Posted By: Feather
Had to help Odo cross the bridge today. - 06/20/14 11:46 PM
Little Odo had to be helped over the Rainbow Bridge this morning.
Odo was born here. He looked like a little female when he was born, had a pouch. At about 6 months he started developing a bald spot and I saw a penis. Well his testicles never descended into his scrotum.
I knew the risks, testicular cancer. So I never sold him or placed him in a home.
In the last two weeks he developed a bulge in his abdomen and I thought it was one of his testicles growing and possibly becoming cancerous so I scheduled an appointment for him at the vet.
He was seen Tuesday and they aspirated a sample from the bulge. I got the call Thursday morning that it wasn't an growing testicle or abscess, it was intestinal material, diagnosis a hernia.
I made the decision yesterday to help him cross the bridge today when I got home from my job.
The choice to help a beloved pet cross the bridge is never easy, but helping Odo cross the bridge was the easiest decision I have made. Probably because I knew from the beginning that I would have to make that decision for him and I was prepared to make it.
I am waiting for his necropsy results, wondering what they will find besides the hernia. Maybe his testicles and maybe a uterus. Who knows he was a changeling after all.
Glide Free Little Odo
Odo was born here. He looked like a little female when he was born, had a pouch. At about 6 months he started developing a bald spot and I saw a penis. Well his testicles never descended into his scrotum.
I knew the risks, testicular cancer. So I never sold him or placed him in a home.
In the last two weeks he developed a bulge in his abdomen and I thought it was one of his testicles growing and possibly becoming cancerous so I scheduled an appointment for him at the vet.
He was seen Tuesday and they aspirated a sample from the bulge. I got the call Thursday morning that it wasn't an growing testicle or abscess, it was intestinal material, diagnosis a hernia.
I made the decision yesterday to help him cross the bridge today when I got home from my job.
The choice to help a beloved pet cross the bridge is never easy, but helping Odo cross the bridge was the easiest decision I have made. Probably because I knew from the beginning that I would have to make that decision for him and I was prepared to make it.
I am waiting for his necropsy results, wondering what they will find besides the hernia. Maybe his testicles and maybe a uterus. Who knows he was a changeling after all.
Glide Free Little Odo