dspch911
Senior Member
Torres went to the vet today, hubby took him (without me) so things went all wrong again. I really believe he should of been pts and I don't know why that wasn't done. Obviously, for me to say that, you guys know its bad. Brief history, these four boys have had varying degrees of respiratory issues for the past six months or more. About two weeks ago I took them all off their medications since they didn't seem to be getting any better, we wanted to clear their systems and try other options. Hank is doing fine. Hawk is on an experiment drug. Torres and Weston started sounding crappy again about four days ago so I put them back on the zithro. All of them have been on holistics only (except Hawk) for the past week. Torres has been declining and looking blah, lethargic, doesn't move around much, but is still eating/drinking. Last night he really looked worse so I went to pick him up and holy mass - he has a huge hard mass in his abdomen. This thing is about the size of a golf ball or bigger, its basically the size of him. I have no idea where it was hiding because it wasn't there two days ago. Honestly, it feels like a tennis ball. I also got a lot of dark yellow liquid out of his male gland "shafts" next to his winky when I checked for plugs and he had continual urine dripping. Now I told the hubby to tell her all this, but I'm sure he didn't since he wouldn't answer me when asked what she said about that. I wanted an x-ray taken and why that wasn't done also in not completely clear to me. I'm not sure who's decision that was hubby's, vet's, or a combo. I was told she said there is a mass growing off the huge mass, but that is not indicated on the notations sent home. What she did state was - large firm mass in abdomen, concerned its a large tumor. No **** - I suspected that yesterday!!! Not being at the appointment I'm not sure where the breakdown occurred, but I'm not a very happy person right now. Treatment plan - metacam - WHY? He's not a surgical candidate because of his lungs. This thing is huge - why, am I suppose to just pain manage him??? Am I missing something here, would euthanasia not have been called for in this situation. Metacam dose seems way to low too for pain management 1.5mg/ml - he is 549 grams .18 ml once a day - dose should be between .28 and .37 right (thanks Velo)
Any and all suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks
Any and all suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks