Hi guys. I'm not really active on here yet but I wanted to reach out and ask for some prayers. The last few days Amber has been drooling excessively, not wanting to eat and hissing at you when you touch the side of her mouth. I took her to the vet today and she noticed she has a lump on the left side of her mouth. I could see the concern the moment she found it. Amber was also dehydrated (back in Feb she was diagnosed as being in the beginning stages of kidney failure) so they gave her some SQ fluids. She also got a sedative and a pain med injection. She took x-rays and said it was either cancer or an infection, but I could tell that she was pretty sure it was cancer. She sent it to a radiologist and I should get a call later tonight confirming it or not.
She gave me a list of actions to take if it is indeed cancer. I'm not entirely sure how far I will go with Amber since she is 13 1/2. I am praying so hard that it is just an infection but with the way my vet was behaving I'm really doubting it is. If it is cancer I just don't want to put her through surgery. She's already developing mild senility and her kidney disease seems to be progressing somewhat quickly. She's been dropping weight too. I'm very conflicted right now, and of course, I'm very upset at the idea of losing the cat I have lived with nearly my entire life. I just lost my grandpa in Feb so this has been a very rough year.
However, I am very thankful that I have a wonderful, intelligent vet that respects our decisions and the best mom in the world who is willing to do whatever necessary and not care about the price, even if we don't really have the money. Please pray that we make the right decisions and that, whatever the outcome, Amber remains happy and never feels any pain throughout.
Here's my sweet girl -
Thanks.
**Update - I put Amber to sleep on 4/14/2011 before she felt any more pain. She will be privately cremated and have a paw print cast taken. I miss her tremendously but I know it was the right decision.
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