Yesterday was our vet appt in Madison. It seemed to
go well. Bloodwork showed WBCs actually a bit high. HCT was 30. The vet
palpated JuneAmy's abdomen & thought the mass there seemed to be smaller
& based on that & my report that she had been eating a bit, went ahead
with the Vincriistine.
But last night I noticed that her breathing was
changed. And this morning it was not open-mouthed but I"heavy". She was
basically breathing with her whole body. So I took her in to my vet here
before they were even open. He palpated her & right away found fluid in the
abdomen. To be sure he put the ultrasound probe on her ------ he's no expert but
even I could see the black blobs on the screen that was fluid. So he did a
needle aspirate & found blood. The tumor is bleeding into the
abdomen. The cause is unknown. Could have been all the handling
yesterday. Could be siimply that with such a fast growing tumor, as he
says, the tumor basically outgrows itself & ruptures in places. HJe
also checked her HCT & it was down to 26 from 30 yesterday.
He said we had two choices, to let her go immediately or to wait & see
if the bleeding resolved on its own. If it was due to all the handling yesterday
with a tumor that was already in a taut condition, then this would be possible.
He said that is what he would do. Since at the time, JuneAmy had wanted to be
down on the floor & was walking around the room, he felt we needed to take a
wait & see stance. See if it gets worse, if she gets noticeqbly weaker or if
the abdomen gets bigger. He said he was pretty sure she was not in any pain, but
that unresolved if the bleeding doesn't stop, she would just get weaker &
weaker.
I've had to be gone most of the day but when I got
back, I found her basically the same as this morning. She has not eaten anything
on her own & is still breathing heavily. But right now she just left the
room & is out in the house, went out to the screened porch. So she is
hanging in. I don't see any change from this morning. No better, but no
worse.
I just don't know what to expect now. If she
is strong enough still to walk out to the screened porch, I can't think that her
HCT has gone a whole lot lower. Her belly seems about the same. So I am
just waiting to see which way things go. If she gets worse, I will let her go,
be it later today or first thing tomrrow.
Pray for her, please. She is a good
girl.
Pam
Hurricane Katrina's terrible message: if it
is too dangerous for YOU to stay behind as a disaster approaches, then why would
you leave your PETS behind? Never ever ever leave them behind! Have
enough crates for all & take them with you! They are your
family!
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