Godmother
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Lexi's two top teeth were wide apart, and the vet needed to know what was keeping them that way. Lexi also was not in good shape. One eye was very porphy, her back legs didn't work too well any more, and he wondered if her tumours would recur. Despite all that, Lexi had a good appetite and seemed very cheerful for someone who had lost both cagemates so recently.
I took her in for X-rays and a tooth trim this afternoon. She was under anaesthetic for both procedures.
X-ray showed no growth in her mouth, but revealed that one tooth was partly rotated. He thinks that Lexi must have had an injury, e.g. tooth caught in something or a fall. The abdominal Xray showed two internal masses, fairly large, that would likely end her life when they interfered with the passage of food.
Lexi didn't seem to come around from the anaesthetic as quickly as I'd hoped. I put her in a clean cloth in the ball, with soft food nearby, and rushed off to my evening class.
I came home to find her hiding in a kleenex box, panicky when I took her out. She was very cool, not able to coordinate her movements, and mildly dehydrated. For the rest of the evening I held her for warmth and managed to get a bit of liquid into her by syringe, but she was clearly dying. I put her back in the cage while I found a clean hammock for her and placed the SnuggleSafe nearby. When I picked her up two minutes later, she was gone.
I have a recent photo, taken with my phone, of Lexi and Rilla in their beloved Cozy Boat -- the one that they had won recently. I'll post it in her memorial when I do it tomorrow.
I can't believe that my feisty and seemingly indestructible Lexi is gone.
I took her in for X-rays and a tooth trim this afternoon. She was under anaesthetic for both procedures.
X-ray showed no growth in her mouth, but revealed that one tooth was partly rotated. He thinks that Lexi must have had an injury, e.g. tooth caught in something or a fall. The abdominal Xray showed two internal masses, fairly large, that would likely end her life when they interfered with the passage of food.
Lexi didn't seem to come around from the anaesthetic as quickly as I'd hoped. I put her in a clean cloth in the ball, with soft food nearby, and rushed off to my evening class.
I came home to find her hiding in a kleenex box, panicky when I took her out. She was very cool, not able to coordinate her movements, and mildly dehydrated. For the rest of the evening I held her for warmth and managed to get a bit of liquid into her by syringe, but she was clearly dying. I put her back in the cage while I found a clean hammock for her and placed the SnuggleSafe nearby. When I picked her up two minutes later, she was gone.
I have a recent photo, taken with my phone, of Lexi and Rilla in their beloved Cozy Boat -- the one that they had won recently. I'll post it in her memorial when I do it tomorrow.
I can't believe that my feisty and seemingly indestructible Lexi is gone.
Sorry to hear this! But at least she didn't have to suffer with her masses growing inside.
