peachypink
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Well, I just got some bad news. I took Baby to the vet yesterday. She had stopped eating and her belly had gotten very balloon like. After she woke from burmation earlier this year she ate a ton and was getting quite chunky. But a few weeks ago she stopped eating and thats when her belly looked more blown up like a balloon rather than just chunk.
When I took her in yesterday, both the vet and I had hoped it was either a blockage or eggs. But when she did the x-ray it showed nothing except fluid. She took a sample and it was a yellowish green liquid.
So....bottom line is that it could be a couple things but most likely liver failure and it is really just a waiting game. She is still alert, still wants me to talk to her and hold her, still runs around when I take her out just not eating and breathing a bit harder from the fluid pushing on her lungs. It could also be a bacterial infection picked up way back before I get her that had taken this long to manifest. The vet gave me and antibiotic and said there is a small chance this might work, I should know in 4-6 weeks. But in the meantime, soak her daily to keep her from getting more dehydrated and syringe feed her baby food. Either the antibiotic will work or I am just keeping her comfortable until she either passes or she gets to where she is struggling and I take her in to, you know....
I am broken hearted, she had been the best girl. She is only a little over a year and a half. Sad day.
When I took her in yesterday, both the vet and I had hoped it was either a blockage or eggs. But when she did the x-ray it showed nothing except fluid. She took a sample and it was a yellowish green liquid.
So....bottom line is that it could be a couple things but most likely liver failure and it is really just a waiting game. She is still alert, still wants me to talk to her and hold her, still runs around when I take her out just not eating and breathing a bit harder from the fluid pushing on her lungs. It could also be a bacterial infection picked up way back before I get her that had taken this long to manifest. The vet gave me and antibiotic and said there is a small chance this might work, I should know in 4-6 weeks. But in the meantime, soak her daily to keep her from getting more dehydrated and syringe feed her baby food. Either the antibiotic will work or I am just keeping her comfortable until she either passes or she gets to where she is struggling and I take her in to, you know....
I am broken hearted, she had been the best girl. She is only a little over a year and a half. Sad day.