Topic: Delphi has a suspected mammary tumour (Read 5914 times)

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #55 on:** November 26, 2010, 19:12:37 PM »

So pleased Delphi is doing well

madamcat (Edd) · « **Reply #54 on:** November 26, 2010, 16:32:06 PM »

Good to hear that your beautiful Delphi is doing well

Dawn F · « **Reply #53 on:** November 26, 2010, 08:56:58 AM »

I was only thinking about her last night, glad she is doing well

Philip · « **Reply #52 on:** November 25, 2010, 21:40:32 PM »

Well Delphi is still with me and seems content.

Her weight fluctuates, but remains stable.

With the cold weather she is getting a runny nose so sometimes she doesn't want to eat, but she appears happy.

So I hope she will be here for Christmas. That would be a nice present.

Sootyca · « **Reply #51 on:** September 03, 2010, 09:36:50 AM »

Hope Delphi is feeling better soon and starts pulling through this.

Philip · « **Reply #50 on:** September 02, 2010, 23:17:44 PM »

Thanks all.

The others are fine.

Vet agrees with me that she probably has a tummy upset. It was a big op.

I have been feeding her cod and my vet has told me that it isn't good to keep a cat on just fish for a long time as it contains a substance that isn't good for cats. I need to find out more about that. I should have asked, but I had just finished a night shift that ended with a cardiac arrest with me intubating the patient and then doing a few rounds of cardiac compressions so felt a little tired so I forgot to ask.

So she's in a nother course of antibiotics and probiotics and I'm going to give her 50ml of subcutaneous fluids daily.

She is a little brighter this evening.

clarenmax · « **Reply #49 on:** September 02, 2010, 09:27:19 AM »

Hope all goes well at the vets and its just something simple like a tummy upset

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #48 on:** September 02, 2010, 08:07:12 AM »

Good luck and hope it is something simple

alisonandarchie · « **Reply #47 on:** September 02, 2010, 07:31:40 AM »

All the best at the vets and sending healing thoughts

Janeyk · « **Reply #46 on:** September 02, 2010, 06:47:19 AM »

Are the others ok Philip?

I wonder whether she has a food allergy? it's odd that she keeps going like this, I hope that she starts to eat again soon, the good thing is that she seems ok on herself.

Philip · « **Reply #45 on:** September 01, 2010, 22:00:53 PM »

Delphi has gone downhill over the last couple of days.

She isn't eating enough and has really runny diarrhoea.

So another visit to the vets tomorrow morning.

I have to admit to starting to feel emotionally drained with all the ups and downs lately.

Have given her subcutaneous fluids today to try and give her a boost.

She is still playful and enjoys a good fuss and she isn't hiding away so I don't feel its time just yet to make any decisions. I guess I will have to wait and see. I'm hoping she may have a tunny bug due to going through the op and maybe that can be treated.

When I prepare her food she jumps down and meows like she's interested but only eats a few mouthfulls.

Her weight is down from 2.71kg to 2.62kg.

Please send healing purrs and hugs this way.

Thanks.

alisonandarchie · « **Reply #44 on:** August 24, 2010, 21:41:52 PM »

Great news and hope Delphi continues to make good progress

clarenmax · « **Reply #43 on:** August 24, 2010, 09:38:49 AM »

Janeyk · « **Reply #42 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:59:49 AM »

Philip · « **Reply #41 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:13:44 AM »

Her weight is now 2.71kg.

Janeyk · « **Reply #40 on:** August 23, 2010, 17:57:05 PM »

Really glad to hear this, like you say probably is the abs.

Good to hear she's playing too

Dawn F · « **Reply #39 on:** August 23, 2010, 17:49:52 PM »

glad she is putting on weight

Philip · « **Reply #38 on:** August 21, 2010, 14:30:10 PM »

Delphi continues to be doing fairly well.

Weight is up from 2.55kg to 2.68kg.

Sadly madam has developed loose stools at present. I had put it down to possible effects of the antibiotics but they have been stopped for a few days now. So hopefully that will settle down.

I must post a picture of her playing with the cat fishing rod toy I have. Its hilarious.

Shiroi-Neko · « **Reply #37 on:** August 18, 2010, 15:12:50 PM »

I am glad it has been caught in good time, wish you and Delphi the best

clarenmax · « **Reply #36 on:** August 18, 2010, 08:54:57 AM »

Glad you caught this so early

lots of healing hugs to Delphi too

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #35 on:** August 17, 2010, 23:20:57 PM »

Sending lots of cuddles to Delphi and hope that all the dangerous stuff is gone

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #34 on:** August 17, 2010, 23:02:59 PM »

Pleased it was caught in time, give Delphi a gentle

from me and the boys

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #33 on:** August 17, 2010, 19:30:22 PM »

so glad to hear the good news, and let us hope that is the last of it

and well done you for spotting it so soon

Janeyk · « **Reply #32 on:** August 17, 2010, 19:25:29 PM »

Glad that it was caught so soon, sending love and hugs for her

Michelle (furbabystar) · « **Reply #31 on:** August 17, 2010, 13:09:54 PM »

Thank goodness it was caught in time

Philip · « **Reply #30 on:** August 17, 2010, 12:43:47 PM »

Have got pathology results back.

The lump was malignant and a particularly aggressive carcinoma.

The good news is that there was a margin of normal tissue around the tumour so the whole tumour was removed.

Also, the lymph tissue that was removed showed no evidence of infiltration of cancerous cells which suggests there hasn't been any migration to the lungs. This doesn't mean that there are no secondaries, but hopefully means it is less likely and was caught in time.

So time will tell to see if there are any further signs of other malignancies.

If I hadn't had it removed though, I know that Dephi probably wouldn't be here anymore.

So hopefully its good news.

puggy1975 Zoe · « **Reply #29 on:** August 14, 2010, 17:11:28 PM »

So pleased things are looking up for Delphi and the op went well. she looks so relaxed lying upside down

what a lovely cat

Zoe

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #28 on:** August 14, 2010, 16:45:16 PM »

So pleased her chest x-ray was clear, good luck for the biopsy results. Pleased she has got through the op so well.

clarenmax · « **Reply #27 on:** August 13, 2010, 09:15:58 AM »

Quote from: Janeyk on August 13, 2010, 07:09:35 AM

Fingers crossed xx

Me too

Janeyk · « **Reply #26 on:** August 13, 2010, 07:09:35 AM »

Fingers crossed xx

Philip · « **Reply #25 on:** August 12, 2010, 22:46:21 PM »

Just a little update.

Delphi continues to be doing ok. She's eating what I feel is enough for her needs and appears content.

Just hoping it continues now.

clarenmax · « **Reply #24 on:** August 08, 2010, 21:38:17 PM »

Dawn F · « **Reply #23 on:** August 08, 2010, 10:37:54 AM »

she certainly looks well! hope the tests come back soon

Philip · « **Reply #22 on:** August 06, 2010, 19:54:11 PM »

She seems so happy.

I want some of what she's had.

Janeyk · « **Reply #21 on:** August 06, 2010, 18:35:13 PM »

great news! so pleased, and that she's filled her tum too.

Giver her a big hug from me

and best of luck with results.

Philip · « **Reply #20 on:** August 06, 2010, 18:31:30 PM »

Got home with the lovely Delphi.

Her chest xray was completely clear

. She has had a radical mastectomy - all the teats on the affected side have been removed as they are all supplied by the same part of the lymphatic system.

There was a lot of blood around the mass but its gone. Have to await the pathology results now.

When they brought her out to me she was so bright and when I got her in the car she was purring and there were lots of chin rubs against the carrier door.

She has just eaten two bowls of cod and most of a bowl of dry food.

She just seems so much happier again. Its like I have brought a different cat home right now.

I cant thank my vet enough. I have been so torn about whether or not to go ahead with all this but I know I have done the right thing.

She wasn't showing any signs of wanting to give up so I wasn't going to give up on her.

I am so pleased.

clarenmax · « **Reply #19 on:** August 06, 2010, 11:04:39 AM »

Hope all goes well

Janeyk · « **Reply #18 on:** August 05, 2010, 23:06:38 PM »

Best of luck for tomorrow xx

Philip · « **Reply #17 on:** August 05, 2010, 22:59:06 PM »

Well Delphi didn't eat as much as I would want as her last meal before the anaesthetic tomorrow.

I'm on a night shift so have to go home in the morning to pick her up.

Really hoping the xrays are ok.

Janeyk · « **Reply #16 on:** August 05, 2010, 07:18:45 AM »

So glad she enjoyed her cod

that's great news!

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