haemangiosarcomas in cats

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Vicky RVN — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:40:26 GMT

Aww glad to hear that, give him a from me!

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Steph Worsley — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:03:28 GMT

thanks Vicky, he is doing well had his 3rd chemo yesterday and had a repeat scan and everything looks good so fingers crossed he will be fine, the next discussion in 3 weeks will be if he is going to have a total of 4 or 6 doses of chemo

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Vicky RVN — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:02:27 GMT

I hope Smudge is still doing well.

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Saskia Quinn — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:14:49 GMT

Good. I am glad to hear he is doing well.

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Steph Worsley — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:52:55 GMT

He's doing well, had his first chemo 2 weeks ago and is due his second next week, he has pancreatitis which seems to be flaring up at the min, but all in all he is playing again which is good!

Thanks for asking!!! xx

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Saskia Quinn — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:35:38 GMT

Steph, how are things with Smudge now?

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Julie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:54:31 GMT

Great news.

I'm really pleased that things are going well so fingers crossed.

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Steph Worsley — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:47:21 GMT

Hey All

I thought I would give you a quick update on how the little cat is doing......He has had 4 treatments of radiotherapy which finished last week, and apart from a bit of D+ (which isnt surprising since we were zapping a bit of his colon) and a bit of dry skin he is looking and acting really well

He had a rpt ultrasound last week and we re cultured his bile and that came back clean so he started on his first dose of chemo today. He has been an absolute star!!! He is going to have a rpt xray and ultrasound on his 3rd chemo in 6 weeks to check for mets again but so far sao good!!!!!

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Vicky RVN — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:26:46 GMT

Glad thing look ok for Smudge

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Steph Worsley — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:16:06 GMT

Thanks guys!

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Nick Shackleton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:39:08 GMT

Glad to hear things are looking bright for smudge!

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Saskia Quinn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:36:12 GMT

Well done Steph! You done a good job of persuading your parents in the end!

Fingers crossed for Smudge - keep us posted!

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Steph Worsley — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:18:18 GMT

Hi Everyone

Quick update on Smudge!

he luckily hasn't got any obvious mets yet, (thoracic rads showed he did have asthma which we suspected) we took FNA's of the liver for cytology and took a sample from the gall bladder to send off to check for cholangiohepatitis

Spoke to the oncologists and they suggested either a 12 tx over 4 wks of radiotherapy, or 4 tx over 4 wks of radiotherapy and 6 tx of chemo every 3 wks. The latter one was more recommended as so little is known and it means we can get any of the little blighters that are floating round thinking of grabbing hold somewhere.

The BEST news is that mum and dad are 99% sure they are gonna go for the radio/chemo option we would re stage him after the radio and then at end of the chemo

I think they are pleased now that I pushed so much to get him over here as their vet told them nothing about the tumour and how fast it could grow back etc

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Steph Worsley — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:27:28 GMT

Thanks guys

I shall keep you all posted, he has an appt on wed afternoon so will know by thurs evening about mets etc!

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:14:04 GMT

Glad to hear the parents come round to the idea! Specialists are the way forward. Good luck wiv it. Hope all goes well

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Saskia Quinn — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:03:39 GMT

Thats a great outcome Steph, well done

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Steph Worsley — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:18:08 GMT

Thanks guys for your support, my mum rang again last night and we had a very long discussion where I explained my concerns re his own vet not offering scans of his liver in the 1st place/screening for mets and also the fact she hadn't discussed what a haemangiosarc can do/what can happen if it ruptures. and that I only wanted the best people looking after him

So the outcome is they are bringing him over again

I've told mum and dad to feliway the car and carrier before hand as well

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Claire Cameron — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:15:49 GMT

im so sorry to hear about the kitty. Its awful when something like this hits home, parents will never listen i dont think, my in laws dont believe a word i say either, for example his dad read that chocolate isnt poisonous for dogs, despite showing him some info from VPIS im still wrong

hope things are ok xxx

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:58:35 GMT

lol lots of these in Oct!!!

I will keep you posted, thanks for your support!

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Saskia Quinn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:50:52 GMT

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Hey Paula....are you sure I'm not going mad.....you might change your mind in Oct!!!!

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I guess we will have to wait and see then lololol!!!!!

Do keep me posted about him though.

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:36:16 GMT

Hey Paula....are you sure I'm not going mad.....you might change your mind in Oct!!!!

I suppose at least they are gonna ask to get scanned at their vets....unfortunately my feline vet is actually away at a feline conference as of today otherwise I might have asked her to speak to them

I shall see what their vet says!

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Saskia Quinn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:43:18 GMT

Aw Steph, it is really hard with our parents sometimes, I agree.

And for the record, no, you are not going mad

I guess you will just have to keep working on them though.

Would it be possible for one of your vet friends to phone and speak to your parents? Would they listen to someone else other than you? Just an idea

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:19:15 GMT

I've explained all of this to them, more so after speaking to the feline specialist at work who is also a really good friend,

I'm just glad that I was in the bath with my music on so I didn't hear the phone go otherwise I know I would have had an argument with my mum and prob would have ended up driving the hour back to theirs, collected the cat myself to bring him in where we have the specialists!!!

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Emma Purnell — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:11:10 GMT

I don't think your going mad, but parents will never believe how much you truely know! I struggle to get my parents to feed anything other than Tesco's meat to their dog, and our senior vet was told last weekend by her parents that ticks fly, and when she said they didn't, they told her she obviously hadn't seen one before.... They are all the same.

All you can do is be supportive, sit them down and explain in detail your concerns. They may not understand about the mets and liver values etc, but hopefully they will see that you truely want what is best and it may help a little.

Best of luck love. xxx

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:03:04 GMT

ARGH parents!!!

My mum has now decided to not bring him over to us as "it would be too stressful for him" - too stressful for them more like!!! yes he cries in the carrier but so did my guys when i used to have to take them to st helens from macclesfield!

All I want to do is get to the bottom of this and find out what is going on with his liver properly, the fact that their own practice didn't even offer to screen for mets when they found out about the sarcoma or even do a liver scan when they found everything was raised in the first place to find out what was going wrong with it is not reassuring to me in the least! Plus the fact that they said that they weren't too bothered about his liver because of his age

Please someone tell me I'm not going mad and that i'm wanting what is best for the cat!