ThisIsAllForZot
Member Since 2025
Sweet Olive
My 9-yro baby, Olive (non-diabetic) hasn't been eating properly for about a week's time. She was somewhat lethargic or hiding at times for hours, though she has always been a loner she seemed a little bit lost and confused. She also was letting her brother cuddle with her which was unusual. She was drinking a lot so I immediately had a concern in the back of my had that she may be diabetic. She had lost 2lbs in a week, and was quite skinny.
I managed to get her into the vet. They did some imaging, finding nothing obvious on the imaging, her temperature was 102. They did some bloodwork and found things that made has made my vet strongly consider Lymphoma and or Multiple Myeloma, though they said it is possible that there is a hidden infection somewhere, they said it was much less likely than the two possible cancer diagnosis, and that if this was indeed one of these two it has spread to her bone marrow, and caused severe non-regenerative anemia as she has slight respiratory stress (somewhat obvious breathing with her abdomen, visible near her hips). They gave her a life expectancy of 2mo as long as her quality of life holds and she begins eating with the medication they prescribed her. I could not afford the 300 dollar price tag to confirm the cancer, so she is also receiving an antibiotic as a sort of elimination test, which the vet said; if there is an infection than we will likely see improvement in 3-5 days time. She seems in good spirits today, though she is wandering a bit more and relatively stressed from the vet visit, while she was not very vocal despite being a vocal cat the last couple of days, she has began vocalizing again and getting excited when she is approached. She has a had a fatty tumor since she was a year old, which has disappeared over the last two weeks, it was on her right side near her primordial pouch on her stomach.
My question is; I've never dealt with this sort of heavy, potential diagnosis with any of my pets, and I am searching for advice in making the remaining days or weeks as comfortable as possible before her quality of life goes downhill. Part of me wants to give her tons of attention and love her to pieces over the next days or weeks, but the other part of me says it is better to respect the usual activities she participates in which tends to be observation and being a loner. I feel that it may be more kind to let her exist as she has always despite my want to give her tons of affection. All advice or ideas, or opinions are welcome. I'll throw in her blood work results for some more context for anyone who is curious or would like to see, as well as the x-rays. (none include my personal information, obviously)
Bloodwork
X-rays
My 9-yro baby, Olive (non-diabetic) hasn't been eating properly for about a week's time. She was somewhat lethargic or hiding at times for hours, though she has always been a loner she seemed a little bit lost and confused. She also was letting her brother cuddle with her which was unusual. She was drinking a lot so I immediately had a concern in the back of my had that she may be diabetic. She had lost 2lbs in a week, and was quite skinny.
I managed to get her into the vet. They did some imaging, finding nothing obvious on the imaging, her temperature was 102. They did some bloodwork and found things that made has made my vet strongly consider Lymphoma and or Multiple Myeloma, though they said it is possible that there is a hidden infection somewhere, they said it was much less likely than the two possible cancer diagnosis, and that if this was indeed one of these two it has spread to her bone marrow, and caused severe non-regenerative anemia as she has slight respiratory stress (somewhat obvious breathing with her abdomen, visible near her hips). They gave her a life expectancy of 2mo as long as her quality of life holds and she begins eating with the medication they prescribed her. I could not afford the 300 dollar price tag to confirm the cancer, so she is also receiving an antibiotic as a sort of elimination test, which the vet said; if there is an infection than we will likely see improvement in 3-5 days time. She seems in good spirits today, though she is wandering a bit more and relatively stressed from the vet visit, while she was not very vocal despite being a vocal cat the last couple of days, she has began vocalizing again and getting excited when she is approached. She has a had a fatty tumor since she was a year old, which has disappeared over the last two weeks, it was on her right side near her primordial pouch on her stomach.
My question is; I've never dealt with this sort of heavy, potential diagnosis with any of my pets, and I am searching for advice in making the remaining days or weeks as comfortable as possible before her quality of life goes downhill. Part of me wants to give her tons of attention and love her to pieces over the next days or weeks, but the other part of me says it is better to respect the usual activities she participates in which tends to be observation and being a loner. I feel that it may be more kind to let her exist as she has always despite my want to give her tons of affection. All advice or ideas, or opinions are welcome. I'll throw in her blood work results for some more context for anyone who is curious or would like to see, as well as the x-rays. (none include my personal information, obviously)
Bloodwork
X-rays
