Ok, well I have got some good and some probably not so good news to share with
you. The good news is Bruce just left to go pick Malachi up. He's coming home
with us for a week and then we will take him back up for another x-ray. The
barium just is not working its way thru him. The not so good news is his
undersized shell is in all probability, compressing his organs and not allowing
them to function properly. This is why he rarely is able to poop or urinate,
and when he does, it's very minimal. I have to wonder where the poop and urine
go when it can barely make its way out of his little body, and if a rupture
could occur. I mean, it all has to go somewhere, it can't just magically
disappear on its own.
I asked the gal who called me about surgical shell expansion, and she said it
is a very high-risk surgery. However, I don't know if this has been discussed
or what the Vet's opinion would be.
I am barely....barely hanging in here right now. I don't know what the future
is going to look like, or what he might be feeling (physically), or what is
going to happen if we do nothing at all. This would seem to me to be a pretty
emergent situation. I just feel completely lost at the moment. And there is no
way in hell, that I cannot be worried.
I guess I might be jumping the gun a little bit, planning on building a new
enclosure for him. God, I cannot believe this is happening.....
Please put this sweet little boy on the prayer list........he really needs all
the prayers he can get.
Blessings,
Laura Mowrey
Proud to be a Jesus girl :)
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