Bloody cat - literally

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Well, Iggy is not doing as well as we thought. It appears his hemorrhaging tooth was a precursor to something more vile - a tumor.

Had an appointment with the vet for 2 cats and I thought to bring him along. His face has been swollen for a week and even though I had been treating with antibiotics, it's not doing anything.

Turns out it very well may be a tumor and that is what caused the smashed tooth. I was hoping maybe the vet didn't get all the pieces of tooth out and it infected, but the vet showed me that if you press the gums on his right side, they're soft and pliable as they should be. If you press the left side, it's hard as a rock and very painful for him. His eye is a bit bulgy too.

So, although we're going to treat for infection and hope for the best, we realize it's probably a pipe dream. It'll cost me about $1000 to x-ray and test for sure and frankly, it's not going to make a bit of difference. The vet can't and won't operate for this thing and I wont' do it if he could. I think it would be torture to do that to him.

So, we're keeping him comfortable and doped up on pain meds until it becomes obvious he's not happy anymore.

Why is it that it costs the most money up front to find out your animal has something terminal anyway? I'm $2K in vet bills this summer!

You can see his lumpy face on the left here. It looks like he's smirking all the time and his eye is constantly weepy.

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And here you can see his left eye is a bit thicker, cloudier and weirder.

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