My poor Fudge has had a rough time the past couple of months.
She had a bout of horrific diarrohea, and light bleeding. They suspected an inflamatory gut issue, and even when it cleared up she just wasnt right.
A few weeks went by, vet trips, ultrasounds... She was in pain, and we didnt know why.
Fudge is in heart failure, has been for 13 months but her breathing and colour have been great with high doses of meds, so we knew that wasnt the problem. She has hairloss so one of the possibilitys was pain from ovaries, although they couldnt feel them or find them on ultrasound.. Despite trying 3 times.
I got up last friday morning and she was in her hidey, fluffed up and i just broke down. I couldnt cope with seeing her like that and i took her to the vets in a last ditch attempt to find the problem, as she just wasnt herself and i was starting to wonder if she had just had enough, the "decision" was on my mind as i didnt want her to suffer..
She was put on tramadol ontop of her metacam, and told to bring her back for a full work up.
Over the weekend the tramadol took the edge off, so it confirmed the issue was pain- but where from?!
Teeth where fine, ovaries couldnt be palpated or seen on scan so assumed not cystic.. No lumps or bumps in her abdo... The vet thought she may have been showing symptoms of arthritis in her spine due to the way she was holding herself and going to the toilet...
It turns out, she had a stone!
She is beyond lucky that it was at the very tip of the urethra/into the opening of her vulva, and she let them get it out there and then as well as giving it a good flush... Fudge cant survive surgery, so if it was anywhere else other than the tip it would have been game over.
She was such a trooper and despite being a little sore and swollen down below afterwards, the past 3 days she has been ridiculously bright! I'm pretty sure she hasnt slept yet.. Shes just been eating and shouting at me!
She does have slight arthritis in the base of her spine, but at 7.5 years old it isnt a suprise.. Her posture has since returned to normal and she is off the tramadol.
Hurray for my little superhero!
She had a bout of horrific diarrohea, and light bleeding. They suspected an inflamatory gut issue, and even when it cleared up she just wasnt right.
A few weeks went by, vet trips, ultrasounds... She was in pain, and we didnt know why.
Fudge is in heart failure, has been for 13 months but her breathing and colour have been great with high doses of meds, so we knew that wasnt the problem. She has hairloss so one of the possibilitys was pain from ovaries, although they couldnt feel them or find them on ultrasound.. Despite trying 3 times.
I got up last friday morning and she was in her hidey, fluffed up and i just broke down. I couldnt cope with seeing her like that and i took her to the vets in a last ditch attempt to find the problem, as she just wasnt herself and i was starting to wonder if she had just had enough, the "decision" was on my mind as i didnt want her to suffer..
She was put on tramadol ontop of her metacam, and told to bring her back for a full work up.
Over the weekend the tramadol took the edge off, so it confirmed the issue was pain- but where from?!
Teeth where fine, ovaries couldnt be palpated or seen on scan so assumed not cystic.. No lumps or bumps in her abdo... The vet thought she may have been showing symptoms of arthritis in her spine due to the way she was holding herself and going to the toilet...
It turns out, she had a stone!
She is beyond lucky that it was at the very tip of the urethra/into the opening of her vulva, and she let them get it out there and then as well as giving it a good flush... Fudge cant survive surgery, so if it was anywhere else other than the tip it would have been game over.
She was such a trooper and despite being a little sore and swollen down below afterwards, the past 3 days she has been ridiculously bright! I'm pretty sure she hasnt slept yet.. Shes just been eating and shouting at me!
She does have slight arthritis in the base of her spine, but at 7.5 years old it isnt a suprise.. Her posture has since returned to normal and she is off the tramadol.
Hurray for my little superhero!
. What an amazing old lady she is - go Fudge!
s to you Adelle.
