my sweet sweet prince
life has been like some awful nightmare
i have been stressed
emotionally and physically drained
I just want my prince back to normal...
Yesterday
my god yesterday
I was meeting Ed, it was the only day we could both do and he was taking the train to my city
I had stress, as Tiffin wasn't good. We had taken him to the vets the day before and they
gave us some food to syringe into his mouth, and he'd had an injection to stimulate his stomach and an anit-biotic to cure his cough/sneezing.
Me and mum tried getting the food down him, he spat a lot of it out his mouth
we offered up every kind of food to him; treats, dried fruit, fresh veg, plants from the garden
he wasn't happy and was in discomfort
so yesterday i woke up after waking up many times in the night thinking about tiffin
when i got up i went straight to him and brought him into my bedroom whilst i got ready to meet ed
we had an appt to see the vets that morning before i went to go see ed.
So im there trying to get ready, feed tiffin, spend time with tiffin. i was stressed as tiffin was in pain.
he had eaten a little bit but he wasnt right.
i could have done without seeing ed. it felt wrong to even enjoy myself when tiffin was like this but its the way everything just happened.
i also had agencies ringing me left right and centre -____-
me and mum took him vets
the vet wasnt happy with his condition (we were seeing the head vet)
and said that tiffin would benefit from staying in the vets. to hospitalize my rabbit basically.
I couldn't believe it. i had NEVER had to hospitalize a pet before.
Im not good with others caring for my pets.
But I knew this was for his health and needed to be done
the vet needed concent for the treatment he wanted to give tiffin;
x-ray
strong pain killers
fluids under the skin
stomach stimulator
He managed to rack up the BIGGEST vet bill we've ever had to pay
heck none of my pets have even had an x-ray before!
Mum asked me "do you want him to go through this?"
I didnt hesitate, it had to be done. He was only 2 and I couldnt give up so easily.
so we hospitalized him. I was in a bit of a state at this point. I tried not to cry with tiffin as it would stress him out as well.
I left him, left mum and went to meet ed
mum said there was nothing i could do anyway and it would be a good distraction to see ed
i spend time with ed in the city center
we left the city around 2:30ish
I had been updated by mum, tiffin had eaten some food. The x-ray was good - there was no mass built up and he had passed poos so he was 'functioning' but he just wouldnt eat and was in pain.
We could pick him up at 6:30pm
Id come home with ed. We sat and talked and then had a massive play fight. God I was exhausted.
he could catch a train home at 6:23pm so at 5pm we left to go for some pub grub
then my plan was from there to take him to the platform and then go get tiffs
did it work out that way? did it hell
we were bloody ages in the pub!
we were there 1 and half hours!?
which would make sense if it was busy and were waiting for a table and food
but that was not the case. the pub was dead. and after each course they near enough brought out the next one, it didnt let my food go down at all
ed looked at the time "we'll ive missed my train, next one is at 7:30pm"
mum rang up saying where the hell am i
i had no idea time had gone that fast!! it was like being in another dimension!!
in the end me and ed went down to the vets and met mum there
picked him up on the way back i dropped ed off the station his train was late
and after waiting 20 mins in -2c i was frozen
got home showered to warm myself up then i got tiffs in
he was in a ball and wouldnt let me fuss him
hates me ><
he looked tired
he had dried blood down his face
he'd had a needle in his ear to administer his pain relief and tiffin had decided that he was gonna discharge himself and ripped it out his ear and it had bled and his poor ear looks sore.
i wanted to clean him up but he'd had enough of people faffing with him
so i tried him with food which he didnt want, i syringe fed him a little amount.
this morning he had an appt at 9:15am
so i tried to syringe feed him at 7:15am as it appeared he had eaten NOTHING through the night but on the plus side he had done some poos. not perfect but still it showed he was working and no blockages.I personally wanted him to stay at the vets again today. I felt they could do more for him than i could at home, i was afraid of undoing all their hard work yesterday if i took him home
luckily the vet advised tiffin to be hospitalized once again. so we left him there. i wasnt upset like yesterday cus i felt he was in safe hands.
i managed to pass the day
a lot less stressful.
we got a phone call, tiffin had perked up and could be collected an hour earlier today
so we were there eagerly waiting at 5:15pm
a different vet saw to us but we know her well as we've seen her for many years and shes lovely
she told us tiffin had eaten some kale and hay. hes been given fluids and pain relief. he'd been sitting on her knee as well whilst she tried to clean up yesterday's blood off his face.
she felt confident about his health. she told us to give him anything he wanted which we were doing. he has got to return in the morning
they said he could be the same or he could turn a corner and be eating totally fine.
these things can take a few days and varies rabbit to rabbit.
since, i have managed to get 6 pieces of dried fruit down, bit of grass, bit of hay in him which isnt much but better than this morning. i hope he eats more and produces poos.
i was so relieved when the x-ray was clear. kip had to be put down due to a mass in his stomach that had got so big it was in-operable. i couldnt bare to see tiffin suffer the same fate but it looks like we caught it earlier this time
he has managed to maintain his weight somehow
the vet has weighed him every day in front of me and each time its surprised me
we dont know what has caused this just rabbits have such sensitive stomachs.
hopefully it never happens again
i just want him right
currently i have just mopped the blood off his face and ear so hes clean now
he is in a ball on my carpet. doesnt really want my attention but takes mum's affection >.>
like hes punishing me for taking him vets
I am hoping like mad he is gonna be better in the morning cus i cant bare to see him like this for another day.
my dad has very kindly paid tiffin's large vet bill >< so i once again am indebted to my parents.
dont know what i would do with out them. mum has been there every step of the way and helping me feed tiffin and she drives me to the vets whilst i look after tiffs in the car.
i just sat this morning crying on my bedroom floor whilst looking at him in pain
and i just couldnt believe it was happening.
hes only 2 years old and was in such pain. why do i always get the rabbits who suffer?
i couldnt believe it had happened to tiffin. my boy. my prince
it felt like a nightmare and i would wake up any moment and it all be fine.
we shall see what tomorrow brings
this morning tiffin looked like he'd given up
i hope we dont have a repeat of that
i want you better prince
i love you so much i cant be without you!
