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So, Rex had a vet appt yesterday…
April 30, 2008 |
x-posted from Rabbits Online Forum:
To start things off, at our last visit I was given an appointment reminder card, but the appointment itself was never put into the computer. We were just lucky that when we showed up yesterday (for what I thought was a scheduled appointment) they were able to squeeze us in.
We waited for almost 40 minutes.
Dr. G came in, examined Rex, and said - quite simply - there was no improvement. Not that this came as a surprise, of course.
He also said that we have exhausted all of the ‘easy’ answers, and without further testing, he won’t know what it is that we’re dealing with.
Which is where I begin to have reservations…
Rex is normally a very gregarious and happy rabbit. But in this past week, just with twice-daily medicating, I have watched him withdraw considerably. “Further testing” would entail general anesthesia and a day at the hospital. Can I do that to him?
My gut is absolutely telling me that this is a systemic issue. Is it worth it? Treating a condition only to have him become further isolated?
And for what? He’s an old bunny. I don’t mean that as a cop-out for treating him, but in the sense that it’s not a lifetime ahead of him that we’re talking about. It’s a few years, at best. He doesn’t even have a companion anymore.
I do think that Rex has a great quality of life right now, but part of me really feels that pursuing a diagnosis may in fact diminish that quality of life. Does that make sense to anyone else?
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Hmm. I don’t know what I would do in that situation. What have any of the other rabbits online people said? I can understand what you are talking about, you don’t want him isolated. Does he withdraw because he does not like the extra handing from medicine administering? Poor bun! Poor you!
It makes sense to me. I feel that way about invasive care for myself. I also feel that way about care for my dad, now.