Hello,
I'm a new member and my cat Pumpkin Breath (age 10 yr) has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (this past weekend). We've decided to make him comfortable and the vet prescribed a steriod, a pain killer, fluids under the skin and stool softener (because of where the cancer mass is located).
After I told the vet my decision, he informed me that Pumpkin also had thickened heart muscle and fluid in the heart sac.
We took him home and his appetite came back (we're feeding him straight tuna). Pilling him has become progressively more difficult (though of course he doesn't notice the needle for the fluids, weird as heck to me, it's a big needle).
Last night we noticed he is breathing quickly. (It's my understanding that this is how organ failure begins.) When I called the animal hospital, they had me press his gums (similar to the fingernail test in humans) and his capillaries seem to be working fine.
I'm terrified that he will suffer pain and I have no clue when to let him go, or even how to tell when he's in pain. (He still purrs when he sees me or my partner.)
He's my baby boy and I've cried buckets already.
Agnes
I'm a new member and my cat Pumpkin Breath (age 10 yr) has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (this past weekend). We've decided to make him comfortable and the vet prescribed a steriod, a pain killer, fluids under the skin and stool softener (because of where the cancer mass is located).
After I told the vet my decision, he informed me that Pumpkin also had thickened heart muscle and fluid in the heart sac.
We took him home and his appetite came back (we're feeding him straight tuna). Pilling him has become progressively more difficult (though of course he doesn't notice the needle for the fluids, weird as heck to me, it's a big needle).
Last night we noticed he is breathing quickly. (It's my understanding that this is how organ failure begins.) When I called the animal hospital, they had me press his gums (similar to the fingernail test in humans) and his capillaries seem to be working fine.
I'm terrified that he will suffer pain and I have no clue when to let him go, or even how to tell when he's in pain. (He still purrs when he sees me or my partner.)
He's my baby boy and I've cried buckets already.
Agnes