Comments on: Quick Oscar Update http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/quick-oscar-update/ Unique gifts for dog & cat lovers not found in stores. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:34:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Go Fetch Gifts http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/quick-oscar-update/#comment-614 Go Fetch Gifts Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:52:44 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=370#comment-614 Linda I am so sorry about Beanie!!! In a later post in this blog, I report on Oscar's death which occurred about one month after I wrote this post. The vet did not recommend removing the mass, and the biopsy was inconclusive but did not seem to be cancer. I will tell you that Oscar didn't seem as bad as poor Beanie. He had all his functions and continued eating, albeit was picky. Lost weight was the only symptom, as well as jaundice. We were giving him fluids for hydration and taking him to laser acupuncture treatments. He was still climbing up onto the bed up to his last day. He did not seem sick when I left for work. When I came home, he was dying. What a shock for you, this seems to have come about so suddenly! The only thing I can say is that Oscar seemed to be doing well, so I didn't want to put him through a risky surgery. Your guy seems to be suffering, so you have to do something about that either by surgery or putting him to sleep. Oscar took a long time to pass away here at home. I should have taken him to the vet, but I didn't want him to pass away in the car. Please let me know what happens with Beanie. It sounds like you might want to try surgery if you can afford it. Linda I am so sorry about Beanie!!! In a later post in this blog, I report on Oscar’s death which occurred about one month after I wrote this post. The vet did not recommend removing the mass, and the biopsy was inconclusive but did not seem to be cancer. I will tell you that Oscar didn’t seem as bad as poor Beanie. He had all his functions and continued eating, albeit was picky. Lost weight was the only symptom, as well as jaundice. We were giving him fluids for hydration and taking him to laser acupuncture treatments. He was still climbing up onto the bed up to his last day. He did not seem sick when I left for work. When I came home, he was dying.

What a shock for you, this seems to have come about so suddenly! The only thing I can say is that Oscar seemed to be doing well, so I didn’t want to put him through a risky surgery. Your guy seems to be suffering, so you have to do something about that either by surgery or putting him to sleep. Oscar took a long time to pass away here at home. I should have taken him to the vet, but I didn’t want him to pass away in the car.

Please let me know what happens with Beanie. It sounds like you might want to try surgery if you can afford it.

]]> By: Linda Gilleran http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/quick-oscar-update/#comment-613 Linda Gilleran Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:38:52 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=370#comment-613 Please, please, please send me an update on Oscar!!!! My Persian 16-yr. old cat Beanie is experiencing THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, but it has progressed some what further in his case. Since Christmas when everything was fine, Beanie has lost half his body weight, has stopped eating and drinking, pooping/peeing, has gotten extremely dehydrated, and went jaundiced over the course of only 10 days! He is right now on emergency IV fluids, electrolytes, sugars, etc... tonight to save his life. The X-rays/ultrasounds show a mass pushing on his liver, and his liver seems to be working overtime to compensate for something. His liver enzymes are off the chart! Did you ever find-out what the fluid in the mass was? Did you ever remove the mass? Is it still there, and does it get bigger over time? Is Oscar back to his old self? Has he experienced any further complications? Please give me all the gory details because I may have to make a life/death decision tomorrow, and I'd like to hear a story where this came out well and/or the poor cat got at least a couple more years of healthy, happy life in the end. My Beanie is a 16-yr. old who normally has the health and vitality of a 5 year old, and I'm very reluctant to call it 'age related' since two weeks ago, he seemed ready for another 10 years of life! Please tell me how Oscar is today - DO give me all the details. I'd greatly appreciate it! Please, please, please send me an update on Oscar!!!!

My Persian 16-yr. old cat Beanie is experiencing THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, but it has progressed some what further in his case.

Since Christmas when everything was fine, Beanie has lost half his body weight, has stopped eating and drinking, pooping/peeing, has gotten extremely dehydrated, and went jaundiced over the course of only 10 days! He is right now on emergency IV fluids, electrolytes, sugars, etc… tonight to save his life.

The X-rays/ultrasounds show a mass pushing on his liver, and his liver seems to be working overtime to compensate for something. His liver enzymes are off the chart!

Did you ever find-out what the fluid in the mass was? Did you ever remove the mass? Is it still there, and does it get bigger over time? Is Oscar back to his old self? Has he experienced any further complications?

Please give me all the gory details because I may have to make a life/death decision tomorrow, and I’d like to hear a story where this came out well and/or the poor cat got at least a couple more years of healthy, happy life in the end.

My Beanie is a 16-yr. old who normally has the health and vitality of a 5 year old, and I’m very reluctant to call it ‘age related’ since two weeks ago, he seemed ready for another 10 years of life!

Please tell me how Oscar is today – DO give me all the details. I’d greatly appreciate it!

]]> By: Jaime http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/quick-oscar-update/#comment-612 Jaime Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:54:00 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=370#comment-612 we are praying for Oscar!! Jaime, Benson, Gibson, Sasha & Theodore we are praying for Oscar!!

Jaime, Benson, Gibson, Sasha & Theodore

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