We're back. There and back in the middle of a white out snow squall, sheesh!
Mouth is okay, just a little tartar on the upper back molars. x rays show a bone spur in the last vertebrae of her spine. Not abnormal for a cat of 14.
Heart is normal in the x rays, the one kidney that shows also is normal (the other was hidden by poop, she has a lot of poop! I knew she would she was due to poop last night but didn't. I tried to encourage her to go this morning but she wouldn't.)
Right lung is showing a little bit of possible asthma, left lung is clear. This probably explains the occasional cough. Vet not sure I need to do anything yet, unless the coughing gets worse. We talked about the inhaler but I really think that will be out of my range financially, even if Mazy cat would allow it, which is a big IF. A low dose of pred...vet talked about side effects but I pointed out that those are long term side effects. Mazy cat is over 14..so when it comes down to it, if the coughing gets worse, I would turn to oral pred rather than the inhaler.
There is another asthma protocol, recommended in the IBD group, (which of course you know my vet vetoed right away,) but there are other reasons I might not want to try that. It's curcumin and krill oil, but the doses are large and require pilling two pills, twice day, in other words pilling four pills a day! And the capsules are not small. She's already getting one pill a day (denosyl) and takes it well, but...I just can't see doing that to her. She'd have to take a pill with practically every freaking meal. I'd rather use the low dose of pred. If it comes to that.
Quality of life has to come first.
Liver looks a bit small (according to vet) but as she knew I would, I vetoed ultrasound to get a better look. Regardless of the results of an ultrasound I don't intend to put Mazy cat through any surgeries, so I think it's better just to go on as we are.
She was in her carrier while we talked and growled every time the vet spoke.