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Gosh, I hope I'm overreacting. My remaining wonderful bun Illy, who turns 12 in March, suddenly seems to have so many problems. It's so heartbreaking not being able to just fix things for her. This post isn't for advice as such, but I just needed to write it out to people who understand. That being said, if anyone has advice, please share!
She's just been started on special drops to treat Glaucoma, but her eye pressure actually went up the week after we started them (up to 41, the pressure should be <20) so we're now doing the drops twice a day. She's on two lots of pain relief to help with her arthritis, as well as Vetmedin for her enlarged heart, bisolvon to keep her chest clear, ear drops and now also panacur as she's turning left and keeping her head turned left suddenly. She's also got muscle wastage, particularly on her left hind leg. She did have a respiratory infection the last couple of weeks too, so we've been doing nebulising treatments. Thankfully, the respiratory issues seem to have passed now.
I just had a small scare with her, as I could hear her breathing loudly across the room. She had flopped but couldn't get up. Usually, if I put my hand against her heels she can then use me as a push off point to right herself. Today though, she just ended up shuttling across her enclosure on her side as she couldn't bring her legs under herself to get up. I righted her, then she hopped off and stomped to let me know she was annoyed :shock: She was still breathing a little heavily from the exertion, but now seems to have settled down.
She's eating, drinking, pooping as normal and still enjoys throwing her baby cups around, as well as still being sassy. She's currently sulking in her cardboard hut after the indignity of me helping to right her :lol: She does spend most of her time asleep.
My vet is *amazing* and I completely trust her judgement, and it doesn't seem like we're in PTS territory yet. But it's on my mind that I want my Illy-Billy to have the best quality of life. It's been hard for her since her sister passed away suddenly at the end of 2020 How do we know when it's the right time to let a bun go? I don't think it's yet, but I don't think it's as far away as I would like
She's just been started on special drops to treat Glaucoma, but her eye pressure actually went up the week after we started them (up to 41, the pressure should be <20) so we're now doing the drops twice a day. She's on two lots of pain relief to help with her arthritis, as well as Vetmedin for her enlarged heart, bisolvon to keep her chest clear, ear drops and now also panacur as she's turning left and keeping her head turned left suddenly. She's also got muscle wastage, particularly on her left hind leg. She did have a respiratory infection the last couple of weeks too, so we've been doing nebulising treatments. Thankfully, the respiratory issues seem to have passed now.
I just had a small scare with her, as I could hear her breathing loudly across the room. She had flopped but couldn't get up. Usually, if I put my hand against her heels she can then use me as a push off point to right herself. Today though, she just ended up shuttling across her enclosure on her side as she couldn't bring her legs under herself to get up. I righted her, then she hopped off and stomped to let me know she was annoyed :shock: She was still breathing a little heavily from the exertion, but now seems to have settled down.
She's eating, drinking, pooping as normal and still enjoys throwing her baby cups around, as well as still being sassy. She's currently sulking in her cardboard hut after the indignity of me helping to right her :lol: She does spend most of her time asleep.
My vet is *amazing* and I completely trust her judgement, and it doesn't seem like we're in PTS territory yet. But it's on my mind that I want my Illy-Billy to have the best quality of life. It's been hard for her since her sister passed away suddenly at the end of 2020 How do we know when it's the right time to let a bun go? I don't think it's yet, but I don't think it's as far away as I would like
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