Beloved Houstonian Tiny Tim the Cat has Cancer

[Bill]

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Headed to Texas A&M vet school for cancer surgery next week. :sadangel:

[Defib1961]

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[Sea Six]

Sorry to hear. :sadangel:

[CBonsall]

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[NCC-1701]

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[wwomanC6]

:sadangel: Hope Tiny Tim pulls through this!

[Bill]

Tiny Tim, Houston's beloved fat cat, has cancer

By Carol Christian | January 17, 2013 | Updated: January 17, 2013 10:40pm

Dr. Jessica Reyna pets Tiny Tim at the Southside Place Animal Hospital, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Houston. A year ago, Tiny Tim weighed 35 pounds. After a year, he's down to 27.6 pounds. Clinic owner Dr. Alice Frei decided earlier this year to keep him as a permanent clinic resident.

Tiny Tim, the overweight Houston cat with a Facebook following who has drawn national news coverage of his diet and exercise routine, has been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer in his right front leg.

"This thing is so aggressive that the pathologist can't define it," said Dr. Alice Frei, who has been overseeing the formerly 35-pound cat's care at Southside Place Animal Hospital. "It went from a small lump in his elbow a week ago to wrapping around the elbow."

On Wednesday, Frei took the cat now known as Tiny to Texas A&M's veterinary school for treatment. He's scheduled for a CT scan on Thursday, which will tell whether the cancer has spread to his chest.

"If the tumor has spread to his chest, his treatment options are basically zero," Frei wrote on the cat's Facebook page, Tiny Tim at SPAH.

The cat came to the southwest Houston clinic in late December 2011 after workers from the city's animal shelter picked him up on the street. Through controlled diet and exercise, he has lost about 8 pounds.

If the cancer hasn't spread to his lungs, the plan is to amputate the leg, which Frei said was a difficult decision

[C5SilverBullet]

It's only in his leg and hasn't spread so that's some good news. :seasix:

When pets need the very best treatment around here A&M is the place to go. :yesnod:Every vet I've been to since we've lived here is an A&M graduate.

As for the cat, first I've ever heard of it.

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Hope Tiny makes it