Lucinda
Senior Guinea Pig
And so, for the third time in five months, I find myself writing here once more.
I first saw Nigel in the rehoming section of this forum, and I fell in love with him. He was a beautiful golden Peru with big, big, blond hair, and traffic-light red eyes. But more even than his beauty was his personality: kind, gentle, loving.
Nigel lost weight. Gina, my vet, said she could feel a mass but could not tell where it was. It could be small bowel or kidney. Ultrasound was inconclusive. Nigel went for a laparotomy on Monday. The mass was his left kidney, swollen to four times its normal size. There was a stone blocking his ureter. Gina was unable to get the stone out through the bladder. She called me and said she would open the ureter, but that he might not make it. An hour later I called back. Nigel was awake in recovery, the stone excised.
He came home on Monday night. He was doing so well, singing and eating grass and leaves. On Tuesday he started to fade away. I was syringe feeding him, but he wasn't interested.
Nigel became an angel at 8.30 this morning, wrapped in a soft blanket on my bed. I was right beside him, our noses only inches apart, as he drifted away.
Louise (Summerleaze) - I have said this to you privately, but I want to say it here too. Thank you for letting this beautiful boy come and live with me. We all loved him so much and always will. He was unique and lovely, sweet and funny, kind and quirky. He was Lily's best friend and she is lost without him.
And as for me: I am lost too.
Darling Nigel. You came to me on 31st August 2008. You left me today 16th December 2009. I never knew you long enough, but in that short time you brought love and friendship that I will treasure for always.
Sleep well. my darling boy. Mummy loves you so much. xxxxxxxxx
I first saw Nigel in the rehoming section of this forum, and I fell in love with him. He was a beautiful golden Peru with big, big, blond hair, and traffic-light red eyes. But more even than his beauty was his personality: kind, gentle, loving.
Nigel lost weight. Gina, my vet, said she could feel a mass but could not tell where it was. It could be small bowel or kidney. Ultrasound was inconclusive. Nigel went for a laparotomy on Monday. The mass was his left kidney, swollen to four times its normal size. There was a stone blocking his ureter. Gina was unable to get the stone out through the bladder. She called me and said she would open the ureter, but that he might not make it. An hour later I called back. Nigel was awake in recovery, the stone excised.
He came home on Monday night. He was doing so well, singing and eating grass and leaves. On Tuesday he started to fade away. I was syringe feeding him, but he wasn't interested.
Nigel became an angel at 8.30 this morning, wrapped in a soft blanket on my bed. I was right beside him, our noses only inches apart, as he drifted away.
Louise (Summerleaze) - I have said this to you privately, but I want to say it here too. Thank you for letting this beautiful boy come and live with me. We all loved him so much and always will. He was unique and lovely, sweet and funny, kind and quirky. He was Lily's best friend and she is lost without him.
And as for me: I am lost too.
Darling Nigel. You came to me on 31st August 2008. You left me today 16th December 2009. I never knew you long enough, but in that short time you brought love and friendship that I will treasure for always.
Sleep well. my darling boy. Mummy loves you so much. xxxxxxxxx
