Misty Grey

Mom went with me and Misty to Tampa for the appointment with Blue Pearl. The doctor there examined Misty, reviewed all her records, and talked to me about the options.  The numbers for chemo/radiation were not encouraging – they would be expensive and arduous and buy Misty months maybe, if we were lucky.  Amputation really […]

Rest in peace my sweet little darling Alley. I will miss you so much. I got her an antibiotic pill instead of the liquid, it worked.  I gave her as much Nutrical as I could, and bought all kinds of cat food for her to eat, she seemed to like Newman’s Own liver the best […]

I was too upset to call yesterday.  But today I dragged myself out of the dumps and made an appointment.  Next week Misty and I will go see the oncologist, Blue Pearl in Tampa.

So this morning was supposed to be Misty’s surgery, and when I arrived my regular vet’s partner Dr. P came out from back to talk to me – the woman who treated Alley.  I don’t remember exactly what she said to me or asked, but I replied with something along the lines of “Well no, […]

I think you saw my other little cutie in another photo earlier with Misty. Last night while I was at the vet with Misty I made an appointment for them to see Alley today.  She has not been looking well, bloated or something, and yesterday she seemed to not eat anything. Alley saw Misty’s vet’s […]

Per the ECG, Misty’s heart is fine.  Whatever is causing the arrhythmia, if something is, it isn’t heart disease.  I knew it would be fine – though my vet seemed annoyed when I said that.  Misty is healthy.  Very healthy, glowingly healthy.  I didn’t need a test to know she didn’t have heart disease, I’ve […]

So I took some time to think, research, save up money, consult friends, and generally just to get my courage up.  And Christmas and New Year’s went by, and my birthday.  Misty’s lump has grown but she still seems to think nothing of it.  My heart is breaking but I know I can’t wait forever […]

This time they got a good sample.  The cytologist report said that it is consistent with connective tissue sarcoma.  It could also be a reactive fibrosis, the report said.  I talked to my old vet and my new one, they said there is not a lot of chance it is a fibrosis, he way it […]

So the vet’s office called today.  Misty’s EKG revealed an arrhythmia. VPCs – ventricular premature contractions?  She will need more tests before she can have any kind of surgery.  To make sure her heart can handle going under anesthesia, and also to rule out any nasty underlying causes.  There would be no point in doing […]

After talking to “All The Vets” I have decided to schedule Misty for a surgery.  I’d like for it to be only a biopsy but what I have asked is for them to go ahead with an excision if they find something exciseable (is that a word?), or the amputation if what they see when […]