My female Tempyst (that lives with my mom) isn't doing well. Saturday my mom noticed that she was breathing pretty hard, we thought it was the heat as it has been pretty hot here, but she continued breathing hard even after turning the A/C down lower to try and help her cool down. My mom called the vet to talk to him about it and he said to bring her in on Monday if she doesn't get better by then.
Well she didn't get any better since then so I took her in to the vet today after work and my vet examined her. He think she may have a cancerous tumor on her spleen that has metastasized to her lungs causing the breathing issues.
His partner who does the sonograms wasn’t there tonight so I’m taking her back first thing in the morning for a sonogram and x-ray.
If it is cancer, I will probably put her to sleep. He said that this kind of cancer doesn’t respond to chemo or radiation, and that her breathing would just get worse. I’m really hoping for some good news tomorrow, but I’m not very optimistic at this point. It seems so strange that she might have a tumor on her spleen as that is what I just lost my other female to 3 months ago (hers torsioned though).
I can’t believe I may be losing another of my babies! The past 3 months have been rough, and now another blow.
Please keep us in your thoughts.
Well she didn't get any better since then so I took her in to the vet today after work and my vet examined her. He think she may have a cancerous tumor on her spleen that has metastasized to her lungs causing the breathing issues.
His partner who does the sonograms wasn’t there tonight so I’m taking her back first thing in the morning for a sonogram and x-ray.
If it is cancer, I will probably put her to sleep. He said that this kind of cancer doesn’t respond to chemo or radiation, and that her breathing would just get worse. I’m really hoping for some good news tomorrow, but I’m not very optimistic at this point. It seems so strange that she might have a tumor on her spleen as that is what I just lost my other female to 3 months ago (hers torsioned though).
I can’t believe I may be losing another of my babies! The past 3 months have been rough, and now another blow.
Please keep us in your thoughts.