Post by Xenan on Dec 12, 2011 23:17:10 GMT -5
one I never would've expected to have to make so soon.
My horse, Titan, who is very special to me (like a best friend or a brother, even) started acting strange a couple days ago. I was quick to realize that he was colicking, but couldn't for the life of me figure out why. Fortunately I am a vet tech, and had my vet come out and look at him this morning. She found that his intestines were indeed impacted, causing great pain for him. THAT part was easily fixed by some pain-killing sedatives and laxatives. WELP.. earlier this evening, my vet came back because she wanted to further check him out (where the impaction prior to the laxatives made it impossible to see anything) to make sure he didn't have any internal issues that could have caused the impaction.
Sure enough, my best friend and partner in crime has a tumor in his large intestine that is likely to be cancerous. My doc thinks that it has been growing for some time since we've never had issues with him colicking before. He's not suffering anymore (for now) but I am faced with a huge decision. Whether the tumor is cancerous or not, it should really come out, but as you all should know, horses don't typically handle the stress of anesthesia and/or open surgery very well. The risk is gargantuan, not to mention the procedure is VERY expensive. And Iunno if I have the funds to pay for it. But it's either that or I have to let him go. The latter option would be the most humane, because if I were to just let this go, he could easily colic again or the tumor could grow enough to completely block his digestive tract. It wouldn't be fair, and I couldn't do that to him. So for me, it's one way or the other. It just sucks because I already kinda know what I'm gonna have to do.
The biggest reason I'm bothering to tell you all about this is simply because if I lose Titan, I dunno how much I will be able to get on here and post. Titan is my boy, my buddy, and pretty much my life. Without him.. meh.. anyway. I'm not quitting. I will try to come on and do something every now and again, but.. yeah.. Anyway, I'm sorry.
My horse, Titan, who is very special to me (like a best friend or a brother, even) started acting strange a couple days ago. I was quick to realize that he was colicking, but couldn't for the life of me figure out why. Fortunately I am a vet tech, and had my vet come out and look at him this morning. She found that his intestines were indeed impacted, causing great pain for him. THAT part was easily fixed by some pain-killing sedatives and laxatives. WELP.. earlier this evening, my vet came back because she wanted to further check him out (where the impaction prior to the laxatives made it impossible to see anything) to make sure he didn't have any internal issues that could have caused the impaction.
Sure enough, my best friend and partner in crime has a tumor in his large intestine that is likely to be cancerous. My doc thinks that it has been growing for some time since we've never had issues with him colicking before. He's not suffering anymore (for now) but I am faced with a huge decision. Whether the tumor is cancerous or not, it should really come out, but as you all should know, horses don't typically handle the stress of anesthesia and/or open surgery very well. The risk is gargantuan, not to mention the procedure is VERY expensive. And Iunno if I have the funds to pay for it. But it's either that or I have to let him go. The latter option would be the most humane, because if I were to just let this go, he could easily colic again or the tumor could grow enough to completely block his digestive tract. It wouldn't be fair, and I couldn't do that to him. So for me, it's one way or the other. It just sucks because I already kinda know what I'm gonna have to do.
The biggest reason I'm bothering to tell you all about this is simply because if I lose Titan, I dunno how much I will be able to get on here and post. Titan is my boy, my buddy, and pretty much my life. Without him.. meh.. anyway. I'm not quitting. I will try to come on and do something every now and again, but.. yeah.. Anyway, I'm sorry.
