[Petbunny] Bad news

[Darin Ritchie]

Oh Anne!   What utterly horrible news!    I am so very, very sorry!    Damn cancer…  Poor Madison.   

Poor little Kazi as well.  I would not doubt that he understands what is going on with Madison and is worrying about her, which is stressing his system, resulting in the stasis.

I am sending Madison lots and lots of great big improvement (we can always hope), be comfortable, be happy, feel better, positive energy, good luck, and be well vibes!  I am also sending Kazi lots and lots of great big improvement, happy tummy, happy GI, stasis be gone, eat, poop, feel better, good luck, and be well vibes.  And still I am sending you all lots of great big calming and comforting vibes.


Cheers,

Darin.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forum for folks with companion rabbits [mailto:PETBUNNY at LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne Walizer
> Sent: August 11, 2009 2:53 PM
> To: PETBUNNY at LSV.UKY.EDU
> Subject: Bad news
> 
> Madison's vet visit didn't go well.
> 
> Her watery eyes and snorting breathing point to pasterella.  Her teeth
> are fine.  The dr said that if it was hay dust, it's usually just one
> eye, not both.  So, a 2 wk antibiotic course for Miss Madison.
> 
> We did xrays and then the news turned worse.
> 
> She has several tumors in her chest and one big one in her abdominal
> area (which we could both feel but weren't sure if it wasn't a
> hardening of a fatty deposit).  The dr said if it was just one tumor
> in the chest, we'd be looking at 2-3 months but with so many tumors
> and the size of them...her time is severely limited with us.  She's
> now metacam to keep her comfortable but I've been assured that this
> type of tumor isn't painful.  The antibiotics should help with her
> snorting breathing and the eye watery stuff.  Madison has also lost
> weight since last Oct (11oz) and now weighs just 6lbs.
> 
> Damn cancer.
> 
> AND to top of the horrible news, while we're waiting for our bill to
> go thru the computer system, Kazi collapsed.  (I always take bonded
> mates on vet trips).  Scared the crap out of me - they rushed him back
> to the vet's exam room. She went over his heart rate and breathing
> (all fine).  Seems he was really dehydrated.  So they gave him some
> sub-q fluids and weighed him.  He's down 2 lbs since last year making
> him 4.5 lbs and that concerned her.  They asked if I could wait until
> she finished with the 2 other clients she had scheduled so we could
> see more into Kazi.
> 
> Of course I waited.
> 
> He was not himself at all.  By the time she was done with the other
> clients (didn't take too long), she gave Kazi-bear a thorough exam,
> including more xrays.  No tumors on his chest.  But....ready for the
> kicker...severe stasis.  WTF??????  He's been eating - he pootied and
> peed in the carrier.  Where was this coming from?  His stomach didn't
> present with the usual consistency you'd see with stasis -- but there
> it was on the xray.  Tons of gas bubbles in his cecal track.  No
> wonder he was grinding his teeth while we were examining Madison.....
> 
> So, he's on the usual meds for stasis  (critical care, sub-q fluids,
> reglan, simethecone & metacam) as well as a precautionary 2 wk dose of
> antibiotics.  Normally, she wouldn't give antibiotics to a mate of a
> pasterella bunny if the mate seems fine -- but in this case, it's
> obvious Kazi's immune system is fighting something, so we're going to
> help him out a bit.
> 
> So, we're now headed tothe drug store to stock up on infant
> simethecone and then to dairy queen for a thin-mint blizzard, large
> sized, for dinner.   I've earned it today.
> 
> Cancer sucks and I want a do-over for today.  It sucked BIG TIME. and
> I just want to curl in a corner and pretend the rest of the world
> doesn't exist.
> 
> Please send vibes for all of us.  Esp, our diva, Miss Madison, queen
> of the warren.
> 
> --
> Anne
> Madison, Kazi, Ben & Princess Maya
> www.walizer.net
> 
> "You do what you know, and when you know better, you do better." -
> Maya Angelou


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