partygirlha
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Last week I noticed a red raised spot on Bug's paw. It wasn't bothering him and didn't look infected and wasn't soft or mushy. I've been keeping a really close eye on it, checking him twice a day. On Wed. I noticed he was favoring the paw a bit. considering he's already missing a finger on his other paw (lost it in a fight but healed fien and he's doing 100% without the one finger) favoring his "good" paw was not a good sign. I took him intoday and the vet agreed that there's no infection so she did some x-rays... poor boy broke a finder... and it's not setting well. there's really nothing they can do about setting or splinting it. she said they have actually tried to spilint chins before but it never works. anyway the finger seems to be pointing up more than it should and will probably set like that. As a result he'll probbaly never get full mobility back in the one finger.
The x-ray showed a void area where the finger should line up. the void could be just from the bone being so far out of allinment - OR and this is the scary part... it could be bone cancer that is eating away at teh bone and caused the break. The only way to tell is to do a follow up x-ray in a few weeks and see if the void fills in as the bone heals - if not we have to consider that it's cancer. If so we may amputate to paw to try to keep it from spreading.
I'm trying to stay positive, but I lost adearkt beloved cat 2 years ago to agressive cancer and I'm not ready for that again. I the vet looked worred when she came in to talk to me. i'm trying not to read anything into that as she was also tending to a bird in the next exam room and so she could have been reacting to anything... and I was tryingt o let her know I was open to bad news. Also she didn't push for the follow up x-ray, I asked what to do next adn she said I could bring him in.... Of course I'm following up. 1) I want to know if he's healing 2) if it is cancer and catching it ealy could save his life I want to know that as soon as possible.
in the mean time the poor boy is wiped out from being up all day. I had to take his wheel out and he's not allowed play time until he heals. He's going to be really pissed off as soon as he wakes up and realizes his wheel is gone.
Oh and because we need to moniter his reactions to the paw in case there;s a change, we can't give him pain meds. i don't think he's in a lot of pain, but I know he's not feeling 100%.
If anyone has some healing thoughts they can send please do.
The x-ray showed a void area where the finger should line up. the void could be just from the bone being so far out of allinment - OR and this is the scary part... it could be bone cancer that is eating away at teh bone and caused the break. The only way to tell is to do a follow up x-ray in a few weeks and see if the void fills in as the bone heals - if not we have to consider that it's cancer. If so we may amputate to paw to try to keep it from spreading.
I'm trying to stay positive, but I lost adearkt beloved cat 2 years ago to agressive cancer and I'm not ready for that again. I the vet looked worred when she came in to talk to me. i'm trying not to read anything into that as she was also tending to a bird in the next exam room and so she could have been reacting to anything... and I was tryingt o let her know I was open to bad news. Also she didn't push for the follow up x-ray, I asked what to do next adn she said I could bring him in.... Of course I'm following up. 1) I want to know if he's healing 2) if it is cancer and catching it ealy could save his life I want to know that as soon as possible.
in the mean time the poor boy is wiped out from being up all day. I had to take his wheel out and he's not allowed play time until he heals. He's going to be really pissed off as soon as he wakes up and realizes his wheel is gone.
Oh and because we need to moniter his reactions to the paw in case there;s a change, we can't give him pain meds. i don't think he's in a lot of pain, but I know he's not feeling 100%.
If anyone has some healing thoughts they can send please do.
