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Old September 2nd 06, 12:45 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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Default Sasha is not good



Sounds like you need another vet. This one sounds like he doesn't
care too much. Good luck and let us know.


I got the impression that the vet believes this is the end, and
instead of being greedy and encouraging all sorts of tests, was honest
and not taking advantage of the situation.

He may be wrong, so it would be a good idea to see the other vet. But
it doesn't sound like the vet doesn't care. Just that he believes the
condition is not curable. I haven't seen anything that says the age of
this cat, and that is also a factor to take into consideration.

Last year, I discovered that Maynard had yellow ears. He seemed fine
otherwise, so I didn't realize it was very serious until Igot to the
vet and the tech looked serious and came back with the vet who had a
look that told me this was very close to the end. This was not mynormal
vet, and she gave me a bunch of of emergency options that would have
brought in a lot of cash flow for them, but it was obvious that she
didn't believe any of it would help him, especially as he was 19.

I did get the bloodwork as there was a chance that it was just an
infection. His liver values were way off the chart. This was not a
little infection.

ALT was 605 (normal is 12 -130).
SGOT/AST was 145 (normal is 5-55).
TBIL was 17.6 (normal is 0-0.9).

He still seemed fine that day, but started going downhill the day
after. And the 3rd day, he gave up eating altogether, and basically
just laid there.

Sometimes, it really does come on fast. I took him back to my regular
vet, and they took one look and agreed that any treatment would be
useless and only prolong his suffering. Had he been younger or had
some hope in his bloodwork, I would have tried.

I don't know how likely a liver problem is if the bloodwork looks okay.
Maynard's bloodwork was obviously bad.

I would definitely go back to the other vet, the one you trust, and see
what you can learn. Consider your options, give yourself some time,
and make an educated decision to try further treatment or let her go.