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My 14yo female cat.
Weighs 15lb
Normally eats Royal Canin Hydrolyzed protein dry
Usually drinks plenty of water

She was recently diagnosed with likely abdominal cancer. She has significant ascites with granulocytes/basophils and negative for FIP and other possible causes. She’s not in any distress but maybe just mildly uncomfortable in certain laying/sitting positions. No longer grooming her belly or back end because it’s hard for her to get into those positions now.
Anyway we are 1 week in and have been trying to get the abdominal fluid down. And after a week of 12mg/day oral lasix (which did basically nothing), and 10mg a day of pred, she is a bit dehydrated. We weened off the lasix because she was just becoming dehydrated and not losing the abdominal fluid. Now she’s perking up a bit again, and she does drink a lot of water, but we are looking for a way to increase her water intake further because her skin is still not snapping back as quick as normal. Fyi I did see the vet today. He said encourage her to drink. First of all I think she was nauseous on Lasix and the steroid so she wasn’t drinking quite enough we started zofran and she’s eating & drinking ok now but I’m on the hunt for a hypoallergenic hydration supplement to help further and provide her with a tasty treat in her final days/weeks/(months? Probably not)… I know that Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Supplements Hydra Care Cat isn’t technically hypoallergenic but would it hurt to try it?

Our cat has always been rotund but we had gotten her down from 17lb to 14lb over the years. -We have had her for 11 years and she had occasional blood smeared on outside of her stools which her old vets assured me was not alarming(but now I’m thinking she had this chronic inflammation all her life).
\-6 years ago during the pandemic she had anorexia/vomiting/diarrhea and was diagnosed with pancreatitis and acute colitis and was hospitalized. We started to feed her Hills ID and she seemed to do better on that and made a full recovery.
\-3 years ago she had her 2nd episode of anorexia/bloody diarrhea and an ultrasound that showed intestinal wall thickening. At that time the vet said differential diagnosis was IBD vs Chronic Colitis vs Lymphoma. Her symptoms resolved with switch to hydrolyzed protein diet and we decided to keep an eye on her. Long ago my partner and I agreed that we would spare her of heroic efforts because she absolutely loses it and goes into feral mode at the vet. Therefore if we had put her through the trouble of diagnosis and found out it was cancer 3 years ago, we may not have approached things any differently and she has had a very good quality of life.
Roughly 1 year ago she had another episode and had been vomiting. We moved a few states away a couple years prior and her new vet put her on a prednisolone and tapered to a low dose which resolved her symptoms.

So far forward to now, she has always loved belly rubs and has been really into them lately. Can touch da tum.
The past few days I really noticed her belly had felt firm and looked distended. After some anxious pondering today I decided to call my vet bc she has also been less excited about meals (although still eating at 90%) and kinda lethargic. Her gait is lumbering due to her belly and weighed her and she came in at 15.5lb which was alarming given that she had consistently been 14lb before.
Quick summary: vet immediately identified that she had acites, pulled out some fluid from her abdomen, looked at it under microscope and said she identified “cancer cells”— I asked for more details and she said “they look like lymphocytes”
Ok so then she had x-ray just to confirm— it’s a huge amount of fluid according to them but she is breathing ok and not in any obvious distress. No obvious tumors in x ray.
Vet ramped up her pred from 2.5mg every other day to 5mg per day, and also gave a lasix injection and sent me home with oral lasix.
I understand the prognosis for this is very poor and it’s likely spread from a primary cancer in the colon; at this point Google tells me it could be weeks to a month.
Would additional imaging help in this case or should we just keep her comfy?
Has anyone else had experience with this diagnosis and are there additional meds or tests that helped your cat manage?
I don’t want us to wait until it’s effecting her quality of life so badly that she’s having more bad days than good, but right now she has a screened in porch where she wistfully enjoys summer evenings, a lil brother she cuddles with, she’s eating and drinking, she’s grooming, she’s purring, she sits on our laps…
But I do have the contact info saved for a hospice/at home euthanasia vet. It’s such a difficult decision. I just want to hear from others that may have experienced this. This is indeed a poor prognosis, correct? I don’t think I should pursue second opinion or put her through more tests but I also feel guilty about that that I’m giving up on her 😢♥️
Thank you.

Our cat has always been rotund but we had gotten her down from 17lb to 14lb over the years. -We have had her for 11 years and she had occasional blood smeared on outside of her stools which her old vets assured me was not alarming(but now I’m thinking she had this chronic inflammation all her life).
\-6 years ago during the pandemic she had anorexia/vomiting/diarrhea and was diagnosed with pancreatitis and acute colitis and was hospitalized. We started to feed her Hills ID and she seemed to do better on that and made a full recovery.
\-3 years ago she had her 2nd episode of anorexia/bloody diarrhea and an ultrasound that showed intestinal wall thickening. At that time the vet said differential diagnosis was IBD vs Chronic Colitis vs Lymphoma. Her symptoms resolved with switch to hydrolyzed protein diet and we decided to keep an eye on her. Long ago my partner and I agreed that we would spare her of heroic efforts because she absolutely loses it and goes into feral mode at the vet. Therefore if we had put her through the trouble of diagnosis and found out it was cancer 3 years ago, we may not have approached things any differently and she has had a very good quality of life.
Roughly 1 year ago she had another episode and had been vomiting. We moved a few states away a couple years prior and her new vet put her on a prednisolone and tapered to a low dose which resolved her symptoms.

So far forward to now, she has always loved belly rubs and has been really into them lately. Can touch da tum.
The past few days I really noticed her belly had felt firm and looked distended. After some anxious pondering today I decided to call my vet bc she has also been less excited about meals (although still eating at 90%) and kinda lethargic. Her gait is lumbering due to her belly and weighed her and she came in at 15.5lb which was alarming given that she had consistently been 14lb before.
Quick summary: vet immediately identified that she had acites, pulled out some fluid from her abdomen, looked at it under microscope and said she identified “cancer cells”— I asked for more details and she said “they look like lymphocytes”
Ok so then she had x-ray just to confirm— it’s a huge amount of fluid according to them but she is breathing ok and not in any obvious distress. No obvious tumors in x ray.
Vet ramped up her pred from 2.5mg every other day to 5mg per day, and also gave a lasix injection and sent me home with oral lasix.
I understand the prognosis for this is very poor and it’s likely spread from a primary cancer in the colon; at this point Google tells me it could be weeks to a month.
Would additional imaging help in this case or should we just keep her comfy?
Has anyone else had experience with this diagnosis and are there additional meds or tests that helped your cat manage?
I don’t want us to wait until it’s effecting her quality of life so badly that she’s having more bad days than good, but right now she has a screened in porch where she wistfully enjoys summer evenings, a lil brother she cuddles with, she’s eating and drinking, she’s grooming, she’s purring, she sits on our laps…
But I do have the contact info saved for a hospice/at home euthanasia vet. It’s such a difficult decision. I just want to hear from others that may have experienced this. This is indeed a poor prognosis, correct? I don’t think I should pursue second opinion or put her through more tests but I also feel guilty about that that I’m giving up on her 😢♥️
Thank you.

Our cat has always been rotund but we had gotten her down from 17lb to 14lb over the years. -We have had her for 11 years and she had occasional blood smeared on outside of her stools which her old vets assured me was not alarming(but now I’m thinking she had this chronic inflammation all her life).
-6 years ago during the pandemic she had anorexia/vomiting/diarrhea and was diagnosed with pancreatitis and acute colitis and was hospitalized. We started to feed her Hills ID and she seemed to do better on that and made a full recovery.
-3 years ago she had her 2nd episode of anorexia/bloody diarrhea and an ultrasound that showed intestinal wall thickening. At that time the vet said differential diagnosis was IBD vs Chronic Colitis vs Lymphoma. Her symptoms resolved with switch to hydrolyzed protein diet and we decided to keep an eye on her. Long ago my partner and I agreed that we would spare her of heroic efforts because she absolutely loses it and goes into feral mode at the vet. Therefore if we had put her through the trouble of diagnosis and found out it was cancer 3 years ago, we may not have approached things any differently and she has had a very good quality of life.
Roughly 1 year ago she had another episode and had been vomiting. We moved a few states away a couple years prior and her new vet put her on a prednisolone and tapered to a low dose which resolved her symptoms.

So far forward to now, she has always loved belly rubs and has been really into them lately. Can touch da tum.
The past few days I really noticed her belly had felt firm and looked distended. After some anxious pondering today I decided to call my vet bc she has also been less excited about meals (although still eating at 90%) and kinda lethargic. Her gait is lumbering due to her belly and weighed her and she came in at 15.5lb which was alarming given that she had consistently been 14lb before.
Quick summary: vet immediately identified that she had acites, pulled out some fluid from her abdomen, looked at it under microscope and said she identified “cancer cells”— I asked for more details and she said “they look like lymphocytes”
Ok so then she had x-ray just to confirm— it’s a huge amount of fluid according to them but she is breathing ok and not in any obvious distress. No obvious tumors in x ray.
Vet ramped up her pred from 2.5mg every other day to 5mg per day, and also gave a lasix injection and sent me home with oral lasix.
I understand the prognosis for this is very poor and it’s likely spread from a primary cancer in the colon; at this point Google tells me it could be weeks to a month.
Would additional imaging help in this case or should we just keep her comfy?
Has anyone else had experience with this diagnosis and are there additional meds or tests that helped your cat manage?
I don’t want us to wait until it’s effecting her quality of life so badly that she’s having more bad days than good, but right now she has a screened in porch where she wistfully enjoys summer evenings, a lil brother she cuddles with, she’s eating and drinking, she’s grooming, she’s purring, she sits on our laps…
But I do have the contact info saved for a hospice/at home euthanasia vet. It’s such a difficult decision. I just want to hear from others that may have experienced this. This is indeed a poor prognosis, correct? I don’t think I should pursue second opinion or put her through more tests but I also feel guilty about that that I’m giving up on her 😢♥️
Thank you.

Hi. I’m interested in learning about and discussing all the “3rd spaces” for adults (both young and old) in the Upper Valley (other than churches where you’re expected to follow a religion and cafe/bars where there is some expectation you would purchase something.)

Some pluses would be:

-not kid-centric… appropriate for adults of any age either without kids or with grown kids

-affordable, preferably free access

-Easily accessible to pedestrians and public transport

-not online, IRL only

What do you consider a solid 3rd space in your community? What type of 3rd spaces do you think we could use more of?