[Felvtalk] Harley will be starting palliative radiation treatment

[Marsha]

Harley starts "palliative" radiation treatment for his cancer within a 
week. There will be 4 sessions. I opted not to go for the full course of 
21-22 sessions, which has more side effects, and could cause ulcerations 
on skin, which could lead to infection, which (since he's FeLV+) is a 
place I DON'T want to go!! The goal and hope is to buy him some relief 
for 4-6 months. I wish we could get started sooner, because the tumor 
has grown (behind his eye now), but they have to pull together the team 
to make a detailed treatment plan.  This oncologist told me this morning 
that a full biopsy isn't necessary to make a treatment plan - it would 
only delay the start of treatment, and there would be risk involved in 
the surgery. Meanwhile, he will be getting meloxicam and/or 
buprenorphine for comfort care.

Marsha