Jasmine slowly losing weight

[Siikibam]

Good luck for Wednesday. Hopefully it will give you some answers.

 

[HeatherW]

It's good news, of sorts! Jasmine had her scan and blood tests today. Her ovarian cysts have come back again and it appears they're likely to be hormonal due to her uterus and cervix thickening, so she's going on a course of hormone injections again. Her blood work came back normal, but her white blood cells were high, so she's going on a course of antibiotics in case of an infection.

The scan also showed that her heart may be thicker on one side than the other and some tiny cysts on her kidneys. The vet isn't a cardiologist so couldn't say too much about her heart, but the cysts could be a sign of early kidney failure which is apparently not uncommon in small animals. Although her blood work showed no signs of it, kidneys really have to be failing at ~75% for it to register.

Hopefully we've caught it all early and any weight loss is being caused by a small infection which will clear up with medicine. I'm more relieved than anything because we have a better idea of what we're dealing with and it can be managed.

 

[Siikibam]

Fingers crossed beautiful Jasmine will be better soon. And start losing rebuilding that hot bod

 

[HeatherW]

In case anyone's interested, here are the details and the cost! Good thing she's worth it.

Jasmine's been chomping away quite happily, but is still a little groggy, bless her.

 

[Bill & Ted]

In case anyone's interested, here are the details and the cost! Good thing she's worth it.

Jasmine's been chomping away quite happily, but is still a little groggy, bless her.

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Aw hope Jasmine is back to her happy self soon x They have been very thorough

 

[eileen]

i hope Jasmine feels better soon x

 

[Claire W]

Aw bless her. I hope she is feeling better soon x

 

[Rivervixen]

Hope jasmine feels better soon xx

 

[Merab's Slave]

Hope Jasmine recovers quickly.
Poor beautiful fluffy bundle

 

[Spaghetti & Noodles]

Hope she's feeling better soon

 

[VickiA]

Hope Jasmine soon feels better and that the dent to your finances also has a chance to recover.

 

[alpacasqueak]

Hope the meds help lovely Jasmine and she gets rid of those nasty cysts again with the injections. Hope she’s feeling a bit less groggy today and munches well bless her x

 

[HeatherW]

Hope Jasmine soon feels better and that the dent to your finances also has a chance to recover.

Haha, unlikely! We're in the middle of renovating our kitchen and she's staying with a boarder (who's very experienced with piggies), so it couldn't have happened at a worse time!

 

[HeatherW]

Try not to feel too sad for me, @alpacasqueak. I am getting a brand new kitchen after all!

 

[HeatherW]

Jasmine has her second hormone injection today, so she had a sleepover last night. I didn't realise how desperately she needed a haircut, much to her disgust! And all before she'd had breakfast! :O

We tried to have a nice cuddle...





... but she wasn't having any of it.



So much floof!

The beast has been placated.

 

[alpacasqueak]

Before brekkie?! Oh Jasmine, what do they make you put up with gorgeous girl!?
Hope her injection goes well x

 

[Betsy]

What were you thinking of before breakfast? No pig should face such an ordeal before breakfast! No wonder she's giving you the evils and didn't want a cuddle!

 

[Siikibam]

All the best with the injections.

 

[Claire W]

I hope the injections go well x

 

[HeatherW]

Jasmine had her injection on Wednesday and apparently that was the final one. The vet I saw wasn't the usual person, and they weren't particularly forthcoming about anything. I had to ask for her to be weighed (which they did in the carrier to get a rough estimate, *sigh*) to then be told that ~850g was fine... So I said not for her!

I then had to ask about a follow-up appointment as well, so I've made sure it's with the regular vet in two weeks' time. Other than that, it was fine and she's been maintaining her weight at least!