ShazzaBunny
Warren Veteran
Summer had sores on her back a few weeks ago from Willow being a bit OTT with the humping (Willow had not been spayed, but bonded quite well into the trio). Anyway, the sores were healing nicely, and on vet advice, no antibitics were given as there was no infection. Willow has been spayed now, and is being as good as gold .
Last night, one of the sores was weeping, so i phoned the vet today for a check up. It turns out it was just a scab had came off, and it was rescabbed and clean today. However, i had also noticed Summer had lost weight and was a bit "lame" on one of her hind legs .
For those who dont know, Summer is blind (one eye removed, the other useless due to EC) and brain damaged from EC. She has very short legs for a dwarf lop, and she always sits slightly "froggy" because of this.
On investigation by the vet, Summer has a mass/growth right in beside her hip on the left side . While this is not causing discomfort to Summer, it is stopping her fully extending her leg :?. In three weeks she has dropped a bit of weight too (cant remember now how much, not loads, but enough for 3 weeks when she is eating like normal :?).
Anyway, the options were to do blood tests to find the cause of the weight loss.
And to biopsy the leg to find what it is. However, given the place of the "mass" there is no operation available to save the leg (even removal would be out, because it is the hip/pelvis that is affected). I have made the decision not to biopsy and not to operate, as i believe it is for *my* personal gain, not whats best for poor Summer.
Considering she was at the vet 3 weeks ago having the exact same check up she had today, and this hip issue was not apparent then, whatever is causng it appears aggressive .
As long as Summer is happy i will spoil her rotten, but sadly, she is on borrowed time, any spare love and vibes you can send her would be greatly appreciated.
Before i get the negative replies, i am strongly of the opinion "just because we can do it, doesnt mean we should". Basically meaning, further investigation, while possible, does not give any gain to Summer, so i wont be doing it.
Last night, one of the sores was weeping, so i phoned the vet today for a check up. It turns out it was just a scab had came off, and it was rescabbed and clean today. However, i had also noticed Summer had lost weight and was a bit "lame" on one of her hind legs .
For those who dont know, Summer is blind (one eye removed, the other useless due to EC) and brain damaged from EC. She has very short legs for a dwarf lop, and she always sits slightly "froggy" because of this.
On investigation by the vet, Summer has a mass/growth right in beside her hip on the left side . While this is not causing discomfort to Summer, it is stopping her fully extending her leg :?. In three weeks she has dropped a bit of weight too (cant remember now how much, not loads, but enough for 3 weeks when she is eating like normal :?).
Anyway, the options were to do blood tests to find the cause of the weight loss.
And to biopsy the leg to find what it is. However, given the place of the "mass" there is no operation available to save the leg (even removal would be out, because it is the hip/pelvis that is affected). I have made the decision not to biopsy and not to operate, as i believe it is for *my* personal gain, not whats best for poor Summer.
Considering she was at the vet 3 weeks ago having the exact same check up she had today, and this hip issue was not apparent then, whatever is causng it appears aggressive .
As long as Summer is happy i will spoil her rotten, but sadly, she is on borrowed time, any spare love and vibes you can send her would be greatly appreciated.
Before i get the negative replies, i am strongly of the opinion "just because we can do it, doesnt mean we should". Basically meaning, further investigation, while possible, does not give any gain to Summer, so i wont be doing it.
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