[Sca-cooks] Cork update

[Heleen Greenwald]

I'm so sorry about your cat. I hope that Cork can go into remission and when
the time comes , that she has a peaceful and pain free ending.
Phillipa
----- 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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