My Missy is at the vet's again today, for the third time in three days. She's been losing weight, so I took her in for a check-up. Since she's 14 years old, I didn't think significant weight loss was something to fool with, especially in a cat that used to tend to be a little plump.
The vet did blood work and urinalysis, and couldn't find anything except for a slightly elevated white blood cell count. So I took her back yesterday for x-rays. She has fluid around her lungs, and we don't know what's causing it. The vet was able to draw off 90 milliliters of fluid out of her chest, poor thing, and that's being analyzed.
Today, she's getting a chest ultrasound by a cardiologist. I'm going crazy waiting and not knowing. She wasn't acting sick, but gradually getting thinner. The possibilities are horrible. She could have Feline Infectious Peritonitis, which has no cure, and she will surely not survive it. She could have cardiomyopathy, and maybe she could be treated with medication. There are other diseases that cause fluid in the chest, and most of them are fatal.
In addition, my sister just died from cancer earlier this month, just before the terrorist attacks. I'm still mourning her loss; I can't face another loss. I am so afraid I'll lose my baby now. I'm just so afraid.
The vet did blood work and urinalysis, and couldn't find anything except for a slightly elevated white blood cell count. So I took her back yesterday for x-rays. She has fluid around her lungs, and we don't know what's causing it. The vet was able to draw off 90 milliliters of fluid out of her chest, poor thing, and that's being analyzed.
Today, she's getting a chest ultrasound by a cardiologist. I'm going crazy waiting and not knowing. She wasn't acting sick, but gradually getting thinner. The possibilities are horrible. She could have Feline Infectious Peritonitis, which has no cure, and she will surely not survive it. She could have cardiomyopathy, and maybe she could be treated with medication. There are other diseases that cause fluid in the chest, and most of them are fatal.
In addition, my sister just died from cancer earlier this month, just before the terrorist attacks. I'm still mourning her loss; I can't face another loss. I am so afraid I'll lose my baby now. I'm just so afraid.