[Sca-cooks] Cork update

[Phlip]

You have my sympathy. I'm still not recovered from losing my friend of many
years, Stubby- I still feel the upset I felt, knowing what was going to
happen, and being helpless to help.

If I may make a suggestion, one of the things my vet told me was that the
reason she had eaten some summer sausage, even though she wasn't hungry, was
because, in the vet's opinion, garlic acted as an appetite stimulant. Maybe
some garlic-flavored, soft meat type foods would help?

Phlip



----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Carroll-Mann" <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:15 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Cork update


> When I called my vet on Tuesday to report Cork's increasing
> weakness, she rescheduled the ultrasound.  It was done today,
> and confirmed the vet's suspicions.  She has a cancer.  There are
> 8 distinct masses.  I've been given a referral to a veterinary
> oncologist.  My vet couldn't give me an exact diagnosis, but she
> says it could be lymphoma, which is the commonest feline cancer.
>  I'll have to discuss the rest with the specialist.
>
> I've looked it up on the web.  There's no cure, but chemotherapy
> can bring about a remission.  The average is 6 months, though
> some cats have had remissions of several years.
>
> My heart has been very heavy today, but much of the anxiety is
> gone.  Now I have some idea of what we're facing.
>
> I made the mistake last night of telling my grandmother about
> Cork's illness, and my worries.  My grandmother sometimes has a
> gift for tactlessness.  She said, in a way that was perhaps
> supposed to be philosophical, "These things happen.  What can
> you do?"  She's never been an animal lover, and doesn't
> understand.  I had been hoping for sympathy, and some
> acknowledgement of my pain.
>
> Right now our priority is to get Cork to eat.  The vet says to feed
> her whatever she likes and will keep down.  I tried some baby food
> tonight, but she didn't do more than taste it.  I don't know if she
> disliked the flavor, or just wasn't hungry.
>
> I'll post more news when I have some.  Thanks again to everyone
> for your support and counsel.
>
>
> Robin Carroll-Mann
> rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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