Leah Update
Hi.
I want to thank everyone who gave Leah bunny well wishes! ^w^ I really appreciated it!!
Long story short Leah is going to need exploratory surgery. Dr. S showed me the sonograms and there is definitely something in her bladder. It's not a stone. Her kidneys also showed to be healthy. He thinks its either a polyp or benign tumor. He doesn't think it's a cancerous tumor since she shows all the signs of being a healthy happy bunny otherwise. He said it definitely needs to come out though if it can and a tissue sample needs to be taken. From what he was saying it seems more of a polyp because he mentioned they can bleed and produce puss. He didn't want to say anything for sure though because he can't see 100% on the sonogram.
He said whatever it is is the reason she's been sick. More than likely it's blocking her pee from coming out and messing up the PH balance in her system. The procedure is not going to be cheap. He said he could do it, but he wanted to see if my vets would do it first. That's because he said that if something were to happen he's an hour away while my own are only 10-15 minutes away. I dropped the sonogram pictures he gave me off at the vet. I mentioned i wanted Dr. Don to do the surgery since he spayed the girls and has done a tumor removal on one of the vet tech's 13 year old rabbit. The receptionist said she's not sure if he or Dr. Jeanne would be willing to do it. Mostly because it's such a touchy procedure. I have to wait till Dr. Jeanne comes in on Monday and she and Dr. Don confer/talk on it.
Whatever they do it or Dr. S does it Leah has to have the procedure done. Dr. S came off as incredibly knowledgeable on bunnies and not one to act in an rash way. I mentioned what one of my inconsiderate co-workers said about just putting Leah down and i must of hit a nerve. I got a 10 minute rant/lecture about how he hates pet owners like that. That made me feel a lot better being around someone who is so caring of animals. So if i must i'll have him do it. He told me he would if my regular vets wouldn't. Especially since he said getting rid of it is the only way Leah will get better. The surgery, like all invasive ones, has risks though.
So that's where Leah and I stand. I don't like and worry over the idea of Leah going through such invasive surgery, but it's the only way to get her better. I just hope i'm not making the choice that might hurt her or worse..... Please keep sending her good vibes!!
I want to thank everyone who gave Leah bunny well wishes! ^w^ I really appreciated it!!
Long story short Leah is going to need exploratory surgery. Dr. S showed me the sonograms and there is definitely something in her bladder. It's not a stone. Her kidneys also showed to be healthy. He thinks its either a polyp or benign tumor. He doesn't think it's a cancerous tumor since she shows all the signs of being a healthy happy bunny otherwise. He said it definitely needs to come out though if it can and a tissue sample needs to be taken. From what he was saying it seems more of a polyp because he mentioned they can bleed and produce puss. He didn't want to say anything for sure though because he can't see 100% on the sonogram.
He said whatever it is is the reason she's been sick. More than likely it's blocking her pee from coming out and messing up the PH balance in her system. The procedure is not going to be cheap. He said he could do it, but he wanted to see if my vets would do it first. That's because he said that if something were to happen he's an hour away while my own are only 10-15 minutes away. I dropped the sonogram pictures he gave me off at the vet. I mentioned i wanted Dr. Don to do the surgery since he spayed the girls and has done a tumor removal on one of the vet tech's 13 year old rabbit. The receptionist said she's not sure if he or Dr. Jeanne would be willing to do it. Mostly because it's such a touchy procedure. I have to wait till Dr. Jeanne comes in on Monday and she and Dr. Don confer/talk on it.
Whatever they do it or Dr. S does it Leah has to have the procedure done. Dr. S came off as incredibly knowledgeable on bunnies and not one to act in an rash way. I mentioned what one of my inconsiderate co-workers said about just putting Leah down and i must of hit a nerve. I got a 10 minute rant/lecture about how he hates pet owners like that. That made me feel a lot better being around someone who is so caring of animals. So if i must i'll have him do it. He told me he would if my regular vets wouldn't. Especially since he said getting rid of it is the only way Leah will get better. The surgery, like all invasive ones, has risks though.
So that's where Leah and I stand. I don't like and worry over the idea of Leah going through such invasive surgery, but it's the only way to get her better. I just hope i'm not making the choice that might hurt her or worse..... Please keep sending her good vibes!!