...continues.
So her bone biopsies (2 of them) came back as more-or-less normal. Last one was last month, and I'm not putting her through another surgery. We figured she was fine- the x-rays showed no progression over the past few months, and she wasn't limping. Cool. End of story, the cat has a weird bump on her leg, but it's no big deal. Right?
Or not.
She started limping again on Monday. Got worse, spoke to RV on Wednesday, who said put her back on Metacam for a week, see how it goes. She didn't respond to the once a day dose of Metacam, and I talked to RV again on Friday, who bumped her up to twice a day dosing, and we took another x-ray on Saturday. More progression, new focal point. *sigh* So now we're thinking it's a fungal infection- I got her with that fungal infection on her ear, which was treated but...
I need to talk with RV and Tammy more closely when Tammy comes back on Tuesday. The treatment is expensive,($100/bottle- which is OK, if I only need one bottle) protracted, and difficult. She's perfectly happy, eating, attacking the dog, purring, and not limping on twice daily Metacam. She's maybe not zooming around the house as much as she had been, but that's about it.
Somewhere along the way, I got attached to this cat. She drove me absolutely insane the first few months, but she's mellowed considerably in the past 6 months, and she's sweet, friendly, and has a fantastic purr. She still has her "bitch fits" every once in awhile, but they're few and far between. I'm just not sure what to do. If the treatment is going to take the year that I'm reading it could on veterinarypartner.com, I just can't do it. She's a pain in the butt to get blood from, and we'd have to do monthly bloodwork to make sure the drugs weren't screwing with her renal values, which also adds up. But I'd hate to just sit on my hands and do nothing and watch her decline when a treatment is available. If it had been cancer, I was good with letting her go when she got too painful. She's not a cat I'm gonna put through an amputation. This is in that "grey area" of decisions that I HATE, because there is no clear answer.
*sigh* I need to talk to the Drs. I'm leaning towards euthanasia, but I don't know all the facts yet and I don't want to jump to conclusions.
But seriously... what is it with me and my pets?! A fungal infection like this? Is *extremely* rare. I don't usually ask this, but... why me? And why her?
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