It's Hard Owning Amimals

UPDATE: Although Maggie was doing well with chemo treatment. She finally decided enough was enough. She developed a fever and refused to eat. So on Aug 27 she went over the rainbow. 

It was only five months ago that we lost our little Lexi, and now it's happening again. 

My beloved cat Maggie May has cancer. I knew something was wrong as she looked like she was losing weight so I took her in for test. 

She had been out of sorts since Lexi passed away; she's been anxious and prone to crying out in the night. I thought it was her missing Lexi because she would heartbreakingly rub up against Lexi box that was on the bottom shelf. How she knew Lexi's ashes were in that box I'll never know. She didn't act like this when Semper passed away. 

Her bloodwork was great except they showed that she had a hyperactive thyroid, not unusual in older cats, but went to explain her anxiety. She actually weighed the same but she lost muscle mass. 

So I thought okay, we can deal with this and she can live a long and productive life. I was wrong. 

She started to lose weight and looked gaunt. So back to the doctor and this time they did an x-ray and there was something in her intestines. A few years back she was having severe chronic constipation but once I put her on Metamucil it was stabilized. So next they did an ultrasound and it appears that she has a lymphoma. 

The doctors felt that it was treatable though and, thankfully, I have great insurance on her, so we're going to try. 

Yeah, try finding an oncologist. I'm scheduled for an appointment on August 17 and am on a waiting list. I'm also waiting to hear from one down in San Diego.

The waiting game is painful. Maggie is eating, not that well, and has lost almost 2 pounds. I've never been so thankful that she was on the chunky side so she has a bit of wiggle room. But she looks so skinny and gaunt. 

For one her feisty attitude is coming in handy because the vet felt she had a fighting spirit. So hopefully I'll be able to get her in soon before she's too weak to get treatment. 

Owning pets sucks sometimes but they give you so much love. I'm not ready to give up on my crooked-eared warrior queen as long as she has some fight in her.