the holidays. orangehead is sick: has been losing weight, vomiting, and has one small bout of diarrhea on my bed...extremely unlike her. she visited the doc on monday for thyroid check-up and the doc heard a murmur. she has lost weight since the last time she was there in aug. doc thought she looked okay considering. recommended an echocardiogram and abdominal ultrasound. tues...kitty was okay..eating drinking being her normal self. weds...i get home to a few piles of vomit. didn't greet me at the door, seems sluggish. offered her food, she vomited some more and then some more. pulled food for a few hours. offered spoonful, she ate and kept down overnight. thurs, ate a small amount, i gave her some pepcid. she drank water. no vomit. seemed okay.
i went to mom's for dinner. left early. got home, no vomit. she ate small amount. still no vomit. thurs. appeared sluggish again. wouldn't eat more than one bite. wasn't herself. i scheduled an abd ultrasound for that morning in hopes i could get out in time to go to work later in the day. vet hospital was slow. doc examined her and offered to do the ultrasound while i waited, which was great because i would have had to leave her at the hospital and pick her up later (8pm) so i would have had to drive into manhattan for work in order to drive to brooklyn and get there in time to pick her up. he found nothing on ultrasound. i was expecting him to find an abdominal mass. he's not sure what's wrong. her bloodwork was normal. her thyroid levels are regulated. she just losing weight and, as of this AM, not eating.
i went to mom's for dinner. left early. got home, no vomit. she ate small amount. still no vomit. thurs. appeared sluggish again. wouldn't eat more than one bite. wasn't herself. i scheduled an abd ultrasound for that morning in hopes i could get out in time to go to work later in the day. vet hospital was slow. doc examined her and offered to do the ultrasound while i waited, which was great because i would have had to leave her at the hospital and pick her up later (8pm) so i would have had to drive into manhattan for work in order to drive to brooklyn and get there in time to pick her up. he found nothing on ultrasound. i was expecting him to find an abdominal mass. he's not sure what's wrong. her bloodwork was normal. her thyroid levels are regulated. she just losing weight and, as of this AM, not eating.
2 thanksgivings ago, Mina was euthanized. she had small cell lymphoma.
does orangehead have cancer too? i'm beginning to think the worst.
i can't bear this. i just can't go through that again.