Can my Freya get some vibes?

You all must be SO worn out tonight. Hope you get those results by tomorrow. for your dear Freya.

Oh I'm sorry it's not better news but glad it's not worse. I agree with you that not knowing is much much worse than having something to work against.

Freya :heart3:

More for her!

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mrsgreenjeens said:

Just sending more vibes that the results of the needle aspiration are as good as they can be (whatever that is

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A fine needle aspiration (is that what you were asking about

) is when they go directly into the tumor/mass and expel cells to send out to the lab for testing.

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Thanks!  I actually knew what a needle aspiration was, I was trying to say that I don't know what a "good" result can be when they have found a mass on her lung, but wasn't quite sure how to word it. 

Malignant Metastatic Carcenoma...the asthma in her lungs turned out to be he beginning of metastasis. Whether it's moving there because the asthma already weakened that tissue or the tissue was weakened, resulting in asthma, I'll never know.

There's nothing we can do...even chemo has an almost 0% chance of helping and there's almost 100% of a chance it would return inside of 6 months.

There's nothing left except the option of palliative care and to keep the promise I make to all of my guys and make that final call for her before she suffers too much. She's already starting to lose lung capacity (hence the lethargy) and will likely lose the ability to walk next.

I've called my vet to see if they do housecalls. Don't know when yet, but I want her at home. She's so afraid at the vets.

Oh gosh. Oh no I am so sorry. (weeping). Yes, now you give her all the love and comfort you can and she will let you know when she's had enough. I'm so sorry.

I just reread my post and don't want my girl remembered by three big nasty words...so, without further ado:

Freya, as I hope you'll all think of her, now and after I make that decision for her:









Thank you everyone for all of the thoughts and vibes.

What a precious stripey girl she is! :heart3: :heart3: :heart3:

I don't think I ever knew she was polydactyl!

What a beautiful girl she is. :heart: sending you lots of and

otto said:

What a precious stripey girl she is!

I don't think I ever knew she was polydactyl!

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Yup...and can use those monster mitts to open boxes, cupboards and most of the doors in the house. We seriously debated putting child locks on the kitchen cabinets when we first got her because they're open inside and she open one up, climb in, reach out and close the door, then run from one end to the other for hours (on top of our dishes).

It's hard to tell from the pics, but her belly is all spotted and she'll actually let you touch it...but you have to tell her she has a "speckly belly" while you do so or she bunny kicks you.

I'm just now seeing this. So sorry it wasn't better news.
for all of you.

Just catching this too.  

I'm so sorry there wasn't better news.  I just hate this point in their lives! 

Ms. Freya said:

Yup...and can use those monster mitts to open boxes, cupboards and most of the doors in the house. We seriously debated putting child locks on the kitchen cabinets when we first got her because they're open inside and she open one up, climb in, reach out and close the door, then run from one end to the other for hours (on top of our dishes).

It's hard to tell from the pics, but her belly is all spotted and she'll actually let you touch it...but you have to tell her she has a "speckly belly" while you do so or she bunny kicks you.

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She is such a precious funny girl! You've got the right idea, celebrate her, everything she is, for as long as you have her. When I got Tolly 's carcinoma diagnosis, even though my heart was breaking and I was petrified with fear over the thought of the pain to come, I was determined that his last days weren't going to be spent in a morgue. I showered him with love and cheer and everything that made him happy, including a cheerful momma.

I know that however long Freya remains comfortable, those days will be just as wonderful as every day she has already had so far with you. :heart3:

PS You're so lucky she lets you touch her Yummy Spotted Tummy, even with Rules. My Mazy cat has one of those brown tabby spotted tummies too, and she LOVES to show it off to me, but I do not DARE touch it. She's a big tease.

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She is such a precious funny girl! You've got the right idea, celebrate her, everything she is, for as long as you have her. When I got Tolly

's carcinoma diagnosis, even though my heart was breaking and I was petrified with fear over the thought of the pain to come, I was determined that his last days weren't going to be spent in a morgue. I showered him with love and cheer and everything that made him happy, including a cheerful momma.

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That's what I want to do for her...she's always hated it when I'm upset, so I want to try not to be for her. Tonight I brought her out to the couch and the five of us watched a show and had 'family time' (our weekly ritual of Me, Mike and all three cats piling on the couch and watching something while the three of them try very hard to stay out of each other's personal space on our kinda small couch).

Can I ask how long Tolly had after you got his diagnosis? I didn't realize he had carcinoma too.

Oh my, I didn't know she was a poly either! :love: She's so spirited and silly, but has a sweet, sensitive side too. :heart2: Chum has a spotted belly - but I only see it when he's playing and stands up. He doesn't even like to show it off, let alone allow us to touch it, even with rules. :lol3:

Oh hun, I'm so sorry. Lazlo had a massive mass (large cell lymphoma) in his tummy - I'm pretty sure you know that. His was treatable though. I just can't imagine getting that kind of news without any treatment option.

Please turn to us for hugs and support, so we can help you be the cheerful, happy meomy you want to be for her now. :grphug2: :grphug2: :grphug2:

for all of you. :rub:

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That's what I want to do for her...she's always hated it when I'm upset, so I want to try not to be for her. Tonight I brought her out to the couch and the five of us watched a show and had 'family time' (our weekly ritual of Me, Mike and all three cats piling on the couch and watching something while the three of them try very hard to stay out of each other's personal space on our kinda small couch).

Can I ask how long Tolly had after you got his diagnosis? I didn't realize he had carcinoma too.

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What a lovely picture you paint!

Tolly's carcinoma was in his insides. From the day he first showed symptoms (a slight swelling of fluid in his abdomen) until the day he told me he'd had enough and wanted to go be with his beloved Bibbs and Ootay was only 19 days. His blood work all through (done twice, once at my vet once at Cornell), incidentally, was perfectly normal. Like you are doing for your Freya, I made sure his last days were as comfortable and HAPPY as humanly possible.

Freya :heart3:

I'm so sorry it turned out to be such bad news. All I can think of is: she's a very lucky cat to be a part of your family and to know so much love.

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What a lovely picture you paint!

Tolly's carcinoma was in his insides. From the day he first showed symptoms (a slight swelling of fluid in his abdomen) until the day he told me he'd had enough and wanted to go be with his beloved Bibbs and Ootay was only 19 days. His blood work all through (done twice, once at my vet once at Cornell), incidentally, was perfectly normal. Like you are doing for your Freya, I made sure his last days were as comfortable and HAPPY as humanly possible.

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Thank you for sharing that. No one could really give me an answer because it apparently takes them all a little differently, but I suspected from the way everyone talked and how upset our vet was when he saw the results that we were probably looking at a month or less. I know she's not quite ready. She's still a bit too sassy and glares at us if we hover. Still rolls around and gives us her crazy loud purr and shows her belly (even if it looks bit silly shaved from the ultrasound) I trust she'll tell me when she's ready and I know she'll be with her big brother Cotton.

We're picking up some prednisone from the vet tomorrow to keep her comfortable. He's also giving us a sedative for her for when we decide it's time and call him. They don't do housecalls really, but he will for her.

Laurie - the first thing I did way back when I heard the very first x-ray results was go and read Lazlo's story again. It was what convinced me that if it was anything but this one, I would fight it with her. Thank you for it. It let me go into this prepared and knowing what to ask.

Thank you all for letting me come here and cry. I'm probably going to be doing it a lot for the next little while.

Tolly was put on pred, too. The oncologist didn't give me a time frame, but asked me if I was going to be home all weekend (Tolly saw her on a Friday), she seemed to think it would be very quick. My biggest fear with Tolly was that the fluid would put pressure on his lungs and he wouldn't be able to breathe, and would be frightened, and suffer, before I could get him to the vet, but thankfully it didn't happen for him that way. I had him with me for another 11 days after he saw the oncologist, 8 days after his first symptom.

Tolly played and took an interest in everything in his life still, except food, right up until the day before I let him go. The last day he really ate was Thanksgiving Day, when I roasted a turkey breast for him. He did have some turkey on Friday but by Saturday even though he was still showing interest in his daily pleasures, I knew he was about done. He was getting so big I had to carry him down and up the stairs to the litter boxes, he wouldn't use the one I put up in my bathroom for him and he couldn't manage the stairs. On Monday we drained the fluid, because there wasn't anything else to try, it was either let him go right then, or drain the fluid and try to make him more comfortable, but the danger was, when the fluid was drained, his kidneys would fail and that is what happened. Monday night he didn't feel good, but it was the only night he really suffered much and Tuesday morning I let him go. He was very happy to go, and so grateful to me, it was difficult to grieve at first, because he was so glad.

I'm sorry, anytime anyone asks me about Tolly I always seem to end up writing a book. Tolly was such a cheerful happy boy, but struggled all his life with the seizures and other issues. Nothing ever brought him down, except loss, when he lost his Bibbs in 2005, and Ootay in 2009. I'd always hoped for him that when his time came it would be something quick, not long and drawn out and painful, after all he'd been through in his life, and so it came to pass. He was SO HAPPY to be going to Bibbs and Ootay, so happy.

I apologize for derailing your thread. I know you and Mike and the other cats will enjoy every moment you have with Freya, and she will want for nothing.

I am so very, very sorry to hear the bad report on her biopsy. We love our furbabies so dearly from start to finish and then beyond. Freya, bless her heart, is a beautiful kitty, very pretty. Love those photos and she looks so happy and so well loved. We are here for you, hun. This is an extremely difficult time for you, your husband and your other cats and my thoughts/prayers are with you daily and with Freya. Seems to me that Pred is really the final choice of drug for our terminal babies. That is really nice that your vet will come to the house. I found a vet nearby in our new town that makes housecalls and I will use her for my Wilbur (dog) who keeps rallying on. :cross: Good to find a vet that will come and do home euthanisia as there are not too many of those around. It is hard to force yourself to be happy and upbeat all the time around them when their time is near and it is ok for you to show your emotion to Freya. With those deep emotions comes great, great love. Mega vibes to you tonight.