… Has a mass near her right kidney.

I brought her back to the vet today and had her confined because she’s not drinking water. She’s dehydrated. Now the clinic has told me an hour ago that after calming her down and whatnot, they were able to do an ultrasound scan and saw the suspected mass.

Good evening, ma’am.

We were able to continue Kimchi’s ultrasound once she became calmer.

We found a suspected mass near her right kidney. At this time, we cannot determine exactly what it is but we suspect it may be causing mild blood loss (which her body is compensating for, as shown by the high reticulocytes) and may also be affecting her drive to drink. This is something we will need to monitor.

As discussed earlier, she can go home tomorrow and we will prescribe medications to help manage her symptoms.

We will explain everything in detail tomorrow. Salamat po.

I pray it’s not cancer. But if it’s near her kidney and NOT in her kidney, maybe it’s treatable with surgery. If it’s in her kidney, then I elect to remove the kidney and give palliative care until it’s time to let her go.

It’s breaking my heart.