I am so sorry to hear about JuneAmy. I will be praying for the both of you and hope she can overcome this.
Cindy --- Pam Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
