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!