Apologies in advance for a long and 
post.
Our lovely 6 year old female mog has been unwell for the last couple of months. It started with some unusual amounts of vomiting but otherwise totally 'normal' behaviour. The vet did blood and stool tests which revealed nothing amiss. We agreed to wait and see over Christmas/New Year and initially we were optimistic as the vomiting stopped but in the last 10 days she became increasingly reluctant to eat very much at all and in the last 2 or 3 is basically totally anorexic. She'd lost some weight during the vomiting phase anyway but she's extremely bony now (we're taking basically bones and fur). She went back to the vet on Friday who palpated a hard lump in her pelvic area and thickened intestine, so booked her in for an ultrasound on Tuesday (earliest they could do).
After the appointment she has become a entirely different cat, lethargic, weak, glazed dilated eyes, wheezy purring constantly, unsteady and awkward gait and completely food averse. My gut tells me she's on her way out but when we took her in to the vet this am because we were so worried they just gave us some special food (which I tried syringing but she spat most of it out) and said to wait for Tuesday.
I feel like we're prolonging her suffering, and I hate seeing her in so much obvious pain but obviously if the vets can do something, anything to keep her with us I'd want to know but don't know if that's just us being entirely selfish because we love her so much.
I am now wondering if we ought to be calling them tomorrow for a more humane end to her misery but am completely yo-yoing between that and waiting it out, if she lasts that long. What might you do in this situation?
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Extremely poorly cat, what would you do?
TheRainDrops · 10/01/2015 22:45
You poor thing, and poor cat
I would call the vets and try to get seen before Tuesday.
Definately call the vet, they might be able to get some fluid and nutrition into her to make her more comfortable until her scan.
Sounds as though her only hope is to go on a drip. Poor you - the whole situation is awful and you're clearly tryig to do your best for poor puss 
Thanks for all your help and advice. Just to update, sadly it does appear to be gastrointestinal lymphoma .
She has two masses, one is blocking her intestine preventing her from passing stool, hence the anorexia. Our vet immediately referred us to a specialist hospital after her ultrasound today and she's currently with them for more diagnostic testing to confirm it definitely is lymphoma and hopefully begin steroid treatment to shrink the masses. She's not in good nick at all, so on going treatment will hinge a lot on how she fares in the next day or two but we at least now feel 100% happy that she's getting the best care possible. Keeping all appendages crossed that we get a bit more time with our lovely pudding of a cat. 
I'm so sorry to hear this. My cat just got diagnosed with the same thing. for you.
Really sorry to hear that shove - it's so awful seeing them suffering. I don't know if you're planning/able to treat your cat but regardless I wish you both the very best.
In the end our cat's cancer turned out not to be lymphoma. Instead it was some other aggressive tumour - the oncologists weren't able to properly identify it and whatever it was, the prognosis was much worse. As such, and with her condition deteriorating daily, we took the painful decision today to have her PTS. We both stayed with her throughout and she's now resting in a wildflower bed in our garden. Obviously totally devastated to lose her but glad we were able to repay all the love she gave us with that one last kindness.
Oh Raindrops, my heart goes out to you, it really does. It has all happened so quickly for you.
You made the humane decision, the only decision you could have made, even though it was difficult. From what you've said, she couldn't go on without pain, and she needed your help. I know it's unbelievably painful, but you did the right thing. She was clearly very loved and must have had a wonderful life with you. Really, the tears are for yourselves and the way that you will miss her, because she gave you so much. I hope that you can have a gentle evening and look after each other.
So sorry to hear Raindrops - my old girl has just been diagnosed with cancer and I'll have the same decision to make when she's had enough.
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