Stay Strong Simby, got the bad news yesterday Options

[SimbaForever]

Hi. I'm new here. I've never dealt with anything like this before . The only pets I've had pass away on me were gerbils and fish, and even that was hard. I picked up my cat Simba(who has always been a little chubby) about 2 weeks ago and noticed he had felt a lot lighter than usual. I told my parents to please make a vets appointment because something was wrong. They took him to the vet yesterday and the vet said he lost 2 pounds. They also found a heart murmur and said his liver enzymes were very high. Which is already a lot of problems for a cat but the vet said the heart and liver are not what's gonna kill him, those issues were the least of our worries. They ended up finding a mass and said his intestines were being pushed up by it. So my mom made an appointment to get an ultra sound today and the doctor said the mass was very big and his lymph nodes were very swollen. My mom has not yet gotten a biopsy to determine what type of cancer it is and at this point I don't know if she will. The vet said she thinks its most likely lymphoma and she told my mom he has weeks or a month to live. She gave us a medicine called Prednisolone, its possible it could ease his pain for a few weeks. We dont know how this is gonna turn out. Whether the pain just gets worse and we have to put him to sleep or if he'll just die in his sleep. Ive been crying day and night. Simba is a such a sweet cat, hes very affectionate. He is 14 years old and we rescued him from a garbage can when he was just a kitten. I've been trying to keep it together because family is home and I'm not one to express how I feel. I keep telling myself this isn't really happening and he's not gonna die. He hasn't been suffering at least not from what we've seen but the vet said in weeks to come it's gonna get bad unless the medicine can help. So until then I'm just telling myself this isn't happening. I know it's stupid but I don't know what else I could do


Simba

[patricia]

i agree as well, although you are the only one who can make that decision, i would also say keep monitering his eating and drinking. when fred was diagnosed with diabetes i thought he could still live a long and semi-healthy life. but that horrible evening when he kept stumbling, i knew it wasnt good. i am very fortunate to have wonderful vets and they let me know what was coming. of course they gave me the option to try and keep him alive, and i did but the minute he was in pain and not doing well, they called me and let me know. (he only lasted a few more days) i knew that although i selfishly didnt want to let him go that i had to. there was no room to think of myself. i had to only think of him. and as painful as it was, well, thats why im here....
do talk with your vet and i also believe that in your heart you will know when its time.
i know its so hard. please know that you are not alone. we are here for you!
patricia