Lester - Bad News

Hazel Az wrote:

I'm so sorry about Lester. I've been reading his updates as I get the time
and I feel so badly for you. We are sending purrs and prayers that you have
a wonderful, love filled last few days with him.

Hazel Az



What Pam said.

Pam, Rob, and the NC nine

So sorry to hear the bad newsIknow it hurts so bad,
I had the same thing to do when Henri's kidney gave up
and I know how painful it is just waiting.I'm sure his
time left will be very peaceful and loving Jean P.

Arthur Shapiro wrote in message
news:bZ8yb.11562$ZE1.3263@fed1read04...
The question for Lester, besides the improbability of surviving the
surgery
itself, which he obviously did, was whether the surgen was forced to
remove
too much of the bile duct system for the cat to survive. She thought it
was
close, but knew it was iffy.

Today he had his followup appointment. She looked inside his ear, and it
was
slightly yellow. That's it...no testing necessary, no blood work...Lester
has
lost the battle.

She estimates he'll give up within a week or two, although it will not be
painful. There is a small possibility that he could unexpectedly perish
any
time, but the most expected outcome is that we will realize that the time
will
have come and have to have him put down. A small percentage of cats
survive
for months with this increased billirubin (sp?) problem, but those are the
extreme exception.

At least I've been given the go-ahead to up the feeding, from 5 cc. to 8
cc.
today, and 10 cc. thereafter. But he will not put on the weight - there's
apparently too much inoperable cancer left around the diaphram area, which
I
didn't realize was so severe.

So I guess we'll continue to dote on him and make his life as happy as
possible for whatever time we have left. He does not show any particular
signs of being unhappy or in distress.

Art
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