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Posted by FurrsomeThreesome on January 15, 2007, 9:10 pm
Weeellll - first the OT - after months of wondering why
Maui-the-Him-Cat has been losing weight and not eating - we committed
to an exploratory surgery last week and while nothing dire was found,
we got biopsy results today. I have yet another (4th in a row!)
middle-aged cat with cancer. AAAAUUUURRGH!!!!!
The reason I'm not off snurffling all over my stash is that, in this
case, it's not an immediate end to my bedraggeled meezer. He has a
low-grade form of lymphoma (which apparently comes in more varieties
than I have batik colours in my charm stash), and with treatment,
there's a very good chance he'll recover quite a bit from his current
malnutrition and tick along for years. Apparently the form of this
looks alot like IBD, or is associated with IBD, or something, and often
what takes out the cats is starvation, not tumours or metastasis. Once
we finish his Baytril and healing week (from the incision) he starts
on daily Prednisone combined with Leukeran (sp?) every 3rd day. He
got a feeding tube at the surgery, but our vet has said to not top him
up completely with it, thinking that once the pred kicks in he'll have
an appetite back.
On to happier things - I got a binding onto a long-neglected UFO! I'm
going to press it out tonight and start stitiching it down.
This UFO is actually a quilt from only my 2nd quilt class, about 3
years ago now, and it was very quickly pieced, then semi-quilted after
a few months, and has been sitting "almost done" for over two years as
I haven't figured out what "more" to do for quilting it. It is the
biggest quilt I've made to date, the 60"x75" "lap" size of Atkinson's
Lucky Stars pattern. I've actually started and finished numerous
smaller quilts and practice pieces since starting this one, including a
"crib" size of the same pattern (which covers a twin bed for my niece -
Atkinson sizes are generous), but this one was stalled.
I had begun quilting it by echo-quilting the star motifs, using my
walking foot at the time. I then filled in more by making big,
overlapping squares in between the start motifs, which made a slightly
smaller pattern of chains of diamonds where the squares crossed. I
then decided if I was going to do more, I wanted more free-motion
practice before I decided to commit such a big project to my attempts
at free-motion. While I've gotten more practice - I never figured out
what more to add in.
I finally went closet-diving this weekend, pulled it out, and hung it
over the loft rail to stare at for a while. And I decided, oh heck, it
was quilted enough to hold together, and about as flat as I'd get it
anyway as the quilting I had done DID anchor it all over - so I cut,
assembled, and applied the binding and trimmed the excess
backing/batting. It looks great, and I'm thinking since it's likely to
be my cuddle-on-the-sofa quilt, that maybe I'll slowly practice some
hand-quilting in between my sock-knitting sofa projects and fill in the
centers of the stars with different things.
Or maybe I'll brave the free-motion demons again.
But I have a usable quilt! Yay! the first one that's finally for ME!
(Now planning a quilt for our king bed, with Atkinson's "Tile Tango"!)
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Posted by CATS on January 16, 2007, 3:56 am
Gentle hugs for the furbaby - I wish him a speedy recovery
with all that good care.
They can cause us as much stress as joy can't they?
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: Weeellll - first the OT - after months of wondering why
: Maui-the-Him-Cat has been losing weight and not eating -
we committed
: to an exploratory surgery last week and while nothing dire
was found,
: we got biopsy results today. I have yet another (4th in a
row!)
: middle-aged cat with cancer. AAAAUUUURRGH!!!!!
:
: The reason I'm not off snurffling all over my stash is
that, in this
: case, it's not an immediate end to my bedraggeled meezer.
He has a
: low-grade form of lymphoma (which apparently comes in more
varieties
: than I have batik colours in my charm stash), and with
treatment,
: there's a very good chance he'll recover quite a bit from
his current
: malnutrition and tick along for years. Apparently the
form of this
: looks alot like IBD, or is associated with IBD, or
something, and often
: what takes out the cats is starvation, not tumours or
metastasis. Once
: we finish his Baytril and healing week (from the incision)
he starts
: on daily Prednisone combined with Leukeran (sp?) every 3rd
day. He
: got a feeding tube at the surgery, but our vet has said to
not top him
: up completely with it, thinking that once the pred kicks
in he'll have
: an appetite back.
:
: On to happier things - I got a binding onto a
long-neglected UFO! I'm
: going to press it out tonight and start stitiching it
down.
:
: This UFO is actually a quilt from only my 2nd quilt class,
about 3
: years ago now, and it was very quickly pieced, then
semi-quilted after
: a few months, and has been sitting "almost done" for over
two years as
: I haven't figured out what "more" to do for quilting it.
It is the
: biggest quilt I've made to date, the 60"x75" "lap" size of
Atkinson's
: Lucky Stars pattern. I've actually started and finished
numerous
: smaller quilts and practice pieces since starting this
one, including a
: "crib" size of the same pattern (which covers a twin bed
for my niece -
: Atkinson sizes are generous), but this one was stalled.
:
: I had begun quilting it by echo-quilting the star motifs,
using my
: walking foot at the time. I then filled in more by making
big,
: overlapping squares in between the start motifs, which
made a slightly
: smaller pattern of chains of diamonds where the squares
crossed. I
: then decided if I was going to do more, I wanted more
free-motion
: practice before I decided to commit such a big project to
my attempts
: at free-motion. While I've gotten more practice - I never
figured out
: what more to add in.
:
: I finally went closet-diving this weekend, pulled it out,
and hung it
: over the loft rail to stare at for a while. And I
decided, oh heck, it
: was quilted enough to hold together, and about as flat as
I'd get it
: anyway as the quilting I had done DID anchor it all over -
so I cut,
: assembled, and applied the binding and trimmed the excess
: backing/batting. It looks great, and I'm thinking since
it's likely to
: be my cuddle-on-the-sofa quilt, that maybe I'll slowly
practice some
: hand-quilting in between my sock-knitting sofa projects
and fill in the
: centers of the stars with different things.
:
: Or maybe I'll brave the free-motion demons again.
:
: But I have a usable quilt! Yay! the first one that's
finally for ME!
:
: (Now planning a quilt for our king bed, with Atkinson's
"Tile Tango"!)
:
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Posted by Taria on January 16, 2007, 9:27 am
That is awful. Is there some sort of genetic connection with all
these cats? I'm so sorry. Hope he gets eating again and the
vet can be the help he needs.
Glad to hear you have a usable quilt that is finished. That is
great.
Hugs, Taria
FurrsomeThreesome wrote:
> Weeellll - first the OT - after months of wondering why
> Maui-the-Him-Cat has been losing weight and not eating - we committed
> to an exploratory surgery last week and while nothing dire was found,
> we got biopsy results today. I have yet another (4th in a row!)
> middle-aged cat with cancer. AAAAUUUURRGH!!!!!
>
> The reason I'm not off snurffling all over my stash is that, in this
> case, it's not an immediate end to my bedraggeled meezer. He has a
> low-grade form of lymphoma (which apparently comes in more varieties
> than I have batik colours in my charm stash), and with treatment,
> there's a very good chance he'll recover quite a bit from his current
> malnutrition and tick along for years. Apparently the form of this
> looks alot like IBD, or is associated with IBD, or something, and often
> what takes out the cats is starvation, not tumours or metastasis. Once
> we finish his Baytril and healing week (from the incision) he starts
> on daily Prednisone combined with Leukeran (sp?) every 3rd day. He
> got a feeding tube at the surgery, but our vet has said to not top him
> up completely with it, thinking that once the pred kicks in he'll have
> an appetite back.
>
> On to happier things - I got a binding onto a long-neglected UFO! I'm
> going to press it out tonight and start stitiching it down.
>
> This UFO is actually a quilt from only my 2nd quilt class, about 3
> years ago now, and it was very quickly pieced, then semi-quilted after
> a few months, and has been sitting "almost done" for over two years as
> I haven't figured out what "more" to do for quilting it. It is the
> biggest quilt I've made to date, the 60"x75" "lap" size of Atkinson's
> Lucky Stars pattern. I've actually started and finished numerous
> smaller quilts and practice pieces since starting this one, including a
> "crib" size of the same pattern (which covers a twin bed for my niece -
> Atkinson sizes are generous), but this one was stalled.
>
> I had begun quilting it by echo-quilting the star motifs, using my
> walking foot at the time. I then filled in more by making big,
> overlapping squares in between the start motifs, which made a slightly
> smaller pattern of chains of diamonds where the squares crossed. I
> then decided if I was going to do more, I wanted more free-motion
> practice before I decided to commit such a big project to my attempts
> at free-motion. While I've gotten more practice - I never figured out
> what more to add in.
>
> I finally went closet-diving this weekend, pulled it out, and hung it
> over the loft rail to stare at for a while. And I decided, oh heck, it
> was quilted enough to hold together, and about as flat as I'd get it
> anyway as the quilting I had done DID anchor it all over - so I cut,
> assembled, and applied the binding and trimmed the excess
> backing/batting. It looks great, and I'm thinking since it's likely to
> be my cuddle-on-the-sofa quilt, that maybe I'll slowly practice some
> hand-quilting in between my sock-knitting sofa projects and fill in the
> centers of the stars with different things.
>
> Or maybe I'll brave the free-motion demons again.
>
> But I have a usable quilt! Yay! the first one that's finally for ME!
>
> (Now planning a quilt for our king bed, with Atkinson's "Tile Tango"!)
>
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Posted by FurrsomeThreesome on January 16, 2007, 8:39 pm
Well, despite 3 of the 4 being Siamese, they're all adopted/rescues, so
not related.
The cancers were all different too. The first was some sort of
peritoneal cancer, spread everywhere and undetectable except when
surgery was done - he was put to sleep during surgery at somewhere near
17 years old. The second was a very large and aggressive abdominal
mass- never biopsied as that cat was the companion of the first, and
she was 16 and the chances were not good. The 3rd was a barn cat, only
10 or 11 years, with squamous-cell carcinoma of the jaw - grew very
rapidly and was destroying her mouth, we had to let her go when she was
no longer able to eat and was in alot of pain.
THIS one is is low-grade, manageable, and often associated with FeLV
(Feline Leukemia virus) though I have tests for all these cats showing
they're negative, and it doesn't ALWAYS have to be FeLV. Makes me
wonder about the viral/autoimmune associations with cancers, though.
We'll be OK for a while though. We don't start his chemo pills until
Friday, but just having his feeding tube in has helped, he's more perky
and bright-eyed than in a while, because he's getting food without
having to eat through the nausea he seems to have been experiencing.
Thanks,
Johanna
Taria wrote:
> That is awful. Is there some sort of genetic connection with all
> these cats? I'm so sorry. Hope he gets eating again and the
> vet can be the help he needs.
> Glad to hear you have a usable quilt that is finished. That is
> great.
> Hugs, Taria
>
> FurrsomeThreesome wrote:
>
> > Weeellll - first the OT - after months of wondering why
> > Maui-the-Him-Cat has been losing weight and not eating - we committed
> > to an exploratory surgery last week and while nothing dire was found,
> > we got biopsy results today. I have yet another (4th in a row!)
> > middle-aged cat with cancer. AAAAUUUURRGH!!!!!
> >
> > The reason I'm not off snurffling all over my stash is that, in this
> > case, it's not an immediate end to my bedraggeled meezer. He has a
> > low-grade form of lymphoma (which apparently comes in more varieties
> > than I have batik colours in my charm stash), and with treatment,
> > there's a very good chance he'll recover quite a bit from his current
> > malnutrition and tick along for years. Apparently the form of this
> > looks alot like IBD, or is associated with IBD, or something, and often
> > what takes out the cats is starvation, not tumours or metastasis. Once
> > we finish his Baytril and healing week (from the incision) he starts
> > on daily Prednisone combined with Leukeran (sp?) every 3rd day. He
> > got a feeding tube at the surgery, but our vet has said to not top him
> > up completely with it, thinking that once the pred kicks in he'll have
> > an appetite back.
> >
> > On to happier things - I got a binding onto a long-neglected UFO! I'm
> > going to press it out tonight and start stitiching it down.
> >
> > This UFO is actually a quilt from only my 2nd quilt class, about 3
> > years ago now, and it was very quickly pieced, then semi-quilted after
> > a few months, and has been sitting "almost done" for over two years as
> > I haven't figured out what "more" to do for quilting it. It is the
> > biggest quilt I've made to date, the 60"x75" "lap" size of Atkinson's
> > Lucky Stars pattern. I've actually started and finished numerous
> > smaller quilts and practice pieces since starting this one, including a
> > "crib" size of the same pattern (which covers a twin bed for my niece -
> > Atkinson sizes are generous), but this one was stalled.
> >
> > I had begun quilting it by echo-quilting the star motifs, using my
> > walking foot at the time. I then filled in more by making big,
> > overlapping squares in between the start motifs, which made a slightly
> > smaller pattern of chains of diamonds where the squares crossed. I
> > then decided if I was going to do more, I wanted more free-motion
> > practice before I decided to commit such a big project to my attempts
> > at free-motion. While I've gotten more practice - I never figured out
> > what more to add in.
> >
> > I finally went closet-diving this weekend, pulled it out, and hung it
> > over the loft rail to stare at for a while. And I decided, oh heck, it
> > was quilted enough to hold together, and about as flat as I'd get it
> > anyway as the quilting I had done DID anchor it all over - so I cut,
> > assembled, and applied the binding and trimmed the excess
> > backing/batting. It looks great, and I'm thinking since it's likely to
> > be my cuddle-on-the-sofa quilt, that maybe I'll slowly practice some
> > hand-quilting in between my sock-knitting sofa projects and fill in the
> > centers of the stars with different things.
> >
> > Or maybe I'll brave the free-motion demons again.
> >
> > But I have a usable quilt! Yay! the first one that's finally for ME!
> >
> > (Now planning a quilt for our king bed, with Atkinson's "Tile Tango"!)
> >
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Posted by Carolyn McCarty on January 16, 2007, 7:36 pm
Watch the prednisone, as it once made a dog of mine quit going outdoors to
the pee. Don't know if it would have that effect on cats, but one never
knows.
So glad you will have Maui around for a while!
Congrats on the quilt, happy dancing for you in Tucson. Got pics?
--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo
If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty
If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty
> Weeellll - first the OT - after months of wondering why
> Maui-the-Him-Cat has been losing weight and not eating - we committed
> to an exploratory surgery last week and while nothing dire was found,
> we got biopsy results today. I have yet another (4th in a row!)
> middle-aged cat with cancer. AAAAUUUURRGH!!!!!
>
> The reason I'm not off snurffling all over my stash is that, in this
> case, it's not an immediate end to my bedraggeled meezer. He has a
> low-grade form of lymphoma (which apparently comes in more varieties
> than I have batik colours in my charm stash), and with treatment,
> there's a very good chance he'll recover quite a bit from his current
> malnutrition and tick along for years. Apparently the form of this
> looks alot like IBD, or is associated with IBD, or something, and often
> what takes out the cats is starvation, not tumours or metastasis. Once
> we finish his Baytril and healing week (from the incision) he starts
> on daily Prednisone combined with Leukeran (sp?) every 3rd day. He
> got a feeding tube at the surgery, but our vet has said to not top him
> up completely with it, thinking that once the pred kicks in he'll have
> an appetite back.
>
> On to happier things - I got a binding onto a long-neglected UFO! I'm
> going to press it out tonight and start stitiching it down.
>
> This UFO is actually a quilt from only my 2nd quilt class, about 3
> years ago now, and it was very quickly pieced, then semi-quilted after
> a few months, and has been sitting "almost done" for over two years as
> I haven't figured out what "more" to do for quilting it. It is the
> biggest quilt I've made to date, the 60"x75" "lap" size of Atkinson's
> Lucky Stars pattern. I've actually started and finished numerous
> smaller quilts and practice pieces since starting this one, including a
> "crib" size of the same pattern (which covers a twin bed for my niece -
> Atkinson sizes are generous), but this one was stalled.
>
> I had begun quilting it by echo-quilting the star motifs, using my
> walking foot at the time. I then filled in more by making big,
> overlapping squares in between the start motifs, which made a slightly
> smaller pattern of chains of diamonds where the squares crossed. I
> then decided if I was going to do more, I wanted more free-motion
> practice before I decided to commit such a big project to my attempts
> at free-motion. While I've gotten more practice - I never figured out
> what more to add in.
>
> I finally went closet-diving this weekend, pulled it out, and hung it
> over the loft rail to stare at for a while. And I decided, oh heck, it
> was quilted enough to hold together, and about as flat as I'd get it
> anyway as the quilting I had done DID anchor it all over - so I cut,
> assembled, and applied the binding and trimmed the excess
> backing/batting. It looks great, and I'm thinking since it's likely to
> be my cuddle-on-the-sofa quilt, that maybe I'll slowly practice some
> hand-quilting in between my sock-knitting sofa projects and fill in the
> centers of the stars with different things.
>
> Or maybe I'll brave the free-motion demons again.
>
> But I have a usable quilt! Yay! the first one that's finally for ME!
>
> (Now planning a quilt for our king bed, with Atkinson's "Tile Tango"!)
>
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