09/28/2026
Chester Update!!
He went to a specialist today to see if thereās anything to be done about his sniffly snuffly self. The short answer is this is likely something Chester is just going to have to live with and weāll try to give him some relief through intermittent steroids and antibiotics.
The long answer is, that the two most likely reasons he could be having these symptoms are 1) a nasal tumor which can be confirmed by a VERY expensive (talking thousands) CT scan and nasal scoping procedure 2) could just be rhinitis and is just a constant thing that will flare up from time to time
Of course I wanted to hear that there was something more to DO for him, even if we spent thousands of dollars to decipher if he has a tumor or not we would either be spending a lot of money to find out thereās a tumor that could only be treated with radiation (which has a 10k-15k price tag itself) with mixed results on how much time that would buy himā¦.or it could rule out the possibility of a tumor and let us know that the way Chester is right now is just the way he is. So we opted to treat this like itās rhinitis and be vigilant with any symptoms that could change to indicate cancer/a tumor.
Iām glad he went today so I know we did our due diligence on what the best next steps areā¦and I feel comfortable choosing to try to give him relief through medicine knowing that if it seems later that perhaps this has been cancer/a tumor all along then we can make sure his life is comfortable here at Mini Meows HQ for as long as possible. Iām hopeful this isnāt cancer because Chesterās symptoms have stayed very steady over the last 6 months and my understanding which a tumor is that he would have been worsening with time, but nevertheless we will remain diligent in monitoring him and see how this period of antibiotics and steroids does for him!
