Here is our most senior resident cat, Oreo. Couple of months back, he suddenly started to lose alot of weight despite eating and having the same appetite as he normally do. Today, we had him and our other cats (some already have ckd atm) undergo their annual physical exams. Some of the cats have really good results even the ckd ones. All other tests of Oreo was doing really good apart from the pancreas markers in his blood tests and his ultrasound shows pancreatic tumors which most probably what caused his sudden and severe weight loss.
Tbh, I currently am an emotional mess and don’t really know how to process this sudden news.. :( He was our first ever cat and I can’t imagine him not there sleeping beside me :(
The vet suggested palliative care given maintenance medications and sub-q. Also changed his diet to a gastro one. Still on the fence with providing the medications and sub-qs because he is a very feisty boy. It takes atleast 2 people for us to even administer oral medications and sometimes it is unsuccessful still. I will still make an effort to do so as much as I can but I kinda don’t want to stress him out further if he doesn’t have much time left with us. I don’t want to leave such memories for him before his time comes :(
I guess I just wanted to hear others experiences with Pancreatic disease with cats particularly with pancreatic tumors. What should I expect with it? How long did it take before it progresses to end-stage? Just wanted to set some expectations for myself.