Here she is on day one of transitioning to a raw diet. On Feb 7 I brought her in for a holistic vet visit as i found a mass under her jaw. I suspected the worst and I have had too much experience and common sense about this. Blood work came back and no sign of infection which confirmed my suspicions. Friday February 10, she had a biopsy. February 14 we received the news is was a fibrous sarcoma.... the very aggressive kind. Since then, we have been on the mad dash to figure out how to treat. I don't feel it is very humane to put her through chemo, radiation or further surgery. I would only be doing it to satisfy my own angst. The doc had the option to remove the mass during biopsy but felt it was too risky.
Over the past 10 days I have spend quite a bit of money and time figuring out the proper diet for her. Kibble is out of the question now. Carbs feed the cancer. I am seeing great results around the ketogenic diet where there is zero carbs, high fat and lower protein. I spent so much time looking for a canned food that she may like. I found one but she doesn't eat it like her fancy feast which still has 1% carbs. A few professionals told me if anything is going to save her it is strictly a raw diet not canned. I tried a processed raw early on but she didn't touch it. I also didn't try to transition her. Fast forward to yesterday, look at her eat raw mixed with her Fancy Feast (transition). One of the workers at Benson's graciously helped me with how to transition and even gave some dried raw as treats to sprinkle on top. She freaking gobbled it down. So now we transition to just raw over the next few days and wait. I feel like something has happened over the past week because I can now feel her jaw bone and I couldn't before but that may be a result of the surgery.
We have circled round and round about surgery but I really don't want a mess of a cat when all is said and done. She still has really good quality of life still. I can't do this again after Bentley. I really hope this is works. It has too! Stay tuned.
