We hope you are all having a wonderful Wednesday evening! We wanted to take a moment to share an update with all of you about Izzy.
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Precious Izzy has seen our Veterinary Team for a full exam including blood work, chest X-rays, and an echocardiogram.
While the shelter Veterinarian believed she was in heart failure, causing her to turn blue – that is not the case.
Izzy does have a high grade heart murmur and the echocardiogram also showed valve disease, but more disturbing news has surfaced.
Izzy has a severely collapsed trachea, it’s creating a narrow airway causing difficulty breathing upon overexertion. Additionally the X-ray showed one small area in her left caudal lung lobe that looks bad. She does have two mammary masses, and it seems sadly the cancer has metastasized.
Since Izzy is a spayed female, masses appearing at this stage in her life are evidence of cancer spreading – she is officially a hospice case and we will be giving her the best life possible as long as we can keep her calm and breathing comfortably.
Medications and homeopathic supplements of course are already on board to help keep comfortable. She is eating very well, and enjoying time playing with her new friends.
This precious little girl deserves some time to enjoy life and be loved after spending her life in a cage. When things become too difficult for her we will help her gain her Angel wings.
Our promise to Izzy is to give her the best life daily, unconditionally.
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