# Help! Urgent...\[sick cat\] edited title **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-urgent-sick-cat-edited-title/627254 "2012-07-04T23:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-urgent-sick-cat-edited-title/627254/21 "2012-07-09T01:17:18Z")
I’m sorry to hear it wasn’t something easier. I’ve just gone through this with my oldest cat - we didn’t have a good outcome, but he was 15 and the cancer had either progressed or he had another, undiagnosed, problem that caused pulmonary edema. Anyway, small-cell lymphoma IS treatable. There’s a course of oral chemotherapy that you can put him on that consists of a chemotherapy drug and prednisone. It’s not outrageously expensive, and the survival rate is pretty good, especially for cats who aren’t advanced in age. There’s another thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=549820&highlight=lymphoma) that includes the experiences of other Dopers who had better luck with their kitties than I did. You might be heartened by the information out there. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-urgent-sick-cat-edited-title/627254/22 "2012-07-09T03:38:39Z")
Regarding posting pictures, I think most people use a general photo site like Photobucket and just post a link to an uploaded picture. (Links are made by using [url =copy link destination]description goes here codes (with no spaces).) ---
**Author:** ![JustineNcio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@JustineNcio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustineNcio)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-urgent-sick-cat-edited-title/627254/23 "2012-07-10T04:19:22Z")
\*\*\*InternetLegend I am so sorry that you had to lose a kid like that! It’s horrid not to be able to DO anything. I grow even more desperate because I only have a part-time job & I KNOW what the treatment’s going to cost. Somehow, I can’t seem to find a full-time, & believe me, for this kid I’ll do ANYthing. I’m not too sold on the idea of chemo - my Mom lived in Hell because of it & I’d hate to put this little guy through that for a few extra months ☹ I know you mention it’s not bad for cats who aren’t advanced in age, but my Pascal is 13, & though I pray it does NOT turn out to be cancer, the way he’s lost weight (5 lbs in less than a year)…I mean, you can feel his spine if you _barely_ pet his back. Two days ago he wobbled for the first time; I wanted the Earth to swallow me. I bought him a harness & a leash and asked a neighbor today if I could use his grass (my porch has no grass) to have Pas lie there in the fresh air & the Sun. You should’ve seen Pascal’s little eyes, wide as saucers, with all the bees & butterflies & the dew. He’s always been strictly indoors. He’s loving this. If he has to go, I refuse to let him go w/o getting to know the Sun. Thank you so much for the link you provided - I’ll be checking it out. \*\*\*Cat Whisperer Thanks for the tip - I was checking all over SD and I found out it’s possible to embed pictures in posts…but somehow I’m not allowed to. That said, I’ve posted a picture of my kids, for anyone who wants to see them: [![](https://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/TheNervesPictures/Cats/2003Boyzzzcollage.jpg) ](https://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab148/TheNervesPictures/Cats/2003Boyzzzcollage.jpg) This might be hypocritical of me, because I don’t have much faith left, but if any of you do, please pray for Pascal. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-urgent-sick-cat-edited-title/627254/24 "2012-07-10T04:48:10Z")
Aww, such cute kitties. Fingers crossed for Pascal - here’s hoping he just had a bad patch, and he’ll come around again. We have two senior kitties that don’t really jump much, so we were able to cat-proof our backyard for them to go out. I wouldn’t let them out if I couldn’t control it, but they love going out so much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-urgent-sick-cat-edited-title/627254.md?page=1)