Brie was from Hamilton Animal Control and I adopted this wee girl since she was all alone. Imagine our shock when we get there and find these 2 huuuge lumps evenly on either side of her throat…one of the main symptoms of SDA! After discussion and rousing my vet from her dinner, Brie was dropped off at a non-rat owning home for the night and the rest of us went home 4 hours later, changed our clothes at the door and had a shower before going near our own rats.
Brie went to the vet who put her on chlorpalm just in case it was bacterial, but our choices were bacterial, lyphoma or SDA. I researched a lot on SDA those days. :roll:
She then went home to AliceMcMallis’s parents who fostered her, medicated her and took care of her for 2 weeks. The lumps had not diminished, we had ruled out SDA so it left Lymphoma. We decided to get a biopsy done and then I would take home my girl for as long as she had left. :( At this point I had only held her in the car during those scary few hours after we picked her up. To my vet’s surprise she found pus and lanced the 2 abscesses. :mrgreen: So Brie came home with me that day :D
She was a very special happy little gal, who really loved other rats, and took to the intro’s of the THS girls I had adopted to be companions to her.
I introduced 2 new babies Kamali and Kyrie from Moncton, NB to Brie, esta and Valora, who were a few months older.
Then to Dilbert of course and Brie adored Dilbert, but always made sure to put him in his place if he needed it.
Then I intro’d Brie’s Crew to the Hamilton crew to create the Original Rampaging Horde. :lol: It was a wonderful happy, eccentric group. My first really big group
One of my favourite pics of Brie :D She was incredible, always "smiling" no matter what!
OK I cannot do anymore, I can barely see the screen through the tears :cry:
I should’ve been more prepared, but I didn’t realize my wonderful rats were getting older.
I love you always my babies!!! :heart: :heart:
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