Hello. I am looking for any advice I can get. After the death of my older cat we decided to get a new kitten one week ago. So we heard of someone who had a kitten of 5 months old. Soon after we got him, I noticed he had a visible lump on the upper front leg. It is slightly soft, attached, and under the skin layer. I took him to the vet, who thought it warranted a needle biopsy, although he said it was unusual to find malignancy in such a young cat. The biopsy came back with abnormal cells. The vet wants to remove the mass next week.
After looking up things on the internet, this looks to me like a fibrosarcoma and the prognosis is not good. We had significant vet bills from our older cat's illness and though we can cover the cost of the surgery if it leaves a good chance of the tumour being cured, further treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy etc. are simply out of the question. It seems these sorts of tumours are very likely to recur after surgery. We don't have thousands of dollars for vet bills. I don't know what I m looking for by posting on this board, maybe any advice?
After looking up things on the internet, this looks to me like a fibrosarcoma and the prognosis is not good. We had significant vet bills from our older cat's illness and though we can cover the cost of the surgery if it leaves a good chance of the tumour being cured, further treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy etc. are simply out of the question. It seems these sorts of tumours are very likely to recur after surgery. We don't have thousands of dollars for vet bills. I don't know what I m looking for by posting on this board, maybe any advice?