Well, it sucks. She's had such a good run, but I think tonight is her last night.
She had a good last 10 days since I've been at my grandmother's - my sister had charge of medicating, and she did an outstanding job. I did as you'd posited, Joanne, and I took her off the doxy and baytril because it wasn't doing her any good and it was causing her a lot of distress taking them twice a day. My Dad had her out every night running around on his leather sofa (!!!, well, over a blanket but still!) and was feeding her little bits of swiss cheese while she was running around. They were so great to her, giving her every care that I would have given her.
She was looking okay actually last night, but today it's just been... yeah. One of those days where you *know*. She was pretty flat today, not moving too too much, but I got back from walking Lovell tonight to see her with her head plastered vertically against the side of the cage, and when I picked her up she was starting to do the gasping.
And... like out of NOWHERE, I've found a twin-peanut-sized tumor near one of her hind legs. She's got a lot of fresh porph around her eyes, and it's all gummy and icky. And her eyes are... her eyes say it. I really think she was waiting. She was lively while I was away, maybe she was just hanging on.
So I'm gonna go down to the vet's soooo early tomorrow morning and be there first thing.
In the meantime, do you guys have any advice on metacam? I want her to be as comfy as possible. I gave her 0.13 cc of metacam (her normal dose is 0.1cc, I can get the concentration in a minute). Should I be going higher? It's not as if her liver's in question or anything, I just want her to be comfy while I love her as much as possible.