scottishlass | More on Chica

Today, we had a marathon of vet visits. First we went to our usual vet because Chica's mamma was swollen and she didn't want to be touched there. Our little mouse has a mastitis, an infection of her tits as she had a fake pregnancy. So we will be giving antibiotics for ten days now, it has nothing to do with the lymph-sarkoma (AMEN!)

Then this afternoon we went to this specialist who could tell us only little. It might or might not be that she will live another year, she might or might not react to the chemo therapy. She might or might not die within a few months. Additionally she said that with Chica's cortisone intake (she gets that for her allergies in order to reduce the itching and hence stopping her scratching and biting her coat till its bloody) she is not such a good candidate for a chemo.

We went to our vet right afterwards and told him and he seemed surprised. He knows that cortisone is part of the chemo but he thought it seemed a very strange notion. Anyway, he said that he wants to make an ultrasound examination to see if Chica's lymph nodes inside her body are also swollen, and if that is not the case or if there are no tumors he will remove the outer lymph nodes to get at least a couple of more months. Probably about the same time span as if she would get a chemo.
He said he doesn't believe that Chica will die so soon, because she is such a tough cookie anyway. Well we believe it when we see it.

Suffice to say, I'm between a rock and a hrad place atm. We hope and yet we are depressed. I'm always swaying between total desperation on the verge of tears and the confidence that I will enjoy the few days, weeks, months she will have with us and that I am willing and able to to let her go. Additionally, I got my own results back and my cancer titre is really high. Higher than usual and my doctor thinks there is something again in my left breast. Next week I'll hve a mammography and another set of blood tests. We will see.