so what's wrong with my baby...
Aug. 8th, 2006 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyearMaxandra (pictured in the icon - 16 1/2, 6 1/4 pounds - yes, she's tiny) came home today, far more active than most cats are after going through tooth extractions which is always a good sign.
Thanks for the support and concern over the food, but it was a symptom, not the cause. That the tooth broke is bad and abcessed is bad, and that the kidney stuff was too hard is bad and i'm keeping her off that. That wasn't the problem.
Something has eaten away a small portion of her already small jaw. The front right side is disjointed between the front that holds the canines and the side that holds the molars (the cuspid was already removed earlier this year).
3 possibilities exist (which are being tested for and I won't get the results 'til friday and/or next week) - one is a really bad infection from the tooth that caused bone decay; the second a variation on osteo; the third a tumor.
Nothing seems "fatal" by any means as the rest of her skeletal system is in better than average condition (they did chest x-ray to be sure). She's more active than typical. She's still eating and she's still grooming (a big plus factor - dying cats tend to give up their dignity in that). I'm keeping her off the kidney stuff for a little longer to keep her eating and get some pounds back on her. Then I'll try the kidney-supporting "morsels in gravy" and see if she'll eat that, even if just on a part-time basis.
So it's not a "wait and see" for any real problem, but there are still tests to come back.
Thanks for the support and concern over the food, but it was a symptom, not the cause. That the tooth broke is bad and abcessed is bad, and that the kidney stuff was too hard is bad and i'm keeping her off that. That wasn't the problem.
Something has eaten away a small portion of her already small jaw. The front right side is disjointed between the front that holds the canines and the side that holds the molars (the cuspid was already removed earlier this year).
3 possibilities exist (which are being tested for and I won't get the results 'til friday and/or next week) - one is a really bad infection from the tooth that caused bone decay; the second a variation on osteo; the third a tumor.
Nothing seems "fatal" by any means as the rest of her skeletal system is in better than average condition (they did chest x-ray to be sure). She's more active than typical. She's still eating and she's still grooming (a big plus factor - dying cats tend to give up their dignity in that). I'm keeping her off the kidney stuff for a little longer to keep her eating and get some pounds back on her. Then I'll try the kidney-supporting "morsels in gravy" and see if she'll eat that, even if just on a part-time basis.
So it's not a "wait and see" for any real problem, but there are still tests to come back.
