Hello everyone, have not posted on here in years on here, but i‘m devastated beyond belief. My 6 year old bearded dragon Oswald has been having problems breathing, which I can only describe as puffing air out of his lungs very fast. I was concerned about a URI so I brought him in and they did x rays and blood work. The x rays (attached) showed around 9 small mineralizations in his abdomen that at the time we thought were kidney stones so he was put on tramadol for pain and sent home to wait for the answers on the blood work, which would show his kidney function. His bloodwork came back with a white blood cell count of 180 and was sent to a pathologist to read and confirm there was no error in counting. In the meantime he was prescribed Ceftadizine to fight a possible infection which would have been the only other explanation. Today I got that call the the morphology of his cells are not recognizable, and they are fairly certain the proper diagnosis is Lymphatic Leukemia. As soon as the pathology report becomes available to me I can update this thread.
It is an understatement to say my whole world shattered. Oswald is my absolute everything and I did not imagine my time with him to be cut so short. My vet has contacted a zoologist across the border to better understand what might come next, hes not confident in any treatments himself and would like outside help to see if we have any opportunity to save my boy.
Right now im focused on making sure he’s comfortable, and attempting to enjoy what time I have left (though through many tears). Hes walking around alright and seems somewhat alert. We have cut the tramadol out now, to see if he will perk back up since it was sedating him. Right now i‘m just looking for any advice, comfort anything. Im feeling so incredibly defeated and heart broken and its making it very difficult for me to enjoy the time I have left with him.
I’ve also attached a picture of him so you can see how good of a boy he is. He is my son, he’s my everything and I am going to miss him more than words can convey
It is an understatement to say my whole world shattered. Oswald is my absolute everything and I did not imagine my time with him to be cut so short. My vet has contacted a zoologist across the border to better understand what might come next, hes not confident in any treatments himself and would like outside help to see if we have any opportunity to save my boy.
Right now im focused on making sure he’s comfortable, and attempting to enjoy what time I have left (though through many tears). Hes walking around alright and seems somewhat alert. We have cut the tramadol out now, to see if he will perk back up since it was sedating him. Right now i‘m just looking for any advice, comfort anything. Im feeling so incredibly defeated and heart broken and its making it very difficult for me to enjoy the time I have left with him.
I’ve also attached a picture of him so you can see how good of a boy he is. He is my son, he’s my everything and I am going to miss him more than words can convey