Ginny's Medical Thread
- cavyslave8
- I GAVE, dammit!
I hope Ginny continues to be healthy. She really is a very pretty girl.
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- Let Sleeping Pigs Lie
Final update:
Ginny's health was good these past years, and she was very feisty and happy. We celebrated our 4th anniversary with her last weekend.
Both girls had a visit with the vet yesterday.
During the exam, the veterinarian discovered that Ginny had a heart murmur. She was very lightly sedated for x-rays to examine the size of her heart and to perform a blood test.
She did not recover well from the sedation and died on the way home. She was just past four years old.
X-rays showed an enlarged heart and a large growth in her abdomen that was most likely an ovarian cyst. Her liver did not appear to be enlarged, and the vet mentioned that it had repaired itself since the original fatty liver diagnosis (hepatic lipidosis).
Her abdomen was full of fluid, and there was also fluid around the heart and lung area. The vet had planned to start her on heart medications.
She had a blood test prior to her death. Her glucose level was 198 (previously 519). Although a necropsy was not performed, it does not appear that her death was related to diabetes.
Dr. Wright was very surprised by the size of her enlarged heart on the x-ray. Ginny's behavior was so normal and her appetite so healthy that he felt that very light sedation would be safe. We just didn't know...
Ginny's health was good these past years, and she was very feisty and happy. We celebrated our 4th anniversary with her last weekend.
Both girls had a visit with the vet yesterday.
During the exam, the veterinarian discovered that Ginny had a heart murmur. She was very lightly sedated for x-rays to examine the size of her heart and to perform a blood test.
She did not recover well from the sedation and died on the way home. She was just past four years old.
X-rays showed an enlarged heart and a large growth in her abdomen that was most likely an ovarian cyst. Her liver did not appear to be enlarged, and the vet mentioned that it had repaired itself since the original fatty liver diagnosis (hepatic lipidosis).
Her abdomen was full of fluid, and there was also fluid around the heart and lung area. The vet had planned to start her on heart medications.
She had a blood test prior to her death. Her glucose level was 198 (previously 519). Although a necropsy was not performed, it does not appear that her death was related to diabetes.
Dr. Wright was very surprised by the size of her enlarged heart on the x-ray. Ginny's behavior was so normal and her appetite so healthy that he felt that very light sedation would be safe. We just didn't know...
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- 4 the Good of all Pigs
Tracis, I am so sorry to hear about Ginny. How is Sakura doing?
Sleep well, Ginny darling. What a beautiful girl you were.
Sleep well, Ginny darling. What a beautiful girl you were.
- cavyslave8
- I GAVE, dammit!
I'm so very sorry. She was such a gorgeous girl and so loved. Hugs to you.