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Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 4:41
PM
Subject: Bad news/JuneAmy
Yesterday was our vet appt in Madison. It seemed
to go well. Bloodwork showed WBCs actually a bit high. HCT was 30. The
vet palpated JuneAmy's abdomen & thought the mass there seemed to be
smaller & based on that & my report that she had been eating a bit,
went ahead with the Vincriistine.
But last night I noticed that her breathing was
changed. And this morning it was not open-mouthed but I"heavy". She was
basically breathing with her whole body. So I took her in to my vet here
before they were even open. He palpated her & right away found fluid in
the abdomen. To be sure he put the ultrasound probe on her ------ he's no
expert but even I could see the black blobs on the screen that was fluid. So
he did a needle aspirate & found blood. The tumor is bleeding
into the abdomen. The cause is unknown. Could have been all the
handling yesterday. Could be siimply that with such a fast growing
tumor, as he says, the tumor basically outgrows itself & ruptures in
places. HJe also checked her HCT & it was down to 26 from
30 yesterday. He said we had two choices, to let her go immediately or
to wait & see if the bleeding resolved on its own. If it was due to all
the handling yesterday with a tumor that was already in a taut condition, then
this would be possible. He said that is what he would do. Since at the time,
JuneAmy had wanted to be down on the floor & was walking around the room,
he felt we needed to take a wait & see stance. See if it gets worse, if
she gets noticeqbly weaker or if the abdomen gets bigger. He said he was
pretty sure she was not in any pain, but that unresolved if the bleeding
doesn't stop, she would just get weaker & weaker.
I've had to be gone most of the day but when I
got back, I found her basically the same as this morning. She has not eaten
anything on her own & is still breathing heavily. But right now she just
left the room & is out in the house, went out to the screened porch. So
she is hanging in. I don't see any change from this morning. No better, but no
worse.
I just don't know what to expect now. If
she is strong enough still to walk out to the screened porch, I can't think
that her HCT has gone a whole lot lower. Her belly seems about the same.
So I am just waiting to see which way things go. If she gets worse, I will let
her go, be it later today or first thing tomrrow.
Pray for her, please. She is a good
girl.
Pam
Hurricane Katrina's terrible message: if it
is too dangerous for YOU to stay behind as a disaster approaches, then why
would you leave your PETS behind? Never ever ever leave them
behind! Have enough crates for all & take them with you! They
are your family!
