Nina
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Fern has been breathing harder due to the cancer in her lungs, but has still been going for short walks, eating up a storm, etc. We took her to the oncologist yesterday and he put a nose tube in her for us to attach to an oxygen machine at home, which we rented. She did not like the oxygen machine at first so we gave her a half dose of acepromazine to take the edge off her anxiety about it. The ace really made her groggy, and more than 12 hours later she is still groggy. She is eating, but only cat food, not her normal food which she usually inhales like a vacuum. Her back legs are giving out when she tries to stand, and though she walked outside to go to the bathroom she was wobbly and her back legs collapsed when she tried to squat. We are extremely worried. We have known she does not have long now, but other than breathing a little hard she really has been acting pretty normal up until after the vet appointment yesterday. The combination of the oxygen and ace did allow her to breathe normally through the night, which she had not been doing (night seems to be harder for some reason, which apparently is common), but she is somewhat out of it this morning. The oncologist's office said that the ace could still be affecting her due to her weakened state, as animals in weakened states process meds differently. We are sad and disturbed by this thought.
Please send energy, prayers, and thoughts to our Fern and hope that she returns to at least how she was a few days ago, at least for a while.
Also, if you have enough prayers an energy to go around, to my horse Pepsi, who is 29 and whose legs have gotten worse in the past few days and is walking very slowly and gingerly.
Thanks,
Michelle
