Video - Jazzy with Advanced HED and mammary tumours

[Joanne]

Jazzy was a rescue that SQ picked up with her brother. Unfortunately she was in with him and ended up having babies a week later. We estimated she was born around the first of October, 2008. So far she has outlived the daddy of her babies, as well as 8 of her 10 babies. She was spayed after the babies were weaned, and has had two mammary tumour removal surgeries the beginning of this year. When the tumour recurred for the third time, I decided there was no point in another surgery. As well, she had started to show signs of hind end degeneration. Any surgical incision would be dragged on the floor and over everything else.
So, she is still trucking along, and is still in the big cage with everyone else. She can only go downwards, so often I will place her on the top level of the double CN and she will eventually end up at the very bottom. I have water and food on both levels so she can have access. I also bought tube socks to put over the ramps so she can slide down easily. I will wait for her to tell me it's time. Until then, she just keeps truckin'....

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[Dahlas]

She is beautiful and looks so bright and full of life. Isn't it funny she is like my Piper who had a litter after I adopted her and she also outlived most of her kids......
Give sweet Jazzy a couple smooches from me.....

 

[Kitsa]

Such a sweet looking girl, she can really move. I don't think shes going to be saying farewell any time soon if she has any say in the matter.

 

[Dazzle87]

Wow, she's almost three?! She looks so lively! And of course the HED looks worse to us than it is for them.

 

[Joanne]

I think she would move along even faster if her whole right side wasn't several big tumours. She has to drag them around as well as her normal body weight.
Jazzy says thanks for the smooches Dahlas! LOL

 

[SQ]

Awwww so wonderful to see Jazzy again.
Joanne, she looks wonderful in spite of all her issues.
Jazzy and her babies have had such wonderful lives

 

[mamarat]

She does look like she's enjoying life with you. She's a beautiful girl.

 

[lilspaz68]

What a lovely bright determined girl. She looks fantastic..more like 20 months old than almost 36 months!!

 

[jorats]

That is truly great, despite her handicap, she is still quite lively, bright eyed and ready to explore. What a sweetie!

 

[hopefloats]

I have to watch the video then read the comment to remember that isnt as bad as it looks. We have not been down this path yet. I am sure I will but it breaks my heart when I do see it Hopefully I will toughen up by the time I get there. Or getting there will help me toughen up lol

 

[Godmother]

What a lovely girl. She deserves a big party on Oct 1 :heart:

 

[Joanne]

I have to watch the video then read the comment to remember that isnt as bad as it looks. We have not been down this path yet. I am sure I will but it breaks my heart when I do see it Hopefully I will toughen up by the time I get there. Or getting there will help me toughen up lol

Don't forget that this happens slowly over several months, so it's not such a shock. I am just letting her dictate things. Since she is still bright and grabs food from me and eats with gusto, I feel she still wants to be here. And even though her tumours are large, the skin is still intact and relatively healthy. She still pokes her head out when I call her name because she knows I usually have a treat for her. She's my sweetie! :heart:

 

[hopefloats]

That is what makes it easier for me to understand I see her from the mid section up and she is like go, go, go. Then you catch her back legs and it breaks my heart LOL

This is only the second video I seen, I seen jo's chief? I think who had it. I had to ask her what he had in the intro video. I am trying to watch more videos but I am sensitive LOL I am glad the videos are here so i can learn but some of it is like "wow, I have to do this how many times?" :dance:

She does look like a joy. You can see she still loves life and it is amazing that she doesnt let that slow her down. She is a sweet girl. At least her bad legs help people like me learn. Not that it is worth that but you know what I mean.

 

[jorats]

Rats with limited motion are still for the most part completely full of energy and as happy as can be. I do believe we are certainly way more affected by the sight of them then they are actually living it.

 

[temblabamomo]

It's amazing that she's still so bright and full of life at that age, and with the mobility issues. What a sweet, lucky old girl :heart:

 

[Joanne]

Rats with limited motion are still for the most part completely full of energy and as happy as can be. I do believe we are certainly way more affected by the sight of them then they are actually living it.

Absolutely! Think of a rat with HED as a person who has crutches, or is in a wheelchair. They are still normal people living their lives. Mobility is only one small part of life. (And then I think of Rick Hansen bungee jumping with Rick Mercer -- Oh my!) LOL