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) doing? Phoned up at lunch and awaiting news.
Nothing as yet
Ever since he was ill in May, if you go to stroke his belly when he's fast asleep he makes the cutest little snore, that's where we coined bigman from as he sounds like an old man snoring!
So the first specialist came back to us today via the vet. First port of call is Baytril for 10 days. We have only changed his litter 3 times this week as an experiment and he has only had weepy eyes/nose twice in the past 5 days instead of daily. His 3rd eyelids look slightly less irritated too but still I don't know if this is progress but he is fine in himself, was charging around the downstairs of the house last night and had a roam this morning.
After that it's onto a CT & XRays if it doesn't clear up or gets any worse. One potential DD is a mass on chest/head so kinda praying it's not at the moment. Given his past 6 months, that would really be unfair! I kinda hope it's teeth related & hasn't been visable as in the gums on inspection, hopefully that is more manageable. Masses can be treatable apparently so that's something. Urgh.
He's spent this morning enjoying the wonderful sunshine alongside ruff his doggy companion...
IME if a mass in the chest (Thymoma) is an issue it is usually both eyes that bulge, not just one. So hopefully that is not what is causing Siddi's eye to protrude. I hope he continues to remain well within himself xx
So the first specialist came back to us today via the vet. First port of call is Baytril for 10 days. We have only changed his litter 3 times this week as an experiment and he has only had weepy eyes/nose twice in the past 5 days instead of daily. His 3rd eyelids look slightly less irritated too but still I don't know if this is progress but he is fine in himself, was charging around the downstairs of the house last night and had a roam this morning.
After that it's onto a CT & XRays if it doesn't clear up or gets any worse. One potential DD is a mass on chest/head so kinda praying it's not at the moment. Given his past 6 months, that would really be unfair! I kinda hope it's teeth related & hasn't been visable as in the gums on inspection, hopefully that is more manageable. Masses can be treatable apparently so that's something. Urgh.
He's spent this morning enjoying the wonderful sunshine alongside ruff his doggy companion...
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The fact that you are seeing an excellent Vet tomorrow is very fortuitous as I am sure that they will give you reliable and realistic advice about what options are available regarding further diagnostics and treatment.Evening,
We are back from the vets up in Beds. Sid has been kept in overnight so that they can conduct bloods and an xray tomorrow to see if it is Thymoma as one of the vet's DD is that. His hind legs on tests were fine, which means it's likely to be something neurological in the spine causing problems. However, with the fact it improved overnight, they're hopeful panacur might solve it if it is EC. He even hoped back into his cage quite well to be fair.
Options don't seem to be great if it is thymoma, there's some things that can be done like Chemo/Radiotherapy but we will have to see.
I know this has perhaps been coming for a while, but 7 1/2 years I've seen his fluffy face almost every day for hours each day, even at the vets he tried to climb up onto me at one point and even my mother came for the consultancy as he's popular with her too, he let her stroke his head, which usually doesn't happen! Argh, pets.
Guess there's a lot of useful information on this thread throughout our chat, I might condense meds/advice into a spreadsheet in the hope others can use it. Need to keep busy tonight!
Speak soon
Evening,
We are back from the vets up in Beds. Sid has been kept in overnight so that they can conduct bloods and an xray tomorrow to see if it is Thymoma as one of the vet's DD is that. His hind legs on tests were fine, which means it's likely to be something neurological in the spine causing problems. However, with the fact it improved overnight, they're hopeful panacur might solve it if it is EC. He even hoped back into his cage quite well to be fair.
Options don't seem to be great if it is thymoma, there's some things that can be done like Chemo/Radiotherapy but we will have to see.
I know this has perhaps been coming for a while, but 7 1/2 years I've seen his fluffy face almost every day for hours each day, even at the vets he tried to climb up onto me at one point and even my mother came for the consultancy as he's popular with her too, he let her stroke his head, which usually doesn't happen! Argh, pets.
Guess there's a lot of useful information on this thread throughout our chat, I might condense meds/advice into a spreadsheet in the hope others can use it. Need to keep busy tonight!
Speak soon
