Poor Pandora has had it rough... She's had EC related kidney insufficiency for some years, as well as a constant nasal infection (which turned out to be klebsiella pneumoniae). She lost her partner last year and started acting crazy towards her bonds/later (now ex-) husbun Bailey, attacking with savage intent whenever a water bowl was involved. More recently, after I suspected arthritis, she was diagnosed with narrowing of two of the vertebral spaces (L5-L7). At the end of August she became my longest lived bunny, overtaking Bandit (8 years 11 months). She had her 9th birthday on September 3rd.
Last week I noticed a big change- she didn't want to move around that much, was breathing noisily and turned her nose up even at a bit of strawberry. I took her to the vets and they said she had a chest infection. When that continued with slow progress she was put on depocillin as well as baytril. When she was seen today, the vet was concerned about how fast she was breathing, coupled with her picky eating still. She was admitted for conscious xrays.
When your vet phones and says "Can you come in now to discuss the results?" you know that the sinking feeling you've had all week was bang on the money.
It's cardiomegaly. The heart is so large she can't breathe or eat properly
I'm devastated.
I had been steeling myself to have her pts if the results came back badly, but standing in the vet room crying and snotty I couldn't bring myself to do it. She's going onto some meds to help reduce the fluid and currently she's outdoors in the garden where she likes being (the weather is terrible, but I've covered the enclosure over even if I get wet...)
I'm silently hoping she'll go peacefully by herself in the night one day but I think more than likely, especially depending on if the meds help or not, I'll be helping her over the bridge some time soon.
Last week I noticed a big change- she didn't want to move around that much, was breathing noisily and turned her nose up even at a bit of strawberry. I took her to the vets and they said she had a chest infection. When that continued with slow progress she was put on depocillin as well as baytril. When she was seen today, the vet was concerned about how fast she was breathing, coupled with her picky eating still. She was admitted for conscious xrays.
When your vet phones and says "Can you come in now to discuss the results?" you know that the sinking feeling you've had all week was bang on the money.
It's cardiomegaly. The heart is so large she can't breathe or eat properly
I'm devastated.I had been steeling myself to have her pts if the results came back badly, but standing in the vet room crying and snotty I couldn't bring myself to do it. She's going onto some meds to help reduce the fluid and currently she's outdoors in the garden where she likes being (the weather is terrible, but I've covered the enclosure over even if I get wet...)
I'm silently hoping she'll go peacefully by herself in the night one day but I think more than likely, especially depending on if the meds help or not, I'll be helping her over the bridge some time soon.
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