The latest on Lindy

Yesterday, Lindy acted very hungry, virtually demanding food, but when I
gave it to her, she didn't eat. I made up my mind that this morning I was
going to call the senior doctor in the practice and talk to her about Lindy.

This morning Lindy acted hungry. I gave her a small amount of food, and she
ate it! I was very encouraged, and decided to wait before calling the
doctor. However, she hasn't shown any interest in food since then. She
spent most of her time curled up in the Dacie chair. I called the vet this
afternoon and found out that I had one choice - to talk to the one who saw
her. The older one is in Hawaii until the 24th. I was put right through to
the new one. She said the next step is to do an ultrasound. The earliest
she could get her in for that is 2:00 tomorrow. I'm to drop her off and
they'll call when she's ready to be picked up.

I'm trying to prepare myself for another loss.

--

Joy

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of
masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Dworken

We'll send purrs from all the kitties for Lindy for tomorrow (and for you,
too, Joy) - at least, with the ultrasound you'll find out more. Will be
thinking of you and looking for an update.
Christine
"Joy" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, Lindy acted very hungry, virtually demanding food, but when I
gave it to her, she didn't eat. I made up my mind that this morning I was
going to call the senior doctor in the practice and talk to her about
Lindy.

This morning Lindy acted hungry. I gave her a small amount of food, and
she ate it! I was very encouraged, and decided to wait before calling the
doctor. However, she hasn't shown any interest in food since then. She
spent most of her time curled up in the Dacie chair. I called the vet
this afternoon and found out that I had one choice - to talk to the one
who saw her. The older one is in Hawaii until the 24th. I was put right
through to the new one. She said the next step is to do an ultrasound.
The earliest she could get her in for that is 2:00 tomorrow. I'm to drop
her off and they'll call when she's ready to be picked up.

I'm trying to prepare myself for another loss.

--

Joy

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of
masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo
Dworken

Thank you, Christine. I'll post an update when I know anything.

--

Joy

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of
masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Dworken

"Christine Burel" wrote in message
...
We'll send purrs from all the kitties for Lindy for tomorrow (and for you,
too, Joy) - at least, with the ultrasound you'll find out more. Will be
thinking of you and looking for an update.
Christine
"Joy" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, Lindy acted very hungry, virtually demanding food, but when I
gave it to her, she didn't eat. I made up my mind that this morning I
was going to call the senior doctor in the practice and talk to her about
Lindy.

This morning Lindy acted hungry. I gave her a small amount of food, and
she ate it! I was very encouraged, and decided to wait before calling
the doctor. However, she hasn't shown any interest in food since then.
She spent most of her time curled up in the Dacie chair. I called the
vet this afternoon and found out that I had one choice - to talk to the
one who saw her. The older one is in Hawaii until the 24th. I was put
right through to the new one. She said the next step is to do an
ultrasound. The earliest she could get her in for that is 2:00 tomorrow.
I'm to drop her off and they'll call when she's ready to be picked up.

I'm trying to prepare myself for another loss.

--

Joy

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of
masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo
Dworken

Joy wrote:
She said the next step is to do an ultrasound. The earliest
she could get her in for that is 2:00 tomorrow. I'm to drop her off and
they'll call when she's ready to be picked up.

I'm trying to prepare myself for another loss.


I sincerely hope it won't come to that. I have a very hard-purring
Caliban in my arms as I'm writing this. I hope these purrs will travel
well and comfort you, at least until you know more.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

"Marina" wrote in message
...
Joy wrote:
She said the next step is to do an ultrasound. The earliest she could
get her in for that is 2:00 tomorrow. I'm to drop her off and they'll
call when she's ready to be picked up.

I'm trying to prepare myself for another loss.


I sincerely hope it won't come to that. I have a very hard-purring Caliban
in my arms as I'm writing this. I hope these purrs will travel well and
comfort you, at least until you know more.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Thank you, Marina. I think I'm just trying not to let myself get too
hopeful, in case it's bad news.

Joy

Joy wrote:

Thank you, Marina. I think I'm just trying not to let myself get too
hopeful, in case it's bad news.

I know. That's part of the worrying - preparing for the worst. {{{Joy}}}

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

"Marina" wrote in message
...
Joy wrote:

Thank you, Marina. I think I'm just trying not to let myself get too
hopeful, in case it's bad news.

I know. That's part of the worrying - preparing for the worst. {{{Joy}}}

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

The news isn't very good. The bottom line is that, with the treatment she's
getting now, she might have another month.

The vet took some x-rays before doing the ultrasound. They showed a mass
behind Lindy's heart and above her diaphragm, with little tendrils coming
out the top indicating that the mass was growing.

She mentioned chemotherapy but said there were no guarantees and it could
make her sick. Her original suggestion was to give her chemo and prednisone,
but she said the chemo might make her sick. Because of Lindy's age, we
decided to go with just the prednisone, which is in liquid form.

She also gave me some new kind of food, which she said might help her
appetite. She said the prednisone might do that too. Basically, she said
this might give her another month. We both agreed that we'll continue this
as long as she doesn't seem miserable, but no longer. She also said that if
she seems worse, or very unhappy, tomorrow or by noon Saturday, to call and
I could bring her in.

Lindy ate more after I brought her home this evening than she did all day
yesterday.



Joy

Joy wrote:
"Marina" wrote in message
...
Joy wrote:

Thank you, Marina. I think I'm just trying not to let myself get
too hopeful, in case it's bad news.

I know. That's part of the worrying - preparing for the worst.
{{{Joy}}}

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

The news isn't very good. The bottom line is that, with the treatment
she's getting now, she might have another month.

The vet took some x-rays before doing the ultrasound. They showed a
mass behind Lindy's heart and above her diaphragm, with little
tendrils coming out the top indicating that the mass was growing.

She mentioned chemotherapy but said there were no guarantees and it
could make her sick. Her original suggestion was to give her chemo
and prednisone, but she said the chemo might make her sick. Because
of Lindy's age, we decided to go with just the prednisone, which is
in liquid form.

She also gave me some new kind of food, which she said might help her
appetite. She said the prednisone might do that too. Basically, she
said this might give her another month. We both agreed that we'll
continue this as long as she doesn't seem miserable, but no longer.
She also said that if she seems worse, or very unhappy, tomorrow or
by noon Saturday, to call and I could bring her in.

Lindy ate more after I brought her home this evening than she did all
day yesterday.



Joy


Purrs for Lindy to live out her days in comfort. She knows she's loved.

Jill

Joy wrote:

The news isn't very good. The bottom line is that, with the treatment she's
getting now, she might have another month.


I'm so sorry the news wasn't better. So soon after Nanki-poo had to
leave you, too. We are purring for you both.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

"Joy" wrote in message
...
The news isn't very good. The bottom line is that, with the treatment
she's
getting now, she might have another month.

The vet took some x-rays before doing the ultrasound. They showed a mass
behind Lindy's heart and above her diaphragm, with little tendrils coming
out the top indicating that the mass was growing.

She mentioned chemotherapy but said there were no guarantees and it could
make her sick. Her original suggestion was to give her chemo and
prednisone, but she said the chemo might make her sick. Because of Lindy's
age, we decided to go with just the prednisone, which is in liquid form.

She also gave me some new kind of food, which she said might help her
appetite. She said the prednisone might do that too. Basically, she said
this might give her another month. We both agreed that we'll continue this
as long as she doesn't seem miserable, but no longer. She also said that
if she seems worse, or very unhappy, tomorrow or by noon Saturday, to call
and I could bring her in.

Lindy ate more after I brought her home this evening than she did all day
yesterday.

I've been watching for news of Lindy and am so sorry it's not better. High
doses of pred. are quite good for reducing the size of tumours. I had a
whippet with a mast cell tumour that I kept going for a while like that. My
vet referred me to the University of Cambridge Veterinary School and that is
what the oncology specialist there recommended for his particular case.
He was very well in himself whilst he was on the pred. The dose had to be
juggled quite carefully - I had to make a weekly chart as the dose varied
day by day. It bought him some quality time and I hope it does the same
for Lindy.
((hugs))

Tweed