seen.
In the first day I just washed her and I was quite nervous to do so - last time I put a cat into the water, was when I was a kid and that cat scratched my face so badly that I have scar on my face for ever. You can imagine washing a strange cat who has obliviously had never seen water in her life of something like 10 years (nobody knows her real age), that fear of how she might react. But she didn't try to hurt me at all! She was complaining a little and she wasn't enjoying it, but not a scratch, not a hiss, nothing. She accepted it all, even tho her bad condition. In the next few days a discovered what amazing soul Miley was: she just wanted to be close, she trusted me tho I was stranger and she was just showing so much love and thankfulness that I had never seen in any cat before and I have seen plenty of them (I grew up in a farm where we often had 3-4 cats or even more, when they had kittens). You can imagine, how a felt after few days having her with me, to send her to surgery. I prayed for what ever god or spirit out there to make her well.
All went well and she got healed and was with us for few moths until me and my partner (he had become so fond of her and her personality, first pet in his life) decided to keep her with us forever. I was going trough some rough time with my partner at that time and when ever I was was sad or even had a little cry, Miley came to me and started massaging me and meowing, like she was trying to comfort me. She amazed my partner and helped him to see how I was hurting in our relationship - this also touched his heart. When ever we were having a fight or argument, Miley came to us to bring us back to the moment and help us to remember that the most important things was love. She was like a therapist, amazing one, full of love and gentleness. I had never ever seen a cat like that. When ever me and my partner cuddle on the couch or we have hug, Miley is there meowing and asking to be part of that love. She joins our cuddle curled up in both of our laps. AMAZING, SHE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SOUL, AND NOW SHE IS SICK AND I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING. I AM TOTALLY HEARTBROKEN AND IN SHOCK.
Firstly the vet didn't give me much hope, it was more about when things get really bad, then it is time to let her go.
Today vet consulted a oncologist and together with they recommended to give it a try to operate, as the tumor is so big, that soon she just can't eat and she will be starving slowly and that will be very sad and painful ending to wait until it is so bad. She generally looks quite good, especially until yesterdays visit. They say there are high risks, as she might not start breathing after her operation and they don't know very well exactly, what is going on around her mass in the stomach, with other organs. If this big mass has been cut out, she should be able to MAYBE live bit more and not suffer from that huge mass pressing on her other organs. Maybe the metastatic masses in her liver and maybe in her lungs could be treated with chemo. They think it is Lymphoma, but they don't know until they cut her up and send that mass to Germany for testing. But most of the signs are showing that this what we are facing.
I am taking Miley to vet for blood test tomorrow, to see if they give a good promise for the surgery.
Things are not looking good, I know I Miley might be gone soon. I am in shock. I really don't know what is the right thing to do. At first the idea that there's no real option made me devastated, I was hoping some window and today that option came and I felt a little light in this darkness. But I don't know if I should take it and put her trough all of that suffering of blood test, surgery, recovery, maybe chemo. Or just accept that things are bad and let her go.
I just want her to feel good and not be in pain. I love her so much. She is an angel and I am so happy to for all of her help and gifts that she has brought into my life.
I really appreciate your thoughts, story of being in a similar situation, options in treatment. Do not hesitate to ask me questions as maybe I didn't explane things well enough.
Forever grateful Liz and cat Miley.
This is Miley 21 moths ago, when she was rescued from her poor life.
This is Miley something like a year ago, after she was much better.
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This is Miley yesterday, after coming home from the vet.
