MyBoyHarper
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This morning I decided to go into my vet'searlier than scheduled (was supposed to be Monday) toget oururinalysis done because it was looking worse than days earlier. So Iwent, and since he had no one in the waiting room while I was there,him and I sat down for nearly 25 minutes and had a long discussionabout our treatment options, his knowledge with this,hishonest thoughts about the situation, ect. He was veryopen, honest, and candid. Which I very much appreciated.
First off, the urinalysis results. He has a large amount of sand backin the urine -- last week there was a bit smaller amount of sand butthis week, there's more again. His urine is very bloody again, and he'salso pooping mushy poo with blood in it.
We talked about the urinalysis a bit, then talked about our futureplans. First, he was explaining in the beginning that he knew I didn'thave much money. This was why he never did the in depth testing,because he knew if we found something major, he wasn't equipped totreat it, and I wasn't financially able to get him to a specialist. Nowthat we (my vet and I) are in the midst of getting Chance to LSU, wehave set up an arrangement. On Monday morning, Chance is going in forsome major testing, which I will outline below in just a moment. Theidea is, he wants to see if we can spot anything obvious, let himdiagnose it, and then he will be sent to LSU for treatment.
First, Chance is going to get a full panel set of x-rays, blood work,an anemia test to find out which type of anemia he has, another fecal,and a blood cell... something. Where he looks at the blood cells to seeif he doesn't have a disease in his blood cells (something like sicklecell anemia, but different).
Here's the scary part: Chance will be put under, which scares me, andmy vet. But must be done. And I trust my vet more than I trust anyoneelse, even LSU. Harper has been put under 5 times already, notincluding his neuter, and did wonderfully. We're just concerned becauseof Chance's health, but it has to be done. Still, I'm concerned likeany bunny-parent would be.
Once we do all these tests, he's sending one thing off to a lab andputting a rush on it so we'll get it back Tuesday morning. He wants usto push the LSU date back a day or two so he can get all the testresults. Then, we're off to LSU, pending what he finds, and we'vescheduled to have a ultra-sound of Chance's kidney's done at LSU as myvet isn't equipped to do it. The ultra-sound alone was quoted at $250.:shock:I think my and my vet's face went white when we firstheard this. But, it needs to be done, soit's going to getdone.
My vet is concerned at what is causing all these kidney problems in another-wise healthy rabbit. His kidneys appear to be his only illness.So I heard wordsI dreaded today -- could be cancer, could beleukemia. We'll know when when we get back the results on the fullpanel blood work and blood cell test thingy. Another possibility isactual kidney disease, but once again, we'll know when we get the bloodwork.
I'm praying thathe'll dofine withtheanathesia on Monday, which as I said, I trust my vet. JustChance's health worries me going under like that. But hesaidfor the amount of blood that needs to be drawn, he needs togounder. They did this for Harper once before too.
So, that's pretty much it for now.
EDIT: Because I can't seem tospell correctly today.
First off, the urinalysis results. He has a large amount of sand backin the urine -- last week there was a bit smaller amount of sand butthis week, there's more again. His urine is very bloody again, and he'salso pooping mushy poo with blood in it.
We talked about the urinalysis a bit, then talked about our futureplans. First, he was explaining in the beginning that he knew I didn'thave much money. This was why he never did the in depth testing,because he knew if we found something major, he wasn't equipped totreat it, and I wasn't financially able to get him to a specialist. Nowthat we (my vet and I) are in the midst of getting Chance to LSU, wehave set up an arrangement. On Monday morning, Chance is going in forsome major testing, which I will outline below in just a moment. Theidea is, he wants to see if we can spot anything obvious, let himdiagnose it, and then he will be sent to LSU for treatment.
First, Chance is going to get a full panel set of x-rays, blood work,an anemia test to find out which type of anemia he has, another fecal,and a blood cell... something. Where he looks at the blood cells to seeif he doesn't have a disease in his blood cells (something like sicklecell anemia, but different).
Here's the scary part: Chance will be put under, which scares me, andmy vet. But must be done. And I trust my vet more than I trust anyoneelse, even LSU. Harper has been put under 5 times already, notincluding his neuter, and did wonderfully. We're just concerned becauseof Chance's health, but it has to be done. Still, I'm concerned likeany bunny-parent would be.
Once we do all these tests, he's sending one thing off to a lab andputting a rush on it so we'll get it back Tuesday morning. He wants usto push the LSU date back a day or two so he can get all the testresults. Then, we're off to LSU, pending what he finds, and we'vescheduled to have a ultra-sound of Chance's kidney's done at LSU as myvet isn't equipped to do it. The ultra-sound alone was quoted at $250.:shock:I think my and my vet's face went white when we firstheard this. But, it needs to be done, soit's going to getdone.
My vet is concerned at what is causing all these kidney problems in another-wise healthy rabbit. His kidneys appear to be his only illness.So I heard wordsI dreaded today -- could be cancer, could beleukemia. We'll know when when we get back the results on the fullpanel blood work and blood cell test thingy. Another possibility isactual kidney disease, but once again, we'll know when we get the bloodwork.
I'm praying thathe'll dofine withtheanathesia on Monday, which as I said, I trust my vet. JustChance's health worries me going under like that. But hesaidfor the amount of blood that needs to be drawn, he needs togounder. They did this for Harper once before too.
So, that's pretty much it for now.
EDIT: Because I can't seem tospell correctly today.
