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I am so sorry to hear the possible diagnosis. The waiting is, indeed, horrible.Thank you, iPappy. Danno spent much of the day in the hospital. The ultrasound showed what the vet suspected might be lymphoma with possible spleen and liver involvement. Based on that, we had a fine needle biopsy done. Cytology should be ready early next week.
After eating so well through Wednesday, he was refusing all food on Thursday and early Friday. We were given mirtazipine and I was able to pill him easily when we got home (he's normally a very docile cat, and this sudden illness has made him very passive). Within an hour he was eating like a champ, drank a good amount of water, and walked around the house a little, making a pit stop to pee in his litter box. He's very spacy and altered, but he's not hiding and does respond to scritches and cuddles. I'm going to go back over there this afternoon to give him another pill and hopefully get him to eat.
Waiting is horrible. I'm glad we took action yesterday - I feel frantic when I can't take action when a loved one is ill - I know you can all relate. I don't want to get negative results, but I want him to get whatever treatments he can as soon as possible. I've been reading everything I can about feline lymphoma, especially the threads on this forum, which give me hope.
It helps me while I wait to focus on their symptoms and how they're acting in general. That frantic feeling is not a stranger to me, I always say when one of them is sick the rest of my life is put on hold because that is the ONLY thing that matters.
There are several members here who have cats with this type of lymphoma, and many of them do incredibly well. I had a cat that was diagnosed with IBD, and knowing what I know now I would guess he had some form of intestinal lymphoma (but I don't know for sure, and I am not a vet.) He lived to be over 15.
to you and Danno.