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vaspider · 4 months
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We are finally home from the emergency vet.
Mila spent 4 days pacing and unable to settle. She asked for food, for water, for upstairs, for downstairs, but she could never settle. When it got to Tuesday and nobody had really slept for days and it was getting worse, not better, Evie and I took her to the emergency vet that's connected to her oncologist. We left Emet home to snuggle Cap and Rumba and get a nap which they desperately needed.
Mila got painkillers - dilaudid in an IV and codeine to take at home - and they raised her gabapentin dose, gave us some sedatives, and so on.
We will be talking to the oncologist tomorrow, but unless he has some miracle plan to dramatically shrink her lymph nodes, it's going to be time to set a final date and then make a bucket list for Mila.
We said we would keep her around for as long as we could have Good Days, and the last 4 days have been just... terrible. She was in so much pain from her lymph nodes pushing on her spine and didn't know how to tell us.
Emet kind of expected the news we brought home. We don't want another Kusto - where we hang on too long *for us* and should have said goodbye before we did - and we are all on the same page there.
It absolutely sucks, but we knew it was coming.
I got us set up with a euthanasia service at the start of this, so we will be able to say goodbye to her at home & the other dogs will be able to see her body and know that she has died, so they'll be able to grieve. Dogs understand death and they understand loss. We don't want them to think she's just disappeared.
That said... we just wiped out the last of what we had squirreled away for her next chemo round, and we'll need help with her final expenses if folx can spare anything. I know we've asked a lot, and I appreciate it more than I can say.
We got a lot more time with her than we expected, and it's been entirely because we have had your support. We had money to be able to say, "it's $60 for the pain meds? Yes. Give them to her right now, please."
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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feathered-serpents · 9 months
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It’s not Independence Day, it’s Ollie’s Birthday
Always remember, if you don’t want to celebrate the fourth of July, you can always celebrate Ollie’s Birthday
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This is Ollie, and this year is a very special Ollie’s Birthday because in June 2022, he was diagnosed with lymphoma, a disease that usually leaves dogs with months to live. When I celebrated his ninth birthday last year I genuinely, 100% believed it would be his last birthday
Today, he turns 10
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He is happy, he is healthy, and he is 10!
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Happy Ollie’s Birthday everyone!
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yuurivoice · 4 months
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How is Haru so chunky in comparison with the other kitties? I myself have a chunky cat that got chunky out of nowhere and is now obsessed with food, also out of nowhere.
Well ya see, when he was but a young lad he nearly died because he wasn't eating enough and wasn't pooping. Then he started eating and pooping........a lot.
So initially it was good because he was so underweight. Baby needed the nutrition. But now he uh...he lub food. 🥴
I'm hoping that we can course correct with portion sizes and getting him off of kitten kibble because he fuckin loves kitten kibble but eats a normal amount of adult kibble. The concern is his digestion because we've had so much poop struggle over his lifetime that for now it's like...we can get him on track weight wise when we know for sure he can cut turds regularly lmfao
The vet wasn't concerned and was more happy to see him growing and healthy. It would only really become a concern if he gets older and he stays this particular proportion.
I'd probably eat a lot too if I went for months thinking food was bad and hurt me, then it was okay again.
He also got very spoiled from eating wet food with his medication (also contributing to his...growth...) so any time he hears dishes he thinks it's for him lmfao.
It's extra work because the others have excellent portion control on their own, but I love him and will make sure he's happy and healthy one way or another.
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For reference, he was 3 months here, and severely underdeveloped. We never really figured out why because he was eating well. Then we had a nightmare vet that destroyed his guts with some questionable choices. No poop for days. Enemas, laxatives, etc. It got so scary that we were just a day or two away from him crashing completely. If you're familiar with Wisp the cat, it was not dissimilar to Wisp's situation for a while.
So after all of that, Haru was fighting a nasty infection he likely had THAT ENTIRE TIME so it had gotten particularly bad. His tummy also reacts poorly to antibiotics, so even after poop nightmares, the horrors persisted.
Only over the last few weeks have we gotten back on track so what I'm hoping is that over the next few months we reach a normal weight. There's also the chance he's just beefier than the others, which is certainly okay if his health isn't at risk. With regulated food and time he should grow into this weight and shed the excess pounds.
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celtic-crossbow · 3 months
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Vent below the cut
My poor puppy has gotten worse. The hives have come right back even with constant at home care. It’s time for an emergency visit but no money until the 3rd and even then I barely receive enough to survive. Yay, disability.
Sigh. Life is so hard. Sometimes I just want to give up. And this is probably sad but I don’t because idk who would take care of my dogs.
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hcbunzie · 11 months
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Hello! I posted this link a few months ago when my best friend's cat Dani had bladder issues sending him in and out of emergency vet care for over two months. Since then, my friends have had some rough waters withe their own heath, and then... Dani broke his leg. They don't know how. They were out of the house for two hours and came home to find him injured. He's on the road to a full recovery and they are trying everything to give him a long and healthy life. On top of this, their senior cat Tempi (who I love so much and lived with for five years) is having severe allergies. All told this has racked up a staggering amount of vet bills and my friends are fundraising to help recuperate. If you can spare anything or signal boost, that would be most welcome. I am also offering doodles as thank you gifts if you donate. I can draw OCs, pet portraits, fantart, anything you want! Just DM me a screenshot of your GFM receipt and we'll talk.
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Thank you gift examples!
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fledermuse · 5 months
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I just want everyone to be aware that Catface hasn't been doing well. She's been on a slow downhill for some time now and has steadily been dropping weight — We've done everything we can to get her to eat a healthy amount. She eats, she drinks — but she's getting very raggedy and has not acted like herself for a few weeks. I spent a good portion of the day trying to get my room livable because she's insistent on hanging out in here. Apparently she's comfortable here, so I've made a spot for her by the window and in the closet.
I'll try to keep everyone posted. For now, we're just making sure she's settled and comfortable. Between this and how hectic it's been at work, I'm getting burnt out. I can't guarantee high activity.
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colliewolfdraws · 1 year
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Link to my coms post, PayPal is [email protected] if anyone wants to help at all, thank you all for being so patient with me this past while, life’s been. A bit sucks
PLEASE NEVER FEEL OBLIGATED TO DONATE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TOO!!
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So in the 100 year long saga that is this mf week, Delphine has kidney stones. Which the vet kinda freaked out about and I was like is this an emergency emergency or is this an “urgency as a trauma response” emergency. It felt like she was withholding some info and it made me super nervous. This was also super unexpected. They were just trying to collect a urine sample from her today and had to use an ultrasound to find her bladder but instead they found a lot of stones.
Vet wants her on a special food asap and you know shit is real when your vet wants you to start your cat on a new food THAT NIGHT and not do a transition. I was like oh fuck. Her poor guts. But surprise—couldn’t do that because Del has a chicken allergy and the only kidney stone food without chicken is even FANCIER and was not immediately available. Which is also bad. Because she needs to start on it as soon as possible to help hopefully dissolve the stones. And if they don’t dissolve or improve within two weeks they want to do surgery. WITH WHAT MONEY??????
And here’s the kicker: the stones aren’t the cause of her primary symptoms. The stones are probably a symptom of whatever the main source is. The stones didn’t cause rapid weight loss combined with increased ravenous appetite. Stones usually cause lethargy and decreased appetite if they’re gonna cause anything (in addition to, you know, an obstruction). So we have no idea what the MAIN problem is. And still might have to make horrible choices about this surgery that won’t even FIX THE REAL ISSUE. I’m so beside myself.
Vet was also worried that Delphine is in a significant amount of pain so she’s on narcotics now. And…I felt both vindicated and irate about this because I FUCKING KNEW that she was in pain and I’ve known that for weeks and no one believed me or did anything or did the right diagnostics weeks ago. It’s honestly more upsetting to me than anything else that my precious kiddo cat baby has been suffering for weeks and couldn’t tell anyone and I knew it but couldn’t get the relief she needed. That makes me cry more than anything. It destroys me when innocent animals are just suffering like that. I knew she wasn’t feeling good. I knew she was in a lot of discomfort. I KNEW!!! I didn’t know why but I knew.
So at least she has the good pain meds now but I’m so freaked out and scared and worried and angry and scared and devastated. And overwhelmed. There are so many unknowns still. It’s so overwhelming. So many decisions we might have to make. This fucking sucks. And the unanswered questions are so frustrating. I’m so tired. I’m trying really really hard to not get ahead of myself and take things once step at a time but it’s sooo hard. This week has been so long. I see E tomorrow after what has felt like 500 eons and I don’t even know what to talk about because it’s just been everything everywhere all at once.
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drnkdazed · 3 months
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i had to take my dog to the emergency vet today so i'm still a little shaken up ( she's fine - she just had an allergic reaction of some sort ). but i also want small things to distract myself with, so like this post for a one-liner while i slowly work on my drafts and finishing up my muse's short bios.
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moussemallow · 3 months
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CW: Pet Illness under cut
Unfortunately Mousse has bony growths that are spreading aggressively and are too extensive for operating to have a good chance. For the moment he is still happy and active so we are monitoring him for signs of discomfort at which point he will need medication to keep him comfortable.
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vex-bittys · 1 year
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*This is Chewie. He is 16 years old. To my husband and I, he is like a son, but recently his health began to decline. He went to the vet, and was diagnosed with "he is literally an old man." We got meds to help his overall health and well-being, and I started taking extra time to help him with his basic needs.
*I thought he'd reached his end of life and wanted to keep him comfortable and happy. It started to take a toll on me emotionally though. I wasn't ready to say goodbye.
*I heard Chewie making an impending throw-up noise early Saturday morning. That's when we discovered that despite the fact that Chewie is literally an old man, he had been misdiagnosed. There, on the floor, was his true diagnosis: "Mother, I have consumed a large ROCK."
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*He must have eaten the rock weeks or even months ago. We aren't sure how he managed to swallow it without it being noticed. We aren't sure how it got down then back up his throat without him choking on it. All we know... is that Chewie is now feeling much better.
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vaspider · 4 months
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I'm sorry, baby. I wish I could fix it.
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feathered-serpents · 5 months
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TW: Discussion of pet illness and pet death
If you don’t know, my dog Ollie has been battling canine lymphoma for over a year. He was diagnosed just before he turned 9, and none of us thought he’d make it to ten, but he did. He turned ten in July
He’s been in and out of treatment, the first treatment putting him into remission for four months, he just finished his last treatment a few weeks ago and the lumps on his neck are already back
We knew we weren’t curing him and he was living on borrowed time, but, it still hits hard when I think he might not see the end of the year. I was really starting to believe he might get another birthday, and get to be a properly old dog
His hair is falling out in massive patches from the chemo, he’s been having stomach issues, and his energy has slowly been draining more and more. He’s mostly his same happy self, but I can see him fading, I want to keep him here as long as possible but I know putting him through more treatments might just be getting cruel. At some point we need to make sure he’s spending his last weeks happy instead of sick
It’s just. It’s hard. I lost my childhood dog Lucy when she was ten to lymphoma as well, ten years ago almost exactly. To lose a second dog in the exact same way is painful, but Lucy died only a week after her diagnosis, Ollie stayed for a year. I will always be grateful for that
I’ve just had a lot of loss in my life, the past few years I’ve lost all of my grandparents and watched by father battle life threatening health issues, the loss of a dog seems small in comparison but that doesn’t mean the grief isn’t just as real. I hope he holds on, but I also hope my family and I will let him go when it’s time
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aliennooboo · 11 months
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Bean is back home (and Pea is curious)!! She purred so loudly and she's definitely feeling much better than this morning!!! 🥰
The second x-ray showed that the black spots had disappeared so they were not foreign objects. The vet couldn't say with 100% certainty that the cause of Bean being sick is NOT a foreign object, though, because some things you only see in ultrasound. As Bean's managed to keep food down with the help of the anti-nausea meds, the vet felt she could be released. We have to take her back if she gets sick again before tomorrow morning, cos the anti-nausea meds work for 24 hours and if she's still throwing up despite them, then it's a physical obstruction that won't let food pass into the intestines.
Now it's time to pamper my babies!!!
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archaeologysucks · 1 year
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Good thoughts for Flake’s dog-brother Doc today. He’s going in for an emergency ultrasound this morning for a mass on his liver, but he’s an old guy and it’s not looking good.
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theradioghost · 6 months
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I didn't want to talk about this while it was happening because I was very freaked out and stressed but! Marlowe had to go to the vet because he's always had kind of a little bump right on the top of his head and it got bigger all of a sudden for some reason, so we took him to have it checked out. As it turns out, he's fine, he just has An Lump which is harmless and I'm incredibly glad we were able to get it checked out. However they had to shave the top of his head so now he has a fuckin. tonsure with the little bump right in the middle of it like some kind of very sad unicorn. he will NOT let me take a picture
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