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[cmt2779]

The vet called this afternoon with some information about the tests they'd done on Lucy's blood. He said her liver stuffs did not look good at all. He wants me to bring her in early tomorrow morning and leave her while I go to work so they can do something I didn't quite catch to her in order to actually get some of her liver for examination. That way they can find out if what's wrong with her is, and here are the options he provided me, a bacterial infection (possibly as a result of some other illness) or cancer.

He didn't seem to think there was much hope of this turning out well. I don't know what this will mean after these next tests and examinations are done. I don't know what the right thing to do will be when she is confirmed to be super-sick, even dying. Can I (and modern medicine) prolong her life? And for how long? What will her quality of life be like? At what point is it no longer a horrible thing for me to do to have her put to sleep? And, not to be crass (because I love my kitties), how much will all this cost me? I've managed to save a little chunk of money, so I'm not about to starve to death or be evicted after a couple of vet bills, but I don't have that much money and I can't keep paying for vet bills and kitty medicines indefinitely.

I don't want to lose Lucy.