Merlin has had his cyst drained!

angieh · 13-06-2008, 01:17 PM

Just to update - I'm taking Merlin to the vet at 4.30 this p.m. Will let you know the outcome. He seems fine today in other respects.

Mags · 13-06-2008, 01:32 PM

Hope all goes well with Merlin at the vets later Angie..

yola · 13-06-2008, 02:28 PM

I think the vet is the best bet in this case Angie. Not much advice I can offer; but hope the experts can help!

dandysmom · 13-06-2008, 04:14 PM

Fingers crossed for dear Merlin at the vets today......

angieh · 13-06-2008, 05:36 PM

Well back from the vet - unfortunately the cyst is infected and so Merlin has had an anti-biotic injection and has a weeks course of tablets. We have a follow up appointment next Friday to see how things go.

The vet, whom I had not seen before, was a very confident young man and talked to me about the possibility of removing the cyst. He said that new anaesthetics and IV procedures mean that the risks to older patients can be minimised and that weighed against that is the possibility if the cyst cannot be bought under control, that repeated infections may compromise Merlin's general health - his ability to fight infection being lessened by his age.

Obviously, I know that any operation for any animal at any age is a risk.

What do you think????

Mags · 13-06-2008, 05:40 PM

Hopefully Kazz will see your reply Angie and tell you about her Cleo who had a lump removed at a grand old age. She was fine after the op..

angieh · 13-06-2008, 05:45 PM

Thanks Mags - I might PM her .................

dandysmom · 13-06-2008, 07:57 PM

Only you can decide that, but what the vet said makes a lot of sense to me. especially about Merlin's immune system being compromised by repeated infections.....

Kazz · 13-06-2008, 11:15 PM

Hiya
Cleo got a cyst about 20 years old all was fine it grew and was aspirated no trouble then it just grew and seemed nothing we did "aspirating regularly" stopped it, it filled before you could blink....this is a picture of it before it as removed. Cleo had a bad experience with anthestic when she was spayed but that was back in mid 80's and anthestic has as your vet said moved on. And like you I was "concerned" maybe scared witless may be a better description, but I was worried she would catch it and when another started closer to her ear I almost went with the op. My vet like yours was confident and we went ahead.
This is Cleo pre Op, in the early Dec 05, at this time you can't see the other small cyst nearer her ear but as you can see the big one was about the size of a walnut when this picture was taken it did get bigger and the smaller one got bigger too.

So I decided on an OP she went in in the morning and I picked her up early afternoon she was perfect fine no trouble ate a little chicken after the op and was a million times better almost immediately in fact she had no wobbles post op she was fine.This was her 3 days Post Op. You can see the stitches and almost the smaller Cyst removal scar, she also had her teeth cleaned under the anthestic and a tooth or to removed too.....she was fine I was really pleased I had it done each to their own though Merlin is your cat but I have to say Cleo was 5 months over 23 years when she had her op and lived happily ill a week before her 25th birthday. The cyst never came back.

She went back to the vet after about 10 days and had the stitches removed no trouble just purred her way through it......rolling over and letting the vet rub her belly...mine were stupid cats mine though.

angieh · 13-06-2008, 11:18 PM

Gosh that was some cyst Kazz. So how old was Cleo when you had it removed and how did she get on?

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