Wordy Wednesday

 

Tama-Chan: Hello, Everyone. It's me, Tama-Chan again! You remember how I mentioned yesterday that I hadn't been feeling great? Well, I then stopped eating and #1 packed me off to the vet without so much as a "by your leave"! Our vet, Dr. C is on vacation this week and so we saw the vet who is replacing her, and who turned out to be very thorough. She palpated me and thoughts my stomach felt a bit hard, so she did an ultrasound which immediately showed up a tumour in my liver. Eeek! That's no good. No good at all! I had had a wellness check with blood panel in May so she asked #1 if it would be OK to do another liver specific blood panel to see how I was reacting to this intrusion. Well, the results were once again... perfect! So, whatever this is, I am fighting it off quite well for now, except for the ...ahem... output issues I had been having. So, the vet put me on a much higher dose of prednisone for a while and she was able to give me an injection that will last two weeks! I also have to take a food supplement and #1 has to adjust my food to stuff that is highly digestible. I'll go back and see Dr. C in a couple of weeks to see how all that is working for me. In the meantime, I would appreciate any purrs you could send my way, as well as any advice from anyone who has had to deal with liver tumours (at this stage, we don't if it's benign or malignant). I have to tell you that I was good as a gold the whole time there and the vet and assistants thought I was just lovely. #1 remembered to take a few pics. whilst blood was being drawn

I have no idea where we will be going with this, but I know how much my #1 loves me and that she will take care of me in any way she can. Sadly, she is going to be away the next three weekends on various commitments, starting with a quick trip to England Friday to Monday for a 50th reunion at her Oxford college. Mr. G will of course take excellent care of me in the interim. She feels really bad about leaving me but I told her she must go as this is important and she has had a pretty hard time of late and needs a break. Thank you all for your support.