Just got off the phone with the vet. His take on the amount of red cells in that urine sample was that it was a small amount - playing the odds, more likely to reflect having hit a blood vessel as the needle passed through the bladder wall to collect the sample than to be bladder cancer, and since Sammie is showing no clinical signs, it is perfectly reasonable to watch and wait. The vet did recommend a recheck on the UA in a few months at Sammie's annual appointment, and I should pay attention to her litter box habits and bring her in sooner if I see anything unusual. Side note, this vet said there was more likely to be something going on in a cat's kidneys than bladder cancer.
I am sooooooo relieved, like weeping with relief. Thank you all so much for the ~ma and support.
Andi, that's so great! Yay, Sammie!
After the day I've had, no delight that I'm probably going to be stormed out of a swim.
Yay, Sammie!
I decided to work from home today because I don't feel super great (insomnia, WHYYYY), and I hear the AC went out in the office. I guess I'm happy to be in San Francisco with the cold and the fog, then.
I just renewed my apartment lease, so I don't have to move. However, my office location is moving in a couple of weeks, and I'm not sure what that's going to do to my commute at this point. And after a period of not traveling very much, it looks like I'm going to be in the midwest a lot in August, going back to India in September, and then I'll be off gallivanting in the antipodes for half of October.
I guess this means I need to start ruthlessly scheduling myself to Get Shit Done.
Yay Sammie! I saw her on facebook and she is so pretty!
Yay Sammie!
I just ordered the ear-rubby thyroid meds, because my dumb cat decided to stop eating the delicious fishy thyroid meds, even covered in cream cheese! So we'll see how this goes. And I realized I made the appointment for her blood work after I'll be out of town for a few days, so I wonder if I can get my mother to give her the med? TBD!
Good luck with the ear rubby meds, Jesse.
Thanks, Sophie. As much as Sammie is sometimes second banana to Harvey, I keep telling her that I always dreamed of having a long haired kitty to fuss over their fur, so she is a dream come true.
