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For the first time in 21 years I woke up, and I didn't have a pair of eyes staring at me. My boy Homer would always make it a point to be in the same room with me when I woke up. Didn't matter if I was in my bedroom or on my couch, Homer always was the first thing to greet me, and today he...

At 4:00pm today, my 21 year old baby boy left this world to go hunt lizards in a better place. The surgeon opened him up, and the tumor had spread over a good part of his body, he was amazed that he lived so long, since this tumor must have taken years to grow. He was in too much pain, and in...

This is driving me crazy. So Homer's blood work came back, the is healthy as an ox. Thyroid Normal, White Blood Cell and Count Normal, nothing wrong with him at all. Again, the vet is amazed that this is a 21 year old cat. So now I am getting a referral to Allergy and Ear Specialist group here...

He can't tell if the tumor is cancerous or not until they remove it, and he doesn't even want to remove, he is going to refer me to a mobile surgeon who said has done lots of these.

I don't think so, but he is healthy as an ox otherwise. He actually thought Homer was 12 years old not 20.

The Vet said that if it wasn't removed, he might live in severe pain for only a year. But I wouldn't do that at all to my boy. There seems to be no other problems with him, so guess I need to suck up two grand.

Took my boy for a second opinion. The new vet, after actually examining him, said he has a tumor in his ear, which is why he keeps shaking his head, and it is causing the infection. About $2000 for surgery to remove it, or he can live with it for about a year and suffer.

Just got back from the vet. The antibiotics didn't work in the one ear, so they are going to grow a culture in the lab, figure out what specific bacteria it is and then go from there. The vet can't tell if the ear drum is punctured or not, when I mentioned the pain opening the jaw, she didn't...

Thanks all. I know at this point the most important thing was to get him to eat something, now we have to deal with the pain and the infection.

Well the interesting thing is he isn't shaking his head, or scratching at his ear any more, he is just staying in his safe spot. He moves fine, no motor coordination issues. He actually ate half a bottle of turkey baby food and another bisque pouch. I got so tired of him not wanting the food and...

21 year old Homer started developing inner ear problems. Horrible smell coming from his left ear, lots of blood from scratching, etc. Took the old man to the vet, she told me that he had a bacterial infection in one ear and two in the other. She gave me antibiotic to administer 2x a day in each...

I just lost my 14 year old Manx, Hermes. I came home from work and I believe he had a stroke. That morning he was fine. Raised him since he was a kitten, I miss him so much. He was HIV positive when I got him and he wasn't supposed to live a month. But he had no problems at all. I still feel...

Hi, I lost my boy Hermes yesterday. He was 16, came home from work he was laying on his blanket, he wouldn't get up. I tried to stand him up and he fell over. I rushed him to the vet, he kept whimpering and crying the entire time. Hermes never yelled out in pain, if he did it must of been when...