Sunny at the vet's for Cremation

I brought Sunny to the vet first thing this morning for an individual cremation. I should be getting his ashes back within a week.

I am still really struggling the with reality that Sunny is not here anymore. For almost 8 years, he was our sunshine... a very special sunshine too. He was one of these animals that you just expect to go on forever!

I miss you so much, Sunny! Until we meet again.

Sunny has gone to the Bridge

My baby is gone... I can't believe that Sunny has really gone...

Last night, Sunny ate the whole bowl of vegetables, but when I gave him the pellets, he didn't touch them. I knew then, that Sunny wasn't well.

This morning, he hadn't touched any of the food and was very reluctant to move. I knew that we had to let him go today. Something stopped me from taking him to the vet first thing, I wanted to have a few more hours with him... I also had the thought that he didn't want to go to the vet to die... but I dismissed that immediately because I was of course not going to let him suffer.

In the afternoon, Cornel, my sister-in-law and I went out briefly. When we got back, I took the dogs out... And when I checked on Sunny after that, he had gone! I think he didn't want to go to the vet, he wanted to go at home. But I do wonder and feel guilty that I didn't take him in the morning... I guess, Sunny did it in his own way - like everything he did in life!

I will always love you my little boy - you were a very special bunny! Thanks for sharing your life with us.

Sunny is losing the battle

As Sunny's breathing didn't look right last night, I took him to the vet today. We saw Ian who was the vet that operated on his tumour last time.

Ian was devastated too when he saw the the tumour has grown back so quickly and he confirmed that it has now spread to Sunny's lungs too!

Unfortunately there is nothing more we can do for my little baby. So we put him on metacam (which I started yesterday anyway) to keep him comfortable; and we are hoping that we are having as much time together as possible! I will make sure that his remaining time will be happy and comfy for him...

I can't believe that this is happening to my little boy... Sunny has been through so much in his life - I never thought in a million years that I was going to lose him this early! He is not even 8 years old yet...

Here's some pictures I took today... he still loves his food, which is good!

Sunny: the cancer is back

The lump has grown quickly again, so it is definitely the cancer again. I have booked Sunny in for Monday, but will ask tomorrow whether I can bring him in tomorrow as an emergency if it continues to grow again till then.

It is only just a month since the last op... I don't know what the outcome with this will be...

Sunny: so far, so good

Sunny's wound has healed up very nicely and looks good. He is as happy as always and all seems to be well.

Last night, I felt a little lump right underneath the wound. I will check again tonight as I am not sure whether it's just the scar tissue, something that should be there (so will check with the other rabbits, I think it is a gland though) or something again to worry about.

Sunny: it's cancer!

I just called the vet (talking to Dean) and indeed, they already had the results back! It isn't good news, the lump was a carcinoma of undetermined origin. It is apparently one of the worst types of malignant tumours! But they don't know where it came from.

Dean said that luckily, the margin they had taken off was good. And if the tumour comes back (or probably rather "when"), then it will most likely be in the same area! So although I will check him over all over, I will keep a special eye on his chin/throat area of course.

The other problem with the tumour (which was apparently very messy), was that it was very close to the jugular vein, which means that it might have spread up or down in the blood stream...

Not the news I was waiting for at all! And particularly not before Christmas... But luckily, Sunny is doing great and he doesn't know anything about it all! I love you so much, my brave little boy!

Sunny: not good news

When I went to pick up Sunny last night from the vets, the vet nurse told me that the lump looked very nasty and that it was probably not good news. We won't have the lab results though until well into next week, and not before Christmas...

They said that the lump was connected to all sorts of things and could be a thyroid "tumour" (I can't remember the technical word they used).

This is a big shock to me... as I really did not think that the lump was something to worry about! I was so sure it was an abscess!

Sunny is fine in himself, has been eating well, though was still a bit quiet as is to be expected after quite a big operation.

Sunny's at the vets

I took Sunny into the vet's this morning and Mark kept him in. I just called the surgery (2 pm) and Sunny is coming round again without problems. However, the lump was not as I expected an abscess, but an actual mass... they are therefore sending it off to the lab to find out what we are dealing with.

This is very unexpected and I am worried now. It has all been removed, but I am of course concerned about it. But all I can do at the moment is wait for the lab results.

Vet visit postponed

After having felt that Sunny's lump has not grown in size since yesterday, I have decided to reschedule the vet visit for Monday. As I have to attend the work Christmas Party tonight, I would not be there to look after Sunny should he need anaesthetics and therefore aftercare.

On Monday, I will be able to pick him up after work and check in on him regularly.

Sunny has a lump

On Tuesday night, I discovered a lump under Sunny's chin. I think it is an abscess. It has grown quite a bit since then, but seems to have stagnated since yesterday... I have booked an appointment with my vet Paul tomorrow morning to have a look at it.