Background information: Izzy had been diagnosed with a uterine tumour when we got her ultrasound done in mid-late September. She would bleed from that area because of it. Everything looked fine in the scan and the tumour was small, so we booked a hysterectomy at the earliest date we could on October 29th.
Saturday night at 11PM we noticed Izzy was extremely cold and yellow. She couldn’t wobble a few steps without lying down from exhaustion, as well as spiking up every few minutes in pain. Whenever she walked she’d scoot as if she were in pain from her uterine tumour. We kept her as warm as we could as we drove down to a 24/7 emergency vet.
We got there at 12AM where her temperature was taken and was at 33.4°C, an abnormal body temperature so they put her in an incubator for 5 hours. They checked again and her temperature was at 32°C, she was not getting any warmer. They put her back in with warm packs and raised the temperature, yet again at 10AM on Sunday, she was at 33.8°C. That vet was not as specialized in exotics, so they called her main vet to see if they could get one of their exotics team in so we could transfer Izzy over and she can be taken care of.
We then transferred her over to her main vet where someone from the exotic team took over and she has been there since; being incubated at a higher temperature, given pain medication and subcutaneous fluids, as well as being checked on regularly over a 24 hour time span.
We checked in again this morning of Monday, where they said her temperature raised to over 34.5°C, but then dropped back down when the temperature was lowered just slightly in the incubator, which indicates she cannot hold her temperature on her own. They also said she may be suffering from liver failure which would indicate through the yellowness and lethargy.
The vet discussed with us later on in the day about her breathing becoming irregular and her condition getting no better, how sedation would be lethal for her at this point if we wanted to continue with the hysterectomy that could be causing her the pain. We asked if there is anything they could do about liver failure, but as she is at the point she is now, there is not. She deserves to rest instead of being poked and prodded with a bunch of tests that would just state the known about her having liver failure and possibly a cancerous tumour.
We’ll be driving down and saying goodbye to her as they will humanely euthanize her. I will give her wormies before as it’s her favourite treat in the whole world and have her favourite toys.
I love you Izzy, my sweet angel. 🦔❤️
