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thanks for all your good wishes.
It is not good news. She is very sick. When I went back to the vets on Friday morning, they kept her in and gave her IV fluids. They scanned her kidneys & x-rayed her & ran extensive blood tests. They found a mass on her left kidney, which was very worrying & she had more blood in her urine than the previous day. I went back to the vets at 4.30pm & was there until 7.45pm whilst they did some of the tests & discussed the options. They suggested a specialist referral which we agreed to & have a provisional appoinment for Tuesday. However on Friday evening she was so sick, that when we went back Saturday we had decided maybe euthanasia was a kinder option than all this suffering & waiting & then for the specialist to confrm a cancerous tumour & advise euthanasia. She was vomiting & coughing, hiding in bizare places & in obvious pain. We had a very long chat with our vet & I told him we could not put her through further testing if the prognosis was so poor anyway. I asked him what he would do if she were his cat, and he thought we were being very sensible but suggested we give her the weekend to start improving. He had been thinking about other possibilities & thought it may be a kidney trauma instead of a tumour causing the mass like image. They kept her in all day for more IV fluids & we went back on the afternoon whilst they rescanned her. The mass was no longer as visible and we had the previous images saved to comapare. She has not been to the toilet since at least wed, so he drained her bladder and the stuff in it was dark brown/red but the VN said it was not as bad as the previous time when they took a sample. She looked more alert & peaceful so we brought her home. She is on endless drugs & I am injecting her every 6 hours with pain relief. She's on anti-sickness pills & diazepam amongst others. My vets are working their socks off to make her better & she is being a perfect patient. Didn't need to be sedated for scans or x-rays. Last night she was fairly bright, although she hasn't eaten since wed or been to the toilet still which is a worry obviously.
I won't be on much now again as my Dad is also very ill after being rushed to the hospital Friday evening where I spent all night with him in A&E, and between the vets & the hospital I don't seem to have a minute. I am taking some time off work next week.
Thankyou all for your thoughts. x
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