Biscuit health update

[firecat]

My cat Biscuit had surgery in March and they found cancer. She did well for a while, but the cancer was likely to recur.

Lately she hasn't been eating enough and is losing weight (she gained weight after the surgery but now she's back to the same weight she was just before the surgery), so I took her to the vet today.

The vet thinks cancer is recurring in the lymph nodes. Her bloodwork was normal. He prescribed an appetite stimulant (Mirtazapine, a human antidepressant) and B12 injections.

I'm glad he didn't suggest any more extreme interventions. I just want her to have a reasonable quality of life for as long as she can.

I hear Fancy Feast is the food of choice for tempting low-appetite cats to eat.

Good thoughts/candle-lightings/opinions welcome.

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[elynne.livejournal.com]

Oh, and: we recently had to dropper-feed one of our cats. He was extremely sick and dehydrated and refused to eat even the turkey food. We got--I don't remember what it's called, basically a feeding syringe, filled it with turkey baby food and water, and then held him down and stuck it in his mouth. He drank it grudgingly, and a lot of it got on him and the floor, but I think overall it was more beneficial than annoying to him. ;)