Angus the misdiagnosed Cancer Kitty Update.
First off, thank you all for the Previous love. I couldn't believe how many recs it got.
Okay, I take Angus to my regular vet Monday.
The vet mentioned that when she saw him last the fluid and inflammation was so bad that she couldn't hear his heart.
She could easily this time (Easier if he wasn't growling at her).
He gained his weight back 18.5 lbs He is a big boy.
I told her my saga and the Medications the cat was on and she mentioned that you aren't supposed to give cats with Fungal or Viral Infections Predisnolone as it ramps up the infection.
Holy Hell!
I googled it when I got home.
"Prednisone/prednisolone should not be used in pets that are allergic to it, or with systemic fungal infections (unless it is used to treat Addison's disease), viral infections, ulcers, tuberculosis, or Cushing's disease"
from https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/prednisoloneprednisone
But Predisnolone is what you would give a Cancer kitty. The Person who read the CAT scan diagnosed it as lung cancer.
So, with this bit of knowledge I thought back to the 3-4 weeks he spent sleeping in the Air chamber house I made him with piped in oxygen via an air concentrator, It has a door he can easily enter and leave at will. So I could tell how he was feeling by the time he spent in it.
And thought that Maybe the Steroids were killing him during that time,
and the Anti Fungal I was Giving him possibly fought back a raging infection from the steroids and saved him?
If that has any bases in reality then my asking the Emergency Vet two months ago about the Medicine to treat a possible Fungal Infection that she mentioned since he is dying anyway that he would probably be dead by now.
( All assumption and theory)
Also, one of the side effects of Predisnolone in cats is panting/rapid breathing.
So when his breath was in the high 30 range it may have been a mixture of the infection and the Steroids doing it and it returned to a normal range after his steroids wore off that made it seem miraculous.
Angus never seemed to have any cancer symptoms besides the Plural Effusion breathing thing.They never found a cancer cell, His wounds healed,no wasting away,no blood in his stool that I saw ,no lumps. So I have a hard time believing he ever had Cancer.
I am going to pay close attention to him for the next few months and make sure nothing weird is up.
He has almost certainly some lung damage from all of this, but he did feel well enough to paw me in the face to get me up at 4:30 this morning, annoying lil @$$hole whom I apparently love dearly.
Happy 4th and thanks again for the love.
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