[Gpdd] [HEALTH] Queensie update

[Joanne Gosnell]

Hi

Happy new year to you!  I love fresh starts! And the days are getting longer
and a little brighter each day.

It is very sad to hear about so many of our beloved piggies moving on.  I
know it’s very hard on those of us left behind.

 

I am glad we made it through the holidays with Queensie okay. (As a
reminder, she had a big lump under her chin that the vet suspects is bad
tooth root because she is maloccluded on one side)  But she’s starting to
struggle in trying to eat. I had said that as long as her appetite was
there, I would try and help her.  She is still wanting to eat, but it takes
her about 5 minutes to get through one strand of hay, and about ½ an hour to
chew a handful of greens. Anyone who knows guinea pigs knows this is
obscene.  My husband thinks one side of her face (the side with the
overgrown teeth) is swollen.  It’s kind of hard to tell because she is a
‘twizzle-haired’ (my word) and not smooth.  (I know there’s a name for this
– forgive me).  We are giving her some Critical Care to supplement her, but
it is only serving to keep her alive.  I know as her teeth grow more and
more, she will experience pain.  She is probably uncomfortable now even.  

 

Bless her heart.  She is good at taking the syringe feeds, and she has even
wheeped at me a few times when I have come in the room.  What a trooper she
has been. I have given her and Tootsie a lot of floor time, and have given
her all of her favorite foods.  I usually put her in a separate, smaller
cage since it takes her so long to eat greens.  Her sister would have it
gobbled up before she even had a chance for a small 2nd bite.

 

Sooooo, I have made an appointment to take her in next Saturday to help her
to the Rainbow Bridge. My hubby is away this week and I don’t want to be
alone when we go in.  I had thought of just sending him in, because these
things are unbearably hard at the time on me.  But for her sake, I want to
be with her.  If she takes a really bad turn while Terry is gone, I will
take her in myself and will trust God to be present and sustain me.

 

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.  Queensie is such a sweet
little piggy.  Going through this is tough.  I know I will be all right on
the other side.  I am managing to maintain a good perspective most of the
time. She is over 7 years old and has had a very wonderful life.  And I know
the pain of what is  and what is to come shortly is part of life in this
world; and I know He will make all things new in the next one. And alongside
this tragedy, there are many worse things going on in the world.  And
alongside all that, there are so many wonderful things too.

 

Pray for courage, strength, wisdom, peace for us.

Thanks so much.

 

Joanne