is surgery our only option for object/tumor

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Snowball

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Purred: Sun Nov 22, '09 9:47pm PST


	Just joined after searching the internet for solutions to Snowballs illness. I just left my 8 month old kitten at the vets overnight after dropping $600 and still have a very sick kitten. Less than 48 hours ago Snowball was a normal playful kitty cat. Yesterday he gagged up 2 dif. times nothing more than watery bile, and same thing once today. No fever, no appetite, very lethargic, drinks water and makes urine, sleeps. I didn't want to wait until Monday morning to take him to our vet, so I called an Emerg. Vet Clinic. The vet did a physical exam and found a small lump, ball, mass in the lower body area directly behind the rib cage. I ok'd the x-ray and blood CBC CDC that came back good, except for slight dehydration. X-ray showed gas build up in stomach and areas of the intestine, but the small lump, ball, mass did not show up. Vet wants to do surgery to remove the lump, and thinks Snowball will die without it. I don't feel like the X-ray revealed anything other than gas, and the vet thinks it is a foreign object or a tumor of some sort causing blockage. Wouldn't a foreign object show up in the X-ray? I know Snowball likes to eat things, but from stories I have found on the internet most either pass thru or remain inthe stomach for a long time(at least the 28 hair ties, rubber band and scraps of paper eaten by Hot Dawg kitty). Currently Snowball is on fluids until I decide to seek a 2nd opinion or drop another $600 for surgery to remove something that is not showing up on X-ray. Please let me know if you have had or know of any similar situations.

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Sootball

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Purred: Sun Nov 22, '09 9:56pm PST


	wow Snowball, That is a decision you are gonna have to make. though imo, I would get a second opinion first! That is if it will not make things worse. Good Luck and we will purr real hard for your speedy recovery! Please keep us all informed.

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Khina

Don't breed or- buy when shelter- pets die

Purred: Mon Nov 23, '09 10:13am PST


	There are a lot of foreign bodies that will not show up on an x-ray. Foam comes to mind. I think you have two options here and I don't think you have much time to make the decision. 1. Get an ultrasound done and see if you can find out what the mass is. This is not cheap. You're probably looking at $300. 2. Do the surgery. If your cat has been otherwise healthy up until this, I would go with this option. An ultrasound will likely show that surgery is necessary anyway, so save that money and put it toward the surgery. I really don't think you have the time to wait to see if the object will pass on its own. Do the surgery.

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Munchie

Was that the can- opener?

Purred: Mon Nov 23, '09 10:50am PST


	Did they do BariumXrays/Oral Contrast? That would be something that would show up a foreign body on x-ray. Sometimes they don't but generally the barium outlines the stomach/intestines. Basically you give them an oral pasty liquid then take multiple xrays over a duration of time following the Barium through the system. Tumors would be rare in such a young kitty but not unheard of, we just diagnosed a 6 month old adoption cat with Mast Cell Sarcoma today.

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Soda

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Purred: Mon Nov 23, '09 12:19pm PST


	Some objects don't show up on an x-ray. My uncle's dog just ate a sock, which couldn't be seen on x-ray - but it was there...a whole sock! good luck, hope everything turns out OK.

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Sootball

I am so cute,- scratch my belly- mol

Purred: Mon Nov 23, '09 2:55pm PST


	How are you doing Snowball? Did you go back to see the vet today? Please let us know how you are doing and what your Meowma decided to do.

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Miss Tiny- Burr Burr

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Purred: Mon Nov 23, '09 3:25pm PST


	as people said, not all things show up in x-ray. please consider surgery.

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Snowball

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Purred: Mon Nov 23, '09 9:20pm PST


	I picked Snowball up from the ER vet clinic and took him to our vet this morning. He did the surgery expecting to find a foreign object in the intestine, and instead found several swollen Lymph nodes all over his tiny little body. OMgosh he is only 8 months old, and weighs less than 5 pounds. While we wait on tissue sample diagnosis from a local vet. universisty, Snowball is still not much better. He is still on IV fluids and meds for the stomach to see if he can start feeling better enough to eat and keep food down. I spent all evening online searching dif. scenarios for his condition, but until results are back from the lymph node biopsy I won't know much. Being informed with knowledge is the best thing for now, if the info. is positive so if you "can offer any good websites", please let me know. I found a good one for lymphosarcoma and other cancers at www.manhattancats.com. He also tested neg. for the FIV and FeLV and his other blood work was looking pretty good 24 hours ago. I'm keeping good thoughts and thinking this will be something treatable or at least manageable. Snowball was picked out at a local shelter by my 10 year old son when we adopted him in April. He was 10 weeks old and 1 pound 10 ounces when we brought him home. His mother was only about 6 months when she had the litter and the kittens had to be bottle feed and fostered out due to the poor health of the mom and her young age. He was all white and so tiny, but then his ears started getting dark, and stripes started to appear, along with features of a Siamese around his face. He loves people. I hope to hear his lil motor pur again soon.

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Leo Lovebug- ♥

It's all about- the ear floof!

Purred: Mon Nov 23, '09 10:40pm PST


	Purring that the vet can figure out exactly what's going on and that you will be feeling better soon!

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Khina

Don't breed or- buy when shelter- pets die

Purred: Tue Nov 24, '09 4:15am PST


	I am so sorry. Our little ferret, Ghia passed this last August from lymphoma. It's a horrible thing and comes on so quickly. I hope the biopsy shows something other than that.

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