Fidget
Senior Member
Wanda came April 17 and had increasingly frequent bleeding episodes from the very day she came. July 22 she bled a lot so I took her to the emergency vet who couldn't tell me if it was vaginal or from her pee place. She was given antibiotics. My vet gave her pain meds later. August 7 was her last bleeding, it stopped then just after I had found a swelling on her groin.
She had had a tumor removed before she came to me and didn't heal easily, she almost died. The rescue place said they would not do any more operations on her. Tumors have run rampant in the others she came in with.
I had expected her to die before this, but she hangs on. She is less active but still goes often from cage to cage (they have 2, and it requires climbing) Bright-eyed, no porphyrin, eating well, not showing pain like she did during bleeding episodes (lying flat out). I'm amazed as I believe she is full of tumors and that is what is affecting her belly. I do have pain meds that I am ready to give her if she shows she needs it.
Ok. The swelling has grown, she has got another bump under her neck, one under her left arm and I just found one under her right arm. Her belly has become increasing swollen and hard. I have been bathing her since Sept 10 as she is not keeping herself clean at her rear end. The bump has become gradually purple over the last week. Sept 12 it opened (on the right side in the picture,and if her fur looks ucky ith would be because I'd just bathed her). I started antibiotics and gaver her pain meds:
Sept 13 - look like infection
Today - Sept 14 looks cleaner, but my god, is it ok for her to have that stuff exposed?..
Her belly today. Not a good pic, I had to aim the camera and hope for the best when I couldn'l look thru the viewfinder - but you can see the huge swellings on both sides, that is not fat, it is feels hard and lumpy in places.:
There is no point in the vet. Or do you think there is? She is older with a bad family history and a did not fare well in former surgery. She came with the understanding she would just live well til she died. She is chock-full of tumors and terminal. I have antibiotics & pain meds.
My point to posting -
This huge hard belly, especially on her right (left in the picture) - am I being cruel to not help her go yet?
The wound - I think it looks better (I've been flushing with saline) but wonder if I should even be putting her thru this when she has so much else inside?
This belly is hard on the sides. And with the many other small tumors that are visible outside - but her eating well and not acting sick or in pain....
Should I be helping her go or is it still right to just try to make her life good and comfortable? Is there any reason I should take her to the vet since I have the meds already?
My Wanda:
August
Yesterday
She had had a tumor removed before she came to me and didn't heal easily, she almost died. The rescue place said they would not do any more operations on her. Tumors have run rampant in the others she came in with.
I had expected her to die before this, but she hangs on. She is less active but still goes often from cage to cage (they have 2, and it requires climbing) Bright-eyed, no porphyrin, eating well, not showing pain like she did during bleeding episodes (lying flat out). I'm amazed as I believe she is full of tumors and that is what is affecting her belly. I do have pain meds that I am ready to give her if she shows she needs it.
Ok. The swelling has grown, she has got another bump under her neck, one under her left arm and I just found one under her right arm. Her belly has become increasing swollen and hard. I have been bathing her since Sept 10 as she is not keeping herself clean at her rear end. The bump has become gradually purple over the last week. Sept 12 it opened (on the right side in the picture,and if her fur looks ucky ith would be because I'd just bathed her). I started antibiotics and gaver her pain meds:
Sept 13 - look like infection
Today - Sept 14 looks cleaner, but my god, is it ok for her to have that stuff exposed?..
Her belly today. Not a good pic, I had to aim the camera and hope for the best when I couldn'l look thru the viewfinder - but you can see the huge swellings on both sides, that is not fat, it is feels hard and lumpy in places.:
There is no point in the vet. Or do you think there is? She is older with a bad family history and a did not fare well in former surgery. She came with the understanding she would just live well til she died. She is chock-full of tumors and terminal. I have antibiotics & pain meds.
My point to posting -
This huge hard belly, especially on her right (left in the picture) - am I being cruel to not help her go yet?
The wound - I think it looks better (I've been flushing with saline) but wonder if I should even be putting her thru this when she has so much else inside?
This belly is hard on the sides. And with the many other small tumors that are visible outside - but her eating well and not acting sick or in pain....
Should I be helping her go or is it still right to just try to make her life good and comfortable? Is there any reason I should take her to the vet since I have the meds already?
My Wanda:
August
Yesterday