Hillary anne
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I’ve decided for a final vet appointment on Thursday for Lou. He has been being treated for weird inflammations and open wounds and after xrays and blood results, the only diagnosis I’ve been told is calcium to phosphorus ratios being out of line, with the potential of renal failure. I am 80% positive it is gout. In the past week his elbow has swollen to 20x it’s sizs, while the other front leg is swollen and slowly healing the final 3/4 wounds. His hip joint not has a nudge also. I’ve been treating him with antibiotics for four months now and, while he eats and poops regularly he is suffering. I can see he is in pain by his composure as much as he hides it. I’ve been to the best of the best vets here and they are mostly at a loss it seems.
I have continued treating him and truly feel his quality of life isn’t where it is improving, just more symptoms and problems coming up. I’ve made remedies nutritionally, supplementally, and habitualwise since his original wound started, as weeks pass I feel he’s alive because of this but an underlying issue remains, i believe to be renal. We have a vet appointment thursday and yes, by all means I will go forward with further treatment if they think it will help him, but I feel it’s too late and everything we’ve tried to do inevitably makes him weaker and he’s just passing time getting by with efforts.
I’ve moved him back and forth from his main enclosure to hospital bin, and have him in the tub at night because he is falling again multiple times a day, esp when his mister goes off. I’m at the reality that there are things I could of done to prevent what’s happening to him long long ago, but at this point I feel selfish in meticulous therapy and care because he’s just hanging in there, nothing more.
I have continued treating him and truly feel his quality of life isn’t where it is improving, just more symptoms and problems coming up. I’ve made remedies nutritionally, supplementally, and habitualwise since his original wound started, as weeks pass I feel he’s alive because of this but an underlying issue remains, i believe to be renal. We have a vet appointment thursday and yes, by all means I will go forward with further treatment if they think it will help him, but I feel it’s too late and everything we’ve tried to do inevitably makes him weaker and he’s just passing time getting by with efforts.
I’ve moved him back and forth from his main enclosure to hospital bin, and have him in the tub at night because he is falling again multiple times a day, esp when his mister goes off. I’m at the reality that there are things I could of done to prevent what’s happening to him long long ago, but at this point I feel selfish in meticulous therapy and care because he’s just hanging in there, nothing more.