The buck is stopping. Or well, pausing.

[missdiane]

I feel like I just threw thousands of dollars down the drain. The biopsy came back showing lymph node inflammation which isn't all that conclusive. It's either IBD OR I can spend yet another $900 to have them analyze even more to find out maybe, possibly if it's cancer. I told them no. Oh but steroids will buy a year but kitty chemo on top of it might buy you two IF that's what it is. Jesus. ENOUGH. I don't know why I had them do more scans since it was going to be steroids anyway but they acted as if they couldn't move forward without doing tests.

I'll follow up with my vet and see about whether they can prescribe steroids or whether I'm going to have to bring her in to them to have them make that determination instead of relying on the emergency vet's tests and assessments (because they all want the $$).

I keep getting emails to rate them. I'm going to keep deleting them since sure, they helped her in the moment but good GRIEF it was clear they were all about keeping your pet longer and running more tests if you're ok to pay for all of it and more and more.

Comments

[halfmoon_mollie1]

well, you didn't ask for my opinion but that hasn't stopped me, ever. Junie is an old lady and she deserves to live out what's left of her time with you in as much comfort as possible. I don't think running back and forth to the vet is good for either of you. And honestly, I don't think a great deal of your veterninary practice either.

Do the steroids. And when they don't help any longer, you'll do what is necessary.

[missdiane]

The vet she's been going to this week is an emergency pet hospital that I hadn't taken her to before. My regular vet never seems to have availability. If she starts not feeling good again, I may contact one of the branches of my regular vet that I've been to before and liked to see if they can get her in reasonably quick. For now if she's still feeling ok, I'm going to give her a break for a couple of weeks.

She had this issue back in March and it was "pancreatitis" and possibly IBD then, now possibly cancer from the other vet or maybe still IBD. It's frustrating (and also like our own human doctors). Several years ago I had issues with not vomiting but diarrhea on and off for MONTHS. She honestly might just have IBD that flares up. If we're going to do steroids, I'm going to look into getting them formulated into the kind that can dissolve in food

[halfmoon_mollie1]

As I said the other day, you are a good cat mom. I deplore vets and vet practices that seem to only want money.

[threecee]

It sounds like it is IBD unless they can find something more expensive. I think trying to treat the IBD sounds sensible.
Keeping a good thought for Junie.