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brad    [More info]

Hi all,
I have a 15-1/2 female kitty named "Linda" that was diagnosed 2 months ago with early renal failure. Her creatinine is 2.9 and urine specific gravity is 1.016. It was also revealed that she has high blood pressure and is slightly anemic. And suddenly things have gotten even more serious.
Linda's appetite went downhill 2 weeks ago and she became very lethargic and was breathing fairly hard. So I had an ultra sound and x-rays done. It turns out that her chest and abdomen were full of fluid! The heart function was perfectly normal - pumping nicely. But the radiologist said that the ultra sound revealed "changes" in the liver and intestinal wall (and other places) that is indicative of a systemic cancer (probably lymphoma). The lymph nodes in her abdomen were also swollen.
My vet was concered about using Lasix to remove the fluid due to my cat's CRF. So she gave Linda some gas and extracted the fluid manually (via a needle I guess). My vet got 150ml off her chest. We sent a sample of the fluid to a lab for analysis. The lab didn't happen to find actual cancer cells in the fluid sample, but they found certain kinds of lymphocytes and lymphoblasts that they said pointed toward lymphoma. My vet doesn't want to do a biopsy because of the delicate shape Linda is in. Plus, she thinks that the evidence pointing toward a systemic cancer is very strong.
Linda felt so much better once that fluid was removed. I took her home that night and she was affectionate, bright-eyed and she ate. Yes!! So that fluid was causing much of her problems for the past 2 weeks. But just 48 hours later, the fluid was back!! She was lethargic, not eating, not affectionate. So my vet manually withdrew *another 150ml of fluid* tonight. And sure enough, Linda (for now) is feeling so much better. She's eating, wanting affection, bright eyed.

But, clearly, I can't do this to her every 3 days. I can't afford it, and it can't be good for her. And, yet, knowing that she feels so much better if I can simply get that fluid off her chest, I don't want to give up on her yet. I'm sure Linda will start filling up with fluid and breathing hard in a day or two, so time is of the essence. My vet is discussing this case with a local Dallas oncologist to see if there's something we can do.
Have any of you heard of systemic cancers causing fluid to build up around the lungs like this?
I may have to try using Lasix on Linda even if it hurts her weak kidneys. Perhaps some Lasix will let her go a few weeks in between having the fluid manually released.
Thanks for any advice or information,
Brad
+1 Bill Graham    [More info]

"Hi all, I have a 15-1/2 female kitty named "Linda" that was diagnosed 2 months ago with early renal failure. ... let her go a few weeks in between having the fluid manually released. Thanks for any advice or information, Brad"

With people fluid builds up in the lungs when they are experiencing, "heart failure". Perhaps this happens in cats too.

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+1 Gandalf    [More info]

This is very common with a systemic (wide spread) cancer.

As much as I know you want to 'save' your cat, almost nothing can be done at this point, except removing the fluid every 3 days.

Any kind of chemo and/or radiation would be both expensive, VERY hard on your elderly cat, and doomed to failure. The cancer has already spread too much, and your cat is the equivalent of a 70 to 80 year old human.

She won't stand up to any cancer treatment, and it will only make her very, very sick, at this point.
I hate to have to say it, but it's time to think about letting your beloved kitty go, before all her 'quality of life' is completely gone.

I'm so very sorry.
"Hi all, I have a 15-1/2 female kitty named "Linda" that was diagnosed 2 months ago with early renal failure. ... let her go a few weeks in between having the fluid manually released. Thanks for any advice or information, Brad"

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+1 cybercat    [More info]

"Hi all, My vet doesn't want to do a biopsy because of the delicate shape Linda is in. Plus, she ... essence. My vet is discussing this case with a local Dallas oncologist to see if there's something we can do."
Brad, I can tell you love your dear Linda very much. I know you can't bear the thought of losing her but I sense that the time is coming when you might best give her the greatest gift of all mercy and release from suffering. It might not be as bad as it could be, but do you really want it to be before you allow her release from this dreadful condition? I am not making light of the decision, it is certainly the hardest one to make, and it is hardest of all on you, not on her.

What will be hardest on her is suffering when there is no hope of recovery. My heart truly goes out to you. We had our beloved cat euthanized last March due to oral cancer that was not treatable without removing her lower jaw. We might have kept her longer, but I feared she would suffer. {hugs}
+1 Mark Earnest    [More info]

"Hi all, I have a 15-1/2 female kitty named "Linda" that was diagnosed 2 months ago with early renal failure. ... let her go a few weeks in between having the fluid manually released. Thanks for any advice or information, Brad"

Brad, if you have to let go, and only you can decide that, remember that you gave a part of yourself to that beloved animal. It will always be with her.
Start over with a kitten.
+1 hopitus    [More info]

"Hi all, =A0 I have a 15-1/2 female kitty named "Linda" that was diagnosed 2 months ago with early renal ... let her go a few weeks in between having the fluid manually released. Thanks for any advice or information, Brad"

Gandalf and Cybercat say what I would, and I am sorry. Time to give her
the last gift of love..freedom from her suffering and yours as well. Stay
with her at vets when merciful needle is given. It is hard to do this but the
last face she will see will be yours. They let me hold mine with a baby
blanket and going by the hoomin exit status of senses, I knew hearing is
the last sense to go and talked to mine till it was over. Some people cannot do this (stay with cat). You are a man I assume. I am not a man. It is time.
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