Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Two days ago Felicity developed a mucky bum. Very, very unusual for her and not related to dietary changes. She was eating normally and passing hard faeces, although these were smaller than usual. On examination I noted some spurs on her lower left molars, but nothing major. However, I detected a hard mass in her mid abdomen. It did not feel like food/faeces. I was advised to treat her with Metacam, Metoclopromide and Ranitidine for 48 hours. We wanted to avoid stressing Felicity as stress sends her into respiratory distress, last time she nearly died 
After 48 hours on treatment the mass remains unchanged and she is still getting a mucky bum every afternoon between 2pm and 4pm. Today Christobel confirmed my fears that the mass is most likely to be a tumour. She *thinks* it's attatched to a kidney
After much debate we have decided to just give paliative care. This is because of the fact that Felicity just cannot cope with the stress of diagnostics (bloods, abdominal U/S) or lots of hands on care. Yes, tests and surgery could be done but me and my Vet agree that in Felicity's case it would not be in her best interests. Please dont judge me for this decision, it has not been made lightly.
For now Felicity is 'ok within herself' although she gets very, very stressed by being cleaned up or given medication She also started mouth breathing in C's consulting room this morning
We are going to take things one day at a time. It may be that 'the decision' needs to be made sooner rather than later if Felicity's quality of life is severely effected by the stress paliative care causes her.
Felicity is very much on borrowed time
After 48 hours on treatment the mass remains unchanged and she is still getting a mucky bum every afternoon between 2pm and 4pm. Today Christobel confirmed my fears that the mass is most likely to be a tumour. She *thinks* it's attatched to a kidney
After much debate we have decided to just give paliative care. This is because of the fact that Felicity just cannot cope with the stress of diagnostics (bloods, abdominal U/S) or lots of hands on care. Yes, tests and surgery could be done but me and my Vet agree that in Felicity's case it would not be in her best interests. Please dont judge me for this decision, it has not been made lightly.
For now Felicity is 'ok within herself' although she gets very, very stressed by being cleaned up or given medication
She also started mouth breathing in C's consulting room this morning We are going to take things one day at a time. It may be that 'the decision' needs to be made sooner rather than later if Felicity's quality of life is severely effected by the stress paliative care causes her.
Felicity is very much on borrowed time
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