Internal Organs pushed towards spine

One of my cats, who is now about twelve years old, was x-rayed about eight years ago. He'd had a couple of UTIs and the vet wanted to look for stones. My cat's internal organs were all pushed to one side. The vet did another x-ray to make sure it wasn't a positioning issue. Like your vet and Dr. Doug, he said it's almost always a tumor when they see organs pushed where they shouldn't be. He had all the vets in the practice look at the x-rays, and nobody could see anything suspicious. Like Dr. Doug, he said tumors don't always show up on x-rays. The cat is still with us and has been completely healthy (he didn't even have stones, and hasn't had any more UTIs). So his organs being pushed around are just a mystery.

I agree with you on quality of life over quantity for the old ones. I have a 14 year old Brittany, and we just try to enjoy each day with him.