Friday, November 30, 2007 , the wee hours

A Bunny update

I don’t have any new medical news about Bunny, but she has responded well to her meds and she’s pretty much the same ol’ Bunny that we know and love right now.  Of course, we pester her incessantly because we want to check her breathing, but she’s being good natured (and even affectionate) about it.  Her ultrasound is scheduled for Monday.  It will be conducted by our regular vet, but then that tape and Bunny’s x-rays will be sent to a veterinary cardiologist for a consultation.  Depending on what the cardiologist finds and recommends, she’ll communicate her treatment plan to our vet, who will then follow it through.  We won’t ever seen the cardiologist directly.  It’s going to cost an arm and a leg, but it’s not like we have the option of not going through with this, and of wondering if Bunny could have been helped with meds or some sort of therapy.  We’ve had to deal with a new vet during the “"Bunny Crisis”, and she figured we wouldn’t want to spend money on the echocardiogram because most clients don’t.  Shows how well she knows us.  I’d be more apt to skip a test for myself (and I’ve done that when money is tight), than to skip any of the pets’ medical needs.

This week ended up being surprisingly stressful and it really took a toll on me.  I’d just completed a Medrol dose pack on Sunday, the day Bunny got sick, and maybe the prednisone messed with me because I’ve been a total wreck.  Today is the first day I feel vaguely “normal” again, and the first day I’ve been able to eat.  It’s my freakish pre-holiday diet plan.  The Medrol pack kicked a lot of my carpal tunnel and overall body pain to the curb, which was amazing, but if it turns me into “Nervous Breakdown Girl”, then perhaps it’s not the drug for me!

What a dramatic NaBloPoMo this has been.  If I could make a request, next year’s could be a little less exciting.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 11/30 at 02:39 AM
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