*sigh*

[ratcreature]

I've just come back from yet another vet visit with Dustin. He's worse again, with the breathing problems and also just his general health. The vet said that it could be the mycoplasma infection or he could have water in his lungs because of his heart, so in a kind of last ditch effort to cover all possible bases and give him another chance he's now on four (!) daily medications: an antibiotic, some heart medication, a diuretic for possible water in his lungs, and a mucolytic agent, and the diuretic is to be taken twice daily even. Today he also got one of those general strengthening/booster shots.

I think it is kind of a nightmare to have to get that many drugs into Dustin daily for the next week, but the alternative would have been not to try anymore, and I'm not quite ready to give up on him yet. They also brought up the possibility to leave him with the vet, but besides being more expensive I really don't think being alone and abandoned in a strange place would have helped him much, and he just should be as comfortable as possible.

Anyway, if you like, maybe send some good thoughts his way, Dustin could definitely use them.

Comments

[cereta.livejournal.com]

Sending thoughts, and prayers if they're welcome. Poor little guy :(.

[ratcreature]

Thanks. Any kind of good vibes are welcome.

[lanning.livejournal.com]

*hugs* for you and *good health vibes* for Dustin. Hang in there.

[ratcreature]

Thanks. I hope he'll get some reprieve once more. He's been having serious problems on and off again since spring and I sometimes feel like I've spent half this year in the vet's office. *sigh*

The reactions I sometimes get when I mention being kind of broke due to unexpected amount of vet costs don't help. i.e. some act like I'm crazy for having already spent several hundred euro this year on the vet for my rat, when a new one costs €10-20 and they only live about two to three years anyway. I'm somewhat mystified why some people don't get that it's worth it for him not having died in spring, that I want keep this particular rat around as long as possible, but I suspect small rodents in general are seen as even more "disposable" than other pets by many. I mean, I would have preferred not to have a rat with lots of health problems from early on as well, but it's not like you could pick living things to come with some kind of trouble-free guarantee when you take them in.

[lanning.livejournal.com]

I don't get people not getting it. He's your pet and you love him; it doesn't matter what his species is. And nobody you love is disposable. I hope he pulls through, sweetie. *more hugs*

[littlegreenworm.livejournal.com]

iawtc. Love doesn't have a price. Love isn't about money. Love is love.

*hugs for you* *good juju and ratty scratches and pet pets for Dustin*

[meret.livejournal.com]

I'll say a prayer for you both. *hugs*

[ratcreature]

Thanks.

[ratcreature]

Thank you.