Grizzley has been eating everyday since Monday. He is wobbly and lost about 3lb, but I get to have at least another week with him. Thank you for your prayers and good wishes.
I had to take Grizzley to the vet yesterday morning. He has lost a bit more than a pound since Wednesday, and that would be more than 2 pounds altogether. The vet took 95cc of fluid out of his lungs – she said that she only took total 50cc out on Wednesday because he wouldn’t stay still, so she thinks he’d be comfortable throughout the weekend. We are hoping the upped dosage of prednisone would slow down the fluid forming soon. We just have to wait until the end of next week to see if it’s working.
In the mean time, he ate a tablespoonful of kibbles at the vet. For some reason, he didn’t touch any of the 5 different kinds of premium food – 3 canned and 2 dry – I gave him, but he went for friggin Science Diet. So they gave me a ziplock bag with Science Diet dry food. But at home, he hasn’t touched his food again. He’s not even eating the pill pockets, so the I have the liquid form of prednisone. I have to take him back to the vet on Monday if he doesn’t eat tonight. I’m going to try force feeding him with a syringe anyway.
Please please please pray for him. I need a little more time with him, Just a few more months is all I ask. Please…
Grizzley stayed at the hospital Wednesday night. It turns out that he does have lymphoma and now it has advanced to his chest cavity. The vet took the fluid out of his lungs a few times so he could breathe better and he finally ate something yesterday after starving himself for 2 days. The vet says that once at this stage, the disease advances rapidly and Grizzley has a couple of months at the most unless he decides to surprise us by responding really well to the medications, in which case I might have a few more months with him.
I took him home last night and so far, he has eaten only 2 oz of canned food while normally he should have finished 9 oz. But it might just be that the dosage of prednisone that we quadrupled just 2 days ago hasn’t taken considerable effect yet. If he doesn’t eat substantial amount by tomorrow morning, I have to take him back to the vet tomorrow.
Please please please keep your fingers crossed, say a prayer and send him good vibes so that he at least sees his 15th birthday, 28th of June, and also that his last days are not too painful to him and that I recognize the time to let him go when the time comes.
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