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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 04:45 PM Jan 2014

Mousie's biopsy report

The vet called me with the results of the dermapathology report about Mousie's ear.
She doesn't have cancer! YAY!

They also did bloodwork and all of those readings were normal. However, they don't know what she does have. They ran a culture for ringworm and those results were negative.

They recommended an anti-inflammatory regimen to help. The rest of her right ear and her left ear haven't developed the same problem. She is eating well and acting ok.

That raggedy left ear makes her look like she has been in a back alley fighting all comers,
Tuff kitteh!

Thanks to all the kind and caring DUers who helped me so that I could find out what was wrong. At least cancer was ruled out.

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Mousie's biopsy report (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 OP
Delighted to read this. :) enlightenment Jan 2014 #1
Great news leftynyc Jan 2014 #2
So happy for you and Mousie!!! nt B2G Jan 2014 #3
Yay Mousie! That's great news and I hope she is on the way to doing much better livetohike Jan 2014 #4
Good news for you and your furkid. Yay! nt FLyellowdog Jan 2014 #5
Good news.... CherokeeDem Jan 2014 #6
Aww. GREAT news! Triana Jan 2014 #7
Glad she's okay... Phentex Jan 2014 #8
*sigh of relief* Lizzie Poppet Jan 2014 #9
excellent news nt Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #10
Good for Tuff Kitteh! Daemonaquila Jan 2014 #11
great news grits!!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #12
You're lucky navarth Jan 2014 #13
Excellent! Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2014 #14
You are not alone Samantha Jan 2014 #15
So glad to hear the kids are alright! BrotherIvan Jan 2014 #26
So, so great to hear from you Samantha Jan 2014 #28
That's wonderful! And now you're a cat person! BrotherIvan Jan 2014 #29
Great news! City Lights Jan 2014 #16
So glad to hear it, my friend! Aerows Jan 2014 #17
Wonderful News! redstatebluegirl Jan 2014 #18
i'm glad for mousie and you heaven05 Jan 2014 #19
Good! Waiting for biopsy reports sucks. hunter Jan 2014 #20
Yay indeed!!! malaise Jan 2014 #21
I am glad to hear the good news, grits. brer cat Jan 2014 #22
Good for Mousie, good for you etherealtruth Jan 2014 #23
Thanks for the update Savannahmann Jan 2014 #24
I am so so happy for you and the Tuff Kitteh! irisblue Jan 2014 #25
glad your tuff kitteh is ok ! nt steve2470 Jan 2014 #27
Yay Mousie! pnwest Jan 2014 #30
 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
2. Great news
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 04:48 PM
Jan 2014

Hopefully the anti-inflammatory will clear up the problem. We worry so much about our furry family members.

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
6. Good news....
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 04:53 PM
Jan 2014

I know how scary it can be to have something wrong with one of these little furballs and not know what it is. At least, you now know what it isn't.

Hope little Mousie (love the name) feels better soon.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
9. *sigh of relief*
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 05:18 PM
Jan 2014

Mousie still has some getting-better to do, but that negative report on the cancer sure is welcome news!

 

Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)
11. Good for Tuff Kitteh!
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 05:41 PM
Jan 2014

Good luck to mousie, and to you. I hope they figure it out so it won't do any serious damage or cause pain.

navarth

(5,927 posts)
13. You're lucky
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 06:02 PM
Jan 2014

Our oldest boy Lancelot has cancer on his ears, the tips are gone. We've been able to keep it arrested with 1. medication and 2. he can NEVER have direct sunlight. It's rough on all of us, but it's necessary. We're always juggling which room he can be in, which room can have open blinds, direct light or indirect.....it's quite a dance. But he's our boy and we love him dearly, the little shit.

BTW I nominate him for World's Most Expensive Kitty. I swear we could have bought another car for the money we've spent keeping him healthy and happy. I would spend twice that much and call it a bargain, that's how big a sucker I am for these furry little kids.

You fall in love with these littile shits and they break your heart eventually. But in the meantime they bring joy. I'll take that deal.

I'm glad you had such good luck.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
14. Excellent!
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 06:22 PM
Jan 2014

I have been a dog person all my life, but now, much to my amazement, I am owned by three cats. Never thought that would happen.

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
15. You are not alone
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 06:31 PM
Jan 2014

I am the proud caretaker of Nikita's kids (I am not sure if you saw any of my threads) but there is no doubt who runs the show out here. Four kids in one room, and a semi-feral cat on the porch (the mother of the kids) who delivered them to me for safekeeping. DU gave me a crash course in learning about cats since I too had been a doggie person all my life. Oh, yes, and Cheyenne, my cock-a-poo who has lost her sight holds down the fort in the living room, she has never been around a cat, and cannot quiet figure out what is going on. But she is approaching 13 and I have had her since she was 10 weeks old, so things get very tricky here.

On days that I manage to post a few words here on DU, I consider myself lucky to have been able to steal a few minutes for myself.

But they are precious and they light up my world!

Sam

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
26. So glad to hear the kids are alright!
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 10:56 PM
Jan 2014

Give Cheyenne, Nikita and all the kids a big scritch for me. You have one big happy household!

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
28. So, so great to hear from you
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 11:30 PM
Jan 2014

You would be proud of the kids. They are beautiful, well-behaved, extremely loving, happy and each has distinctive qualities. I love them so much. Still looking for homes for a couple of them, but it is hard to let go. Nikita still will not come inside, still lives on the porch. She too is wonderful.

Best regards,

Sam

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
29. That's wonderful! And now you're a cat person!
Tue Jan 28, 2014, 12:20 AM
Jan 2014

I was lucky enough through a strange turn of events to find a forever home for a beautiful black burmese mix a couple of weeks ago. It's so great when beings find each other. I bet Nikita loves you as well, it just suits her to be outside. I'm sure she's grateful you saved her kids. Post pictures whenever you get a chance. I'm sure they're all gorgeous.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
20. Good! Waiting for biopsy reports sucks.
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 07:19 PM
Jan 2014

I tend to be more restless about others, even my fur-babies, than my own.

Doctors have cut chunks out of my arms and face, even my tongue, stuck probes up my ass, but not half as scary as bits they have cut out of people or animals I love.

Dark places. I wouldn't wish it on anyone, human or animal.


 

Savannahmann

(3,891 posts)
24. Thanks for the update
Mon Jan 27, 2014, 08:38 PM
Jan 2014

Glad to hear that the Kitty will be OK.

FWIW, nearly twenty years ago, we had a cat that used to get the strangest crusty growth on her ears and nose. It was incredibly uncomfortable for her, and the treatment was a shot of steroids every three weeks or so. The Steroids would cause the crusty growth to vanish but then it would come back in less than a month.

It took us a few months to realize that our kitten was having an allergic reaction to something outside, so she became an indoor cat all the time. The condition disappeared, and never returned.

Every single Vet at the hospital we took her to would look, take pictures to send to their professors, and none of them had any idea what condition she had. It was only a change in weather that made it impractical to let the cats out, and that led us to the discovery that it was the back yard causing the unknown reaction.

That cat lived nearly twenty years with us, and never had another reaction.

Perhaps that gives you hope, and if nothing else lets us know we still have much to learn about our babies, and our world.

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