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Specialist Steroid use in terminally ill piggy as palliative care

So sorry to hear about your little one. It's the most heart breaking situation to be in when you have tried so much and you still can't get any answers. My elderly girl crunchie has recently had so periods of I'll health. She's 7.5 years old with arthritis, chronic bladder inflammation and some suspected lung disease. All of the above are managed and she does very well day to day and is comfortable. Still runs, popcorns and maintains her weight.

She had 3 separate episodes of losing weight, looking miserable and very quiet. She too had scans, xrays, teeth check, urine tests and a whole range of other tests but nothing could be found. In the end we decided to trial a course of antibiotics, although she had no temperature of sign of infection but it was unlikely to cause her any problems even if she didn't have an infection. And it worked! It took around a week before she improved but she did and she had a 3 week long course. This happened another 2 times over the space of a few months and to this day we still don't know where that infection was. This may be something to consider but ofcourse I fully understand it's not the same situation to my girl and you know you're little better than everyone. Thinking of you x
 
We ended up losing teddy in January. His time had come, he was so skinny and breathing started to become laboured, so we took him for his final journey. We all miss him so much. Mark and Gemma at battleflatts vets did the best they could for him, and professional and caring throughout.
Teddy gave us all an enthusiastic final kiss before he left us which was heartbreaking and so special 💔 He has joined our other piggies in our rodent graveyard X
 
Thanks for coming back to tell us @AngelaJTaylor, especially when the loss is so painful. He sounds like he knew how well he was loved and was thanking you at the end for all your care. Take time to grieve. Hugs x
 
AngelaJTaylor said:
We ended up losing teddy in January. His time had come, he was so skinny and breathing started to become laboured, so we took him for his final journey. We all miss him so much. Mark and Gemma at battleflatts vets did the best they could for him, and professional and caring throughout.
Teddy gave us all an enthusiastic final kiss before he left us which was heartbreaking and so special 💔 He has joined our other piggies in our rodent graveyard X
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I am so sorry; you have been giving him every chance you could but have also spared him any unnecessary suffering when it became clear that he could not win his battle.

I am sure that you have a new little furry guardian angel looking out for you...

Thank you for the update, even if it is a sad one.
 
So sorry that you lost Teddy despite all the effort and care.
Grief takes time so you still need to be gentle with yourself.
 
So sorry to hear you lost Teddy.
He sounds like a special and much loved piggy.
Be kind to yourself, hugs.
Sleep tight little Teddy.x
 
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