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Purrs for Smokey - Update
Sam wrote:
Thanks again for all the purrs. Please keep 'em coming for a bit. We'll keep purring as long as it takes. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Purrs for Smokey - Update
We'll keep purring for your spice loving Smokey.
Suz&Spicey |
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Purrs for Smokey - Update
If he doesn't like the baby food after a while, I
guess I'll be stopping on the way home for Smokey's dinner. I can see you in the shop "And a hot one...just a small one...it's for my cat" Purrs being sent Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs (who does that at her local Deli when getting their ham) |
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Purrs for Smokey - Update
He's 15. If he wants spicy Popeye's chicken, I say go for it. More purrs for
Smokey that they are wrong. ((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))) "Sam" wrote in message ... Many thanks to all who are purring. Please keep them up. The flushing did not clear the problem, just made it somewhat easier to diagnose (maybe). Vet "got a good sample" from the needle biopsy to send for biopsy analysis. His initial guess is some form of cancer, but he needs the biopsy results to say what kind. One (lymphoma) responds well to chemo, one (unknown what type) responds well to surgery, and one (carcinoma) is "pretty much untreatable other than to keep him comfortable". We love this vet but this is one time we're praying he's wrong. Smokey's back home now and doesn't seem to feel poorly. Hasn't urp-ed since he got home (fingers crossed) and is sleeping lots (normal). Vet suggested baby food (can you say Gerber?) since it's easy to digest. DW brought Smokey home then went and picked up a bunch. More news on Saturday. Hope it's good. Side note: There's a fried chicken chain (Popeye's) that's just put a store in our area. Monday night I stopped and picked up some for us to try. There are two varieties - spicy and mild. DW wants the mild but I wanted to try the spicy. Smokey went NUTS for it. The mild was OK to him, but he climbed me twice to get my spicy. Of course he had a few nibbles (1/4 tsp total) but he was yowling for more. And there were no "after-effects". If he doesn't like the baby food after a while, I guess I'll be stopping on the way home for Smokey's dinner. Thanks again for all the purrs. Please keep 'em coming for a bit. -- Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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Purrs for Smokey
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:10:06 -0700, Sam wrote:
Our 16YO Smokey is staying overnight at the vet. He has had a history of throwing up every so often for a while now. Sometimes a hairball, sometimes grass, sometimes just because he ate too fast. He had his "senior physical" with all the blood work in January and was pronounced OK, but he seems (per the vet) to have early stage kidney failure. We were told to keep him well hydrated and have been. His personality (Mr. Grump then Mr. Lovey) hasn't changed since we got him 15 years ago. Sunday he tossed his cookies. OK. No big deal. But yesterday he threw up twice. DW got him in to the vet today. Initial observation is that there seems to be a mass in his intestines. Not sure if it's a tumor or just full of poop. Tomorrow he gets an enema to rule out the latter then another physical. If the "mass" remains after the flushing, the vet will do a needle biopsy to determine just what it is. We're very worried about the old fellow. He's dropped 1.5 pounds since his physical in January. He still eats well (loves chicken and pizza cheese) so we haven't a clue what's going on with him. Please purr with Missy that Smokey can be put right. I don't think that he thinks it's "his time" -- he seems to feel too good for that, but he's got us worried. Thanks. Purrs on the way for Smokey and for you. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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Purrs for Smokey - Update
"Sam" wrote in message
More news on Saturday. Hope it's good./// 5 felines purring up a storm for Smokey here. Good thoughts and prayers for the human too. Helen m -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Purrs for Smokey - Update
Purrs from one Smokey to another.
--Fil |
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Purrs for Smokey - Update 2
The power of purr is AWESOME. The doc called today (a day earlier than
promised) with the cytology results – no cancer noted. HaPpY DaNcInG! They did note infection, but there did not appear to be any of the three kinds of cancer we were forewarned about. The doc today said even though they didn’t see anything in the biopsy, it would be a good idea to start him on the lowest-level chemo just in case there was a small-cell lymphoma that didn’t show up in the biopsy. He gets 1 tab of Prednisolone every 12 hours plus 1 Chlorambucil (that's the low-level chemo just in case there is small-cell lymphoma not detected in the biopsy sample) every 3 days. Whatever it is, we’re guardedly optimistic about the findings. Thank you everyone for the purrs. They seem to have worked their magic once again. I never had any doubt. -- Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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Purrs for Smokey - Update 2
Sam wrote:
The power of purr is AWESOME. The doc called today (a day earlier than promised) with the cytology results – no cancer noted. HaPpY DaNcInG! They did note infection, but there did not appear to be any of the three kinds of cancer we were forewarned about. The doc today said even though they didn’t see anything in the biopsy, it would be a good idea to start him on the lowest-level chemo just in case there was a small-cell lymphoma that didn’t show up in the biopsy. He gets 1 tab of Prednisolone every 12 hours plus 1 Chlorambucil (that's the low-level chemo just in case there is small-cell lymphoma not detected in the biopsy sample) every 3 days. Whatever it is, we’re guardedly optimistic about the findings. Thank you everyone for the purrs. They seem to have worked their magic once again. I never had any doubt. Wonderful news, Sam! Purrs that Smokey makes complete recovery from the infection with no form of cancer ever appearing. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Purrs for Smokey - Update 2
Sam wrote:
The power of purr is AWESOME. The doc called today (a day earlier than promised) with the cytology results – no cancer noted. HaPpY DaNcInG! They did note infection, but there did not appear to be any of the three kinds of cancer we were forewarned about. That's wonderful news! Your TED's assessment of the prognosis for a carcinoma is what I've seen too - pretty much unstoppable. I'm so glad for Smokey that it's not that! |
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