Update on Puddy; she's gone*9/29* see post #421

[kb2yjx]

Prayers for Puddy and hugs for her Mom....

[Donnaj4962]

Oh my, many prayers from me and my girls here in Indiana. Hope Puddy is okay, and this is something easy to treat. (((hugs))) to both of you.

[mamaducky]

Oh Mary, between the kitties' health issues and your own, you've had a pretty lousy week! I'm so sorry. Please know that you're in my thoughts!

Prayers and (((((((HUGS))))))) for you and yours,
Diana

[Medusa]

Well, I got to bring her home w/me. By the time I got there, Dr. Lee was gone, so I requested Dr. Feeman since he's been on her case from the beginning, too. God bless him, he's so gentle w/her. His touch is as light as a feather and he calls her "sweetheart" which endears him to me, believe me. However, he just doesn't have the instincts that Dr. Lee has and that's what I need right now. Her blood work will be back tomorrow. Her urinalysis shows that she does indeed have a UTI and he gave me Zeniquin for it. Her x-ray showed that she has a mass towards the rear, like near her tailbone sort of. (Sorry that I can't be more descriptive but that's what it looked like.) Dr. Feeman admitted that he had never seen anything like it before, so he didn't use the words 'tumor' or 'cancer'. He said "I just don't know what it is, so I want Dr. Lee to look at it. As a matter of fact, I want all the other doctors to look at it, too. And if they all say they don't know what it is, we'll have a radiologist look at it." No kidney stone, though, so that's good.

So. I'm hoping that whatever it is, that it's benign. I can't put Puddy through a surgery again. Dr. Lee didn't even want to clean her teeth when she was in last time. He felt it was too dangerous, that she wouldn't survive it, so I'm brushing her teeth and squirting Chlorhexadine on her gums. Dr. Feeman told me that I should make a list of how her quality of life has diminished and think about the possibility of having her PTS in the future. He's an alarmist and Dr. Lee isn't, so I'm waiting to talk to Dr. Lee. Puddy scarfed down some chicken when we got home and she doesn't appear to be in any pain so I'm taking it one day at a time.

Thanx for the prayers, friends, but please keep them up, if you feel able. My little 5 lb. calico queen could use 'em.

[Catty1]

More prayers for Puddy - I am so glad she is back home with Mom!

Hopefully she just has the UTI and the meds will take care of it.

Prayers that the mass is just a physical Puddy quirk.

{{{{hugs}}}}

[Moesha]

Since I had the day off today, I've been coming on here to check for an update about Puddy ever 15 minutes or so it seems. I'm glad she got to come home and that a cause for her acting funny may have been found. Hopefully those meds will help her get over the UTI quickly. It is a good sign that she was ready to eat! We'll hope that the mass is nothing serious and that she'll be with you for awhile longer. It is so hard going through these ups and downs especially when they have serious problems. We're all here for you and for Puddy also!

[Medusa]

Since I had the day off today, I've been coming on here to check for an update about Puddy ever 15 minutes or so it seems. I'm glad she got to come home and that a cause for her acting funny may have been found. Hopefully those meds will help her get over the UTI quickly. It is a good sign that she was ready to eat! We'll hope that the mass is nothing serious and that she'll be with you for awhile longer. It is so hard going through these ups and downs especially when they have serious problems. We're all here for you and for Puddy also!

That's so sweet of you, Moesha, thank you. Puddy seems to be doing somewhat better. She hasn't been sociable at all the last couple of days, wanting to sleep downstairs w/the rest of the Fur Posse instead of w/me as usual and staying in a carrier in the basement all day, too. It's as though she understood what Dr. Feeman had to say (Uh oh! I'd better be more sociable!) and tonight she laid on my chest while I watched TV and she fell asleep. (So did I; stressful day.) Looks like she'll be going to bed w/me because I just tucked everyone in for the night and she's under the dining room table right now. I guess she's waiting for me to go upstairs. I'll know more tomorrow after I talk to Dr. Lee.