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I'm wondering if there's anything else I could be checking/doing for my cat. Nailo is 14 years old, no health problems to speak of before this. She went to the vet today because we noticed her drooling a bit, and some of the drool being brown. We checked out her teeth for an abscess but found none. The vet found swelling under her tongue, and so ran some bloodwork. No sign of infection was found, so the next step would be a biopsy, and then surgery if it was a tumour, which the vet says would be no guarantee to cure her, and I think at her age, might not be worth all the stress and pain. We've brought her home with anti-inflammatories to see if that helps her out, but the vet seemed to think that was a short term solution. What else could the swelling be, if not a tumour? Do cats get cold sores? Could she have had an injury in her mouth? Here is Nailo:  Here is her bloodwork results (which I cannot read, but apparently they show she has mild parasites):  Thanks for having a look, pet-friends.
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Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm glad your cat is okay! To be honest, I can't see in her mouth to look at the swelling. It stresses her out to no end to have her mouth probed, and beyond peeking at her teeth and gums seems out of the question. Feeling under her chin is inconclusive, because I didn't feel a baseline before her medication, but I have one moving forward. The drooling seems to have stopped though, which is really good news.
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Dec 29, 2016 06:10
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Nailo has started to refuse to eat even wet foods if they have chunks in them. I imagine chewing hurts her. Brown, and now red drool has increased. Does anyone have any tips for feeding cats a liquid diet? We will see the vet to discuss a transition to corticosteroid use in the next few days.
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Dec 30, 2016 23:44
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I'm sorry to hear about Pepper. Nailo has been to the vet twice now for her condition. Today the vet found infected tongue tissue, most likely caused by Nailo biting her swollen tongue. She is now on antibiotics for the infection, and we're trying steroids for the inflammation, though her previous meds may have been helping, but we're not 100% sure. We can always switch back. We also got some narcotics for her if the pain seems to get too bad. Eating is still a challenge. She begs for food but then doesn't want to eat, either because eating hurts, or her tongue infection stinks so bad she can't smell the food in front of her. She eventually does eat but not until she's really really hungry, and then she eats less than usual. She's dropped a 1/2 pound in six days. Between feedings she's the same old Nailo though, with lots of playing, purring, and pets.
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Jan 4, 2017 06:36
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Just thought I'd post one last time here. We buried Nailo today in the garden. She stopped eating or drinking completely four days ago. It's been a tough, tough, day. Her passing was gentle though, and we had a vet come to our house to administer euthanasia. It was ideal given the circumstances, and luckily my wife discovered it as an option before the time came. It was cheaper than I thought it would be too. The emptiness is real though. She was such a loving good cat. Edit: In addition to mentioning the house call, I also thought people might have questions about what palliative care looked like, and just maybe what her decline was like. I scoured forums trying to get as much info about what was happening to her as possible, so maybe our story could help someone else out. DavidAlltheTime fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Feb 3, 2017 |
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Feb 3, 2017 04:16
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