Post by doctorbob on Jul 7, 2009 7:47:20 GMT -4
It's been a while since I've been on RR; sorry for that.
Some of you may remember my posts as a newb about our ratties - we ended up with 3 because it seemed we'd become the "rat rescue" for Northwest Arkansas. We love(d) all our girls. I have some bad news.
Dizzy was the first rat that came to live with us about a year ago. She was probably a little over a year old. Unfortunately, she had developed those mammary tumors and they finally got to where they were impeding her comfort and mobility. We needed to take some vacation and the place where we board the girls is one of the few "rat friendly" vet/kennels in the area. We told the vet (who is a fine surgeon, by the way) that the tumors probably should be removed and since it's a good idea to spay while that's going on to prevent further tumor development (and we had some behavior stuff, too), we authorized that to be done, too, while we were gone.
Well, Dizzy "coded" during surgery on Friday, suffering a cardiac arrest. The doctor got Dizzy's heart going again via direct stimulation and epinephrine but that only lasted about 5 minutes before her heart stopped again and she could not be revived. Dizzy didn't survive.
So we had another little rattie funeral on Sunday. Just wanted to let somebody know and you all (despite my absence) are my rodent family and i wanted to write about it here.
Thanks for reading,
bob
Some of you may remember my posts as a newb about our ratties - we ended up with 3 because it seemed we'd become the "rat rescue" for Northwest Arkansas. We love(d) all our girls. I have some bad news.
Dizzy was the first rat that came to live with us about a year ago. She was probably a little over a year old. Unfortunately, she had developed those mammary tumors and they finally got to where they were impeding her comfort and mobility. We needed to take some vacation and the place where we board the girls is one of the few "rat friendly" vet/kennels in the area. We told the vet (who is a fine surgeon, by the way) that the tumors probably should be removed and since it's a good idea to spay while that's going on to prevent further tumor development (and we had some behavior stuff, too), we authorized that to be done, too, while we were gone.
Well, Dizzy "coded" during surgery on Friday, suffering a cardiac arrest. The doctor got Dizzy's heart going again via direct stimulation and epinephrine but that only lasted about 5 minutes before her heart stopped again and she could not be revived. Dizzy didn't survive.
So we had another little rattie funeral on Sunday. Just wanted to let somebody know and you all (despite my absence) are my rodent family and i wanted to write about it here.
Thanks for reading,
bob
May she rest in peace and I hope you're holding up well. Just try to remember the happy times with her. So sorry again. 
