parsnipbun
Wise Old Thumper
Damson's kidney stone is playing up again. It seems to hurt him about once a week at the moment. He is on metacam every day 'just in case' and septrin to fight a small infection associated with it - but about once a week the pain seems to get bad and he just curls up and won't eat or move.
Usually we get him out of these episodes with fluids (re-inflate the kidney!), syringe feed, snuggle safe under the kidney and topping up the metacam to full dose allowable. But today its really painful and he has had to have bupronorphine which has totally knocked him out,
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Its SO sad as otherwise he is so fit and healthy (despite being almost 9). We just had his bloods tested again and everything is absolutely fine (the other kidney must be functioning well) its just this wretched stone causing so much pain.
Its really tearing me up seeing him like this - only yesterday he was running around, leaping over things, humping his girlbun etc now he is just layng curled up looking so unhappy.
It seems like no vet will operate to take a kidney out on a bun of his age - they say the prognosis is so poor. But he can't carry on being in such pain once a week, - I am just so torn.
Usually we get him out of these episodes with fluids (re-inflate the kidney!), syringe feed, snuggle safe under the kidney and topping up the metacam to full dose allowable. But today its really painful and he has had to have bupronorphine which has totally knocked him out,
.
Its SO sad as otherwise he is so fit and healthy (despite being almost 9). We just had his bloods tested again and everything is absolutely fine (the other kidney must be functioning well) its just this wretched stone causing so much pain.
Its really tearing me up seeing him like this - only yesterday he was running around, leaping over things, humping his girlbun etc now he is just layng curled up looking so unhappy.
It seems like no vet will operate to take a kidney out on a bun of his age - they say the prognosis is so poor. But he can't carry on being in such pain once a week, - I am just so torn.