Just spent nearly half an hour on the phone w/Dr. Lee. It's another good news/bad news scenario.

Good news: he did the same as last time and gave the polyp a tug, hoping to get it at its root. If it lasts as long as it previously did, it'll be several years before she has problems again but he can almost guarantee that another polyp will grow. Also, now that the polyp is out, the MRSA has nowhere to hide and the meds that he'll give me are super potent on MRSA and he feels that she has a good chance of getting rid of it in about 6 weeks or so.

Bad news: As I said, it's likely that she'll get another polyp but who knows when. If it's several years from now, she'll have another surgery. If it grows immediately, then I have a decision to make. A bulaosteotomy is tantamount to brain surgery. Dr. Lee has to cut into her skull and it could result in nerve damage and the post op is painful and long in duration plus, even after such invasive and complicated surgery, he still cannot guarantee that another polyp won't form. In his 33 years as a vet, he's performed 10-15 of these surgeries and several of the cats have had polyps repeat themselves. I will not put Yodie through that plus my finances couldn't handle it. Yesterday's procedure will be expensive in itself but if it gives her several good years, it's worth it.

I have an appt. this morning so I won't be able to pick her up until this afternoon. She hasn't eaten but I don't let that worry me. I know my cats and when she gets home in familiar surroundings she'll eat, after she gives me a good chewing out that is. I don't call her Yodie the Yowler for nothing.

I'll post pix of her in her collar later tonight. Thanx for the prayers but please keep them up. My little girl needs them and so do I.