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@foxden  Thank you so much. I'm so sorry to hear about your Kiki, but I am glad you are doing better. I am sure that Ella knew she was very loved, and that our lives basically revolved around her (she was the most spoiled cat I've ever met, and it was all my doing), but it doesn't make it easier...

Thank you both so much for your thoughts and kindness. Yesterday was really terrible-the night before Ella had made it clear that the time was coming quickly, and I wish I had called the vet and had an emergency vet come over. It was not an emergency- she was alright, but clearly declining. We...

I didn't get the tattoo because Ella had a coughing episode, so I stayed at home with her. I'm going to go this week, if I can manage it. I'll post a picture once I get it. Unfortunately, the vet said that a steroid injection was not a good idea after Ella's surgery, so we don't have any options...

Dudley's episode sounds quite strange! I'm guessing the vet had no idea what happened? I'm glad that he's still quite young- an episode like that would really scare me in an older cat (Ella actually went through something much more brief than what you described when she was first becoming ill...

@Brian007  I am so sorry to hear about your friend- how terrible. It is always difficult to figure out how to take care of pets--particularly elderly or sick pets--when you need to be away. How old is Dudley? I am sure he will deal with whatever you decide to do- especially with how much thought...

I'm posting an update sooner than I had expected - Ella is still OK, but she is sleeping an awful lot. She had a coughing fit last night after getting up for a midnight snack, which was really worrying. She seems to only have trouble breathing after eating, so I think I will monitor her closely...

I am glad you had a good vet who came so quickly and that Strawberry had you watching over her to take care of her and make the decision when the time was right. Losing two dogs to snake bites was horrible. It was so sudden and unexpected-but I had no idea that it is a sacred death in Hinduism...

Thank you, I really appreciate it. In the past, I have thought about what I would prefer as far as Ella's passing, and I had wanted warning-so I'm glad. Part of me does think it might have been easier to find that she had passed away in her sleep, but having the ability to prepare for what's...

I was waiting until her vet appointment to post about how Ella is doing, and I've just gotten back from the vet.  Her stitches were removed this morning, and we ran blood work. Her white blood cell count came back lower, which was a good sign, and she healed well. This, however, is the end of...

So today we got some amazing news from the vet and I am still in shock. The lumps were mammary lobular hyperplasia, which apparently occur in intact queens. They are not cancerous! And Ella is acting completely normal now. I'm not sure how the original pathology got it wrong, but I am so so...

@zygote it sounds like you have done an amazing job taking care of your kitty! I probably would not have focused so much on the lump on Ella's belly if it weren't for everything else happening, so I don't blame you for assuming it was just fatty tissue! I would have done the same thing. I'm so...

I am sorry that you've lost cats because of bad choices on the part of your veterinarian. That is so heartbreaking.  I don't have any reason to believe that my vet was handling my situation poorly, but I could tell that something was very wrong with Ella, and it rubbed me the wrong way that my...

Thank you so much for that resource, and I'm so sorry you're going through this as well. How did your cat react to the mammary chain removal? I called my first vet's office up--prior to finding the vet who performed the surgery--to ask if a mastectomy might be a better decision, and the vet tech...

I dropped Ella off at the vet about an hour ago, and will be picking her up in about 7 hours. The vet noticed ANOTHER mass developing on her other side, so we will be removing both today. The appearance of the other mass has ruined my optimism, and I'm afraid that removing the masses won't be...

Your wishing worked! Through an amazing stroke of luck, I found a vet that can perform the surgery tomorrow morning, and I have to say that when I found the vet (after hours of calling around), I cried tears of joy! I will give you another update when I pick her up, which I hope will be tomorrow...

Well, I just realized that I accidentally booked a surgery with an emergency vet, which doubles the cost of the surgery (which is unfortunately not an option for us), so I've NOW got an appointment for surgery on Monday with yet another vet, but I'm going to keep calling around to see if I can...

So, after talking with a friend who is a vet tech, I decided to shop around for  earlier surgery dates, and ended up getting an appointment with a new vet for tomorrow, with surgery scheduled for Friday. While i'm nervous about going to a new vet out of nowhere, all of my googling is saying that...

It is an awfully long time to wait, and I am pretty distraught - but it was the soonest they could get her in. Since we noticed the bump about 10 days ago, I am worried it could grow significantly in the next 10 days. Thank you very much for that resource! I am going to focus my energy on...

I got a call from the vet this morning, and it looks like mammary cancer. We have an appointment to have the tumor removed on the 10th, but the vet warned that mammary tumors often recur. We'll get the lump out and then go from there.  Thank you again for your thoughts and support!

Just a quick update: this morning, the vet performed a fine needle aspirate, and could see fat cells, cells that looked like they were from a cyst, and other cells that he wasn't sure about, so they are sending it in to a pathologist. The vet warned that we may need to remove the lump. The...