April 22, 2005

Puddy has lymphoma :(

Poor Roscoe, the vet thinks he has lymphoma and 3-12 months left. Dammit.
i called the vet for a 1 cm cyst on right shoulder blade (which grew in less than two weeks and is firming up), when he noticed that his left kidney was swollen, firm and bumpy, which is probably why he hasn't eaten.

He has lost the ability to jump up and down from the bed, it probably hurts too much. he has lost some agililty and the ability to retract his claws.

He will be taking steroids, he had one shot which seems to help a bit, at least he can try to eat some. Daily squirts of liquid prednisone for the duration, he will LOVE that. We are going with chicken flavor for the first batch, at least it will be better than the bubblegum-flavored amoxicillin.

Bummer.


Posted by sciencegrrl at April 22, 2005 10:57 AM
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