ultrasound report
Dec. 1st, 2005 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioThe good news is that Erik's ultrasound this morning did not show tumors. Yay! So probably no kitty cancer! Whew.
It did show that his gallbladder/bile duct seems to be blocked, and this morning he started showing jaundice. (On an orange cat with yellow eyes, I'm curious how one can tell. I guess I'll find out soon when I pick him up.) So I have a 4:00 appointment with a surgeon; if it's blocked they're going to take it out, which apparently has no negative consequences for the cat, and if it's not actually blocked they're going to do a biopsy to try to figure out what's really wrong. Given that description, I'm hoping for blocked so this will be over.
It did show that his gallbladder/bile duct seems to be blocked, and this morning he started showing jaundice. (On an orange cat with yellow eyes, I'm curious how one can tell. I guess I'll find out soon when I pick him up.) So I have a 4:00 appointment with a surgeon; if it's blocked they're going to take it out, which apparently has no negative consequences for the cat, and if it's not actually blocked they're going to do a biopsy to try to figure out what's really wrong. Given that description, I'm hoping for blocked so this will be over.
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Date: 2005-12-01 09:16 pm (UTC)PS: When the kitty gets an IV, they shave a patch of fur. Maybe they can see the jaundice there?
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Date: 2005-12-02 12:05 am (UTC)