From:
"greensky042"
Date: 2008-01-27 19:44:12 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Help with decision
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Many of you know the ordeal I've gone through with my boy Koda. He
was given a shot of ivermectin and it paralyzed him. I do think he
may have had a stroke afterwards because the effects of the
ivermectin poisining should have gone away.
He can't walk or even
crawl, so I have to clean him up after every poop. I have to place
him in front of his soup, he won't drink water so this is the only
way
I can keep him hydrated. But now I'm having a problem with his
bladder. He can't seem to pee on his own anymore. I have to express
him several times a day and it hurts him. The vet thinks the nerve
endings may be dead now.
I had some acupuncture done on him before Christmas, and it did seem
to help a bit. He seemed more alert and relaxed and we even found
him outside his bed a couple of times. I had to stop just before
Christmas beacuse at $100 a week it got too hard. But I am starting
up again on Tues. The vet thinks I should have him put to sleep
because of the bladder problems. She says his bladder gets too full
and can burst. He doesn't seem to have any happy moments anymore
either. He just lays there sleeping all the time. He can stretch and
curl his legs, but they don't get the message from his brain that
he's suppose to walk.
I do physical therapy on him daily and massage
him too. This has been going on since August, he spent 3 weeks in
the vet hospital before I could bring him home.
I'm going to ask the acupuncturist if he thinks acupunture can
repair the bladder, if he's says yes, then I'll keep plugging along,
but if he says no, then I may have to make a decision I don't want o
make.
I was reading "the ferrt bill of rights", and the second law says "I
have the right to a life that is beyond mere survival". Is that all
I'm doing for Koda? I know he can't walk or crawl, and I have to
move him and clean him, and feed him 4-5 times a day, but he looks
at me and kisses me, how do I say to him "ok now I'm going to end
your life"? I'm really having a hard time with this. Before I make
any decision, I have to know I've done everything I could for him,
that's why we're doing more acupuncture.
What are your thoughts on this?
Am I helping him or hurting him?
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