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8 years ago
My cat had surgery on her foot recently. What we'd thought was an injury turned out to be a malignant tumor in her toe, so a followup surgery was scheduled to try and make sure all affected tissue was removed and give her the least chance of it spreading. While we were waiting, her opposite hip had developed some swelling, which the vet thought might be inflammation due to having to carry her weight differently. He said he'd examine it when she went in to make sure nothing else was needed prior to the surgery.
Alas, he was wrong.
The swelling is, in fact, an aggressive bone tumor that is dissolving her pelvis. The only reason she still has use of that leg is because the joint hasn't been affected yet.
So, no followup surgery because we're now in end-of-life care. Kitty hospice, if you will. Keep her comfortable until she says that it's time. I did my best for her for 14 years, and I'll keep doing it to the end.
Alas, he was wrong.
The swelling is, in fact, an aggressive bone tumor that is dissolving her pelvis. The only reason she still has use of that leg is because the joint hasn't been affected yet.
So, no followup surgery because we're now in end-of-life care. Kitty hospice, if you will. Keep her comfortable until she says that it's time. I did my best for her for 14 years, and I'll keep doing it to the end.
We had one that went similarly. Or rather, the dog's cancer decided to put the dog in EOLC and we knew the cat wasn't eating much, but weren't paying close attention and the cat wasn't around often (the "have you seen the cat today?" "No, I haven't.") When we finally located the cat (after the dog died, lit. in our arms in the yard) his face was all swollen. Turned out his jaw had bone cancer. Options: amputate his entire lower jaw (and hand-feed him with a syringe from then on) or put him down.