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well, this was fairly pointless
Jun. 13th, 2009 02:00 pmSo I brought Ignatz in to my vet during their emergency hours today, and even though I showed up right after they opened I had to wait almost two hours to be seen. Then I had the bad luck that on the emergency roster wasn't one of the practice's vets of whom I know they are experienced with rats, but someone unfamiliar. Anyway, after feeling that cherry-sized bulge the vet told me she thought it might be a tumor rather an abscess because it is right where the thyroid gland is, and also didn't feel warm to her, even though I stressed how I'm sure it just appeared yesterday rather than growing. She said something of tumors sometimes first growing inward and then suddenly bulging outward -- it sounded dubious to me, but it's not like I'm an expert.
In any case, she said whether tumor of abscess, the placement of the thing was tricky because so many vital nerves, blood vessels and such were there, so it was more problematic to open and remove, and as Ignatz is still breathing and eating okay it's not an emergency, and they can't do that kind of thing on the weekend so I'd need to make an appointment for a regular operation. The earliest date I could get for one wasn't until Thursday (!), which I find quite worrying, I mean that is almost a week, so when the assistant told me that I even had her talk to the doctor again, whether it wasn't dangerous to wait this long to do anything, but she didn't seem to think so.
I really hope she's right. It's not like I can do anything further, though I have no idea why they couldn't at least, like biopsy the thing by sticking a needle in to see whether pus comes out or not or something, without it being a big risk, but apparently that wouldn't be a good idea. I guess I'll just have to wait and hope for the best until Thursday.
I wonder whether these people who claim pets are good for your health ever take into account the times when you're a stressed, nervous wreck because something is unexpectedly wrong with them. I think I rather need something like a tribble, only sterile or neutered/spayed or whatever people do to keep pet tribbles responsibly without causing ecological disasters. It would be small enough for my place, furry and calming, and most importantly they seem quite resilient, unless you poison them.
In any case, she said whether tumor of abscess, the placement of the thing was tricky because so many vital nerves, blood vessels and such were there, so it was more problematic to open and remove, and as Ignatz is still breathing and eating okay it's not an emergency, and they can't do that kind of thing on the weekend so I'd need to make an appointment for a regular operation. The earliest date I could get for one wasn't until Thursday (!), which I find quite worrying, I mean that is almost a week, so when the assistant told me that I even had her talk to the doctor again, whether it wasn't dangerous to wait this long to do anything, but she didn't seem to think so.
I really hope she's right. It's not like I can do anything further, though I have no idea why they couldn't at least, like biopsy the thing by sticking a needle in to see whether pus comes out or not or something, without it being a big risk, but apparently that wouldn't be a good idea. I guess I'll just have to wait and hope for the best until Thursday.
I wonder whether these people who claim pets are good for your health ever take into account the times when you're a stressed, nervous wreck because something is unexpectedly wrong with them. I think I rather need something like a tribble, only sterile or neutered/spayed or whatever people do to keep pet tribbles responsibly without causing ecological disasters. It would be small enough for my place, furry and calming, and most importantly they seem quite resilient, unless you poison them.