From:
Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2005-11-15 22:39:02 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Goodbye Romana (1998-2005)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Hi, everyone,
I just told the vet to go ahead and end Romana's suffering.
Ultrasound found her abdominal cavity filled with pus, which was drained. She had septic peritonitis. Her bowel was all stuck together. There is a tumor on her spleen. She was passing frank blood.
The best theory is that there was a tumor in her intestines which ruptured. Even if we had gotten Romana to the best vet before the mass ruptured it was likely due to some form of cancer as there were abnormal cells in the pus. If that was something like intestinal lymphoma Romana's prognosis was horrible already. She was in a LOT of pain.
Even if we could have gotten her stable enough to survive a surgery to clean out her abdominal cavity and remove any remaining tumor(s) the chances for recovery were very, very poor and the chances that we'd just be prolonging her life for a little but of tortured existence was very high.
I love Romana too much to put her through any more. It was time to say goodbye.
I can't believe she's gone. She was fine less than a week ago.
Caity and the sorrowful four
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