Trinket’s Blog~ Quick Update
Hey kiddies,
Well that special sedative has arrived, they had to get it from Southampton which is a half hour away. So we are still waiting on the next available appointment to get the trim done. We were just leaving the holistic vet when the surgical vet Dr Dave called over to them to see if we were still there. They will go a head and make the appointment and we’ll find out tomorrow when that is.
So…. Talked to Dr. Deb about my alternative Herb and she thinks its great!! It seems it hasn’t been reliable yet with stimulating my appetite ( just once so far did it make me want to eat), but it stopped me from grinding my teeth for two days while I was on it. Dr Deb thinks it would be safer than the Metacam for a longer term or in my case ~ a Hospice situation. She agrees little can be done about my teeth other than the trim and hopefully I will feel better after, but this recent developement of pain/ tooth grinding may very well be a sign of deeper trouble. At this point my acupunture is no longer effective, she is seeing less and less response in the office (she hasn’t been able to increase the strength of my pulse for quite a while now) and Mamma hasn’t seen any pick up the last few times. Deb says there is not enough muscle tissue to put the needles in anymore even at the front of my body, it goes through skin and then to bone so easily, so it can no longer stimulate the nerves to my organs.
Thankfully the herbs seem to be working well. No more seizures, and my poops still look fabulous so mamma says my digestion must still be working Ok, cause I am producing lots and good quality poos, so that is a major good sign. We’ve decided to be very happy about this.
This was a huge blow though, but we knew it was coming, she warned us of this quite a while ago, but now its here. So it looks like Mamma is on her own now to try and keep me as comfortable as she can. Deb thinks the new herb is timely for this and a safer gentler option to the Metacam. So even if I don’t want to eat, Mamma will keep me on the Mash until I fight her too badly with that, then she’ll know its my way saying STOP, but for now I am still cooperative and smoochey and grateful to be relieved of my discomfort. I’m still very hopeful that the tooth trim will help, we have to try it to see. Mamma says she still can’t just stop trying to help me even when she knows things are more and more limited. So Mamma cancelled next weeks appointment, but made one for the following week to check in. she is scared I can tell, cause for almost a year now I haven’t been able to go more than a week and half without my acupunture and a major episode occuring. I guess we are in the life raft now and having to bail fast.
So we drove to the store and I could see Mamma was in a daze, but Daddy is home again for the early part of this weeks so thankfully he’ll help to bring her back from the brink of tears. I need her to stay strong for me and to continue to help me and be aware of my needs and messages. I guess you could say its one day at a time, that’s all we got really, so today I am OK and enjoying what is most precious to me~ Smooches on my Mommy and Daddy.
xox T
I’m sorry I don’t have a happy adventure to report, or news of another of my miraculous rebounds, but Mamma told Dr Deb, its not over until its over. Daddy mumbled something about a singing fat lady.
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