joeybee12
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Sat Feb-07-04 02:11 PM
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Need help with info about a cat with an enlarged liver |
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My friend's cat has been diagnosed with an enlarged liver. They did tests and can't see a tumor, but the liver is huge, and is pushing poor Tony's stomach out of whack. They have him on appetite stimulants, that gets him to eat a little, but not much. Basically, he'll starve himself to death if they can't get him to eat.
The vet said the only way to see what's going on for sure, is a liver biopsy, and that means opening him up. My friend doesn't want to do that. I just think there has to be some way to figure out what's going on without opening him up--has anyone ever had to deal witha problem like this? He's had an ultrasound, but that didn't show anything other than that the liver was very big. I would think that there'd be some medication they could try to get the liver to get back to normal size, especially if it isn't a tumor that's causing this. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated. Poor Tony is only 7--he should have a lot more years left in him!
Thanks!!!!!!
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Kathy in Cambridge
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Sat Feb-07-04 02:19 PM
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1. My kitty Lulu (RIP) went through that |
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she had liver biopsy, then liver surgery and survived for four more years. She had cysts on her liver that caused the enlargement.
Tell them to go ahead-he is young and should survive the surgery. Lulu was 12 when she had it, and 16 when she died (kidney failure).
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Sat Feb-07-04 05:30 PM
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2. I would certainly do it--I need to convince my friend... |
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...did your cat go through a sudden weight gain. and then a weight loss? Tony ballooned up a year or so ago, but since he's a male, we didn't think anything of it, but then at the end of last year he started losing weight rapidly. Just wondering if there's a connection. Thanks!
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Sat Feb-07-04 06:46 PM
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Sat Feb-07-04 06:50 PM
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4. Get that cat off the streets, get her into a detox center so she |
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can quit drinking and druggin and live a straight and quiet life, one day at a time. Jeesh. The way some of these cats these days carry on.
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Sat Feb-07-04 07:31 PM
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5. The cat in question only drinks water, and goes to church on Sundays |
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A very clean-living cat, unless you count the fact that he'll eat anything that drops onto the floor.
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