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Hello all, I am new here and would appreciate any feedback about my special boy, based on your experiences.
My 13 year old guy was found to have a mass in his abdomen 2 months ago. It has been growing quickly enough to affect his appetite and cause him to be more lethargic. Our vet gave us the option to do surgery to remove it, or do nothing, in which case he might not have long with us. We weighed the risks and decided to try the surgery to give him a chance at survival. We were assured that though there were risks, the recovery from such a surgery was generally not too bad and complications are rare.
My boy had his intestines resected 2 days ago and a large mass was removed. We have not received the biopsy result yet, but the vet feels it was malignant and was beginning to spread in his digestive tract. Two days after surgery, he is still so lethargic he can barely move, is not eating, and vomited some bile earlier today. His blood work, which was normal before the surgery, now shows that he is anemic, white blood cell count is high, and kidney functioning is declining. He is in the hospital receiving antibiotics and fluids and the prognosis is guarded.
I feel I made a terrible mistake subjecting him to this surgery. I was not prepared for the possibility that he might not recover from it and hoped to give him a chance at survival by having the mass removed. Now I'm not even sure if he will be able to come home and I don't want him to live out his last days in the hospital, away from his family and everything he is familiar with.
Has anyone experienced similar post-op complications? What was done for your cat? What was the outcome? I want to make sure I am trying everything I can to give him a chance at recovery and a decent quality of life for whatever time he has left. I would love to be able to bring him home but he is so critical right now they haven't even been able to take him off IV fluids.
Any help or recommendations would be more than welcome. My heart is aching for what my poor boy is going through.
Thank you.
My 13 year old guy was found to have a mass in his abdomen 2 months ago. It has been growing quickly enough to affect his appetite and cause him to be more lethargic. Our vet gave us the option to do surgery to remove it, or do nothing, in which case he might not have long with us. We weighed the risks and decided to try the surgery to give him a chance at survival. We were assured that though there were risks, the recovery from such a surgery was generally not too bad and complications are rare.
My boy had his intestines resected 2 days ago and a large mass was removed. We have not received the biopsy result yet, but the vet feels it was malignant and was beginning to spread in his digestive tract. Two days after surgery, he is still so lethargic he can barely move, is not eating, and vomited some bile earlier today. His blood work, which was normal before the surgery, now shows that he is anemic, white blood cell count is high, and kidney functioning is declining. He is in the hospital receiving antibiotics and fluids and the prognosis is guarded.
I feel I made a terrible mistake subjecting him to this surgery. I was not prepared for the possibility that he might not recover from it and hoped to give him a chance at survival by having the mass removed. Now I'm not even sure if he will be able to come home and I don't want him to live out his last days in the hospital, away from his family and everything he is familiar with.
Has anyone experienced similar post-op complications? What was done for your cat? What was the outcome? I want to make sure I am trying everything I can to give him a chance at recovery and a decent quality of life for whatever time he has left. I would love to be able to bring him home but he is so critical right now they haven't even been able to take him off IV fluids.
Any help or recommendations would be more than welcome. My heart is aching for what my poor boy is going through.
Thank you.