She had a safe journey. The timing was just right, because she had refused food after the early morning. My husband held her for a few hours before I came back from work for the trip to the vet.
I hope that people will accept our decision not to have a necropsy. There were three reasons not to:
1) my vet wasn't convinced that we could learn much from it.
2) it would be done at the provincial lab, which does not return the body.
3) because it was Friday afternoon, the necropsy would not have been done until at least Monday. Evidently it is much preferable to examine the brain very soon after death (e.g., within half am hour if possible) because the tissue deteriorates so fast. Her body could have been frozen, but freezing also causes some changes.
My vet said that there was little doubt that she had a PT. He figures that the tumor grew bigger again, that Stella probably didn't have a stroke. That sounds likely; she was on Bromo for seven months, but had to gO off Pred for a while before and after her surgery (Aug 1). I also wonder whether the anaesthetic triggered a second PT? I didn't think to ask if that was a possibility. There are many unknowns.
In any case, she gained seven months of life, thanks to Bromocriptine, for which I am very grateful. RIP, Stella. :heart:
