(Very) Happy Tongue Tuesday
All summer long Jimmy had little lumps and bumps he gets from allergies of unknown origins (EGCs). I try to not be THAT cat owner who rushes my cats in for every little problem. So, I figured I'd let Jimmy's body deal with the problem on its own before rushing him to the vet for yet another steroid injection. I thought he was doing better until I saw him yawn and saw his tongue. I was horrified and couldn't believe I let my cat get to this point. I took him to work with me the next day and the doctor gave him a steroid injection that had worked in the past. The reaction was too severe this time and injection didn't work. After a couple weeks she sedated him and scraped the tops off several masses with a razor to have analyzed by the lab. She then injected steroids underneath each individual mass, something she'd never done before but then again, she'd never seen an EGC reaction on a tongue as bad as Jimmy's.
Thankfully, and happily, Jimmy's tongue is nearly all better. If you enlarge the picture you can see a lump on the right side of his tongue in the very back.
Two pictures of Jimmy's tongue are in the comments below. Sorry for the bad quality but they will give you an idea of what was going on.
PS Part of the reason I didn't notice the masses on Jimmy's tongue is that he never acted like he was in any discomfort. He ate his large dental kibble with his usual gusto and never did any of the things that would draw my attention to a problem in his mouth. Poor guy.
(Very) Happy Tongue Tuesday
All summer long Jimmy had little lumps and bumps he gets from allergies of unknown origins (EGCs). I try to not be THAT cat owner who rushes my cats in for every little problem. So, I figured I'd let Jimmy's body deal with the problem on its own before rushing him to the vet for yet another steroid injection. I thought he was doing better until I saw him yawn and saw his tongue. I was horrified and couldn't believe I let my cat get to this point. I took him to work with me the next day and the doctor gave him a steroid injection that had worked in the past. The reaction was too severe this time and injection didn't work. After a couple weeks she sedated him and scraped the tops off several masses with a razor to have analyzed by the lab. She then injected steroids underneath each individual mass, something she'd never done before but then again, she'd never seen an EGC reaction on a tongue as bad as Jimmy's.
Thankfully, and happily, Jimmy's tongue is nearly all better. If you enlarge the picture you can see a lump on the right side of his tongue in the very back.
Two pictures of Jimmy's tongue are in the comments below. Sorry for the bad quality but they will give you an idea of what was going on.
PS Part of the reason I didn't notice the masses on Jimmy's tongue is that he never acted like he was in any discomfort. He ate his large dental kibble with his usual gusto and never did any of the things that would draw my attention to a problem in his mouth. Poor guy.