driveshesaid
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This is an unusual request, and I apologise in advance if anyone is offended by it. But, the power of this boards prayer warriors has impressed me many times, and I'm feeling a little in need of prayer.
Three days ago, two of our new NZW (New Zealand White) rabbits started sneezing with a fair amount of mucus coming out of their noses. We have an excellent rabbit vet in the area (two and a half hour drive), so I took them to him. He's got them on antibiotics, acidopholis (sp?), and is culturing a sample of the mucus to check to see if it's pastuerella (sp?) or staph, both of which are icky, but staph can be cured, the other quite often is only controlled.
Then, yesterday morning, my DD's Holland Lop, Beauty, went into labor. It was too early for the kits to survive, so we accepted we would probably lose the litter early on. First kit was born dead, the second got stuck and had to be pulled out. Needless to say, it was also dead. Then, her labor stopped. I called the vet, they were closed, and referred us to the local (1/2 hour away) emergency vet hospital. Thank God, the hospital has just hired a new vet who is specializing in rabbits, she got Beauty right in, gave her some oxytocin (hormone) to get the labor going again. She also took an x-ray and discover that there were 4 more kits still in there! Understand, Beauty's only a 3 pound rabbit! That's a LOT of kits for such a little girl.
Well, to make a long story short (too late!), Beauty labored mightily, finally producing one more dead kit, labor stopped again, and couldn't be restarted, and the vet and I agreed that we had to do a C-section. Rabbits are VERY fragile, and often die during surgery, but Beauty's a tough little girl, survived surgery, uterus intact, and 4 (!) more dead kits were removed! 7 Kits!
While Beauty and I were waiting for the vet to get the surgery ready, she laid on my chest, exhausted. She looked into my eyes and surrendered her fate to me. I have never had such an experience with an animal, and I have been VERY attached to many different animals in my life. It was indeed, a humbling experience. I cannot describe the feeling as she closed her eyes and laid her head on my chest, except I felt as though God himself spoke to me. Telling me that I had accepted the role of caretaker of these animals, it is indeed a large job, and that I was doing well. But, that this IS a test, and I have not passed YET!
Please, I beg of you. Please pray for me, and my family, and my rabbits. I very greatly feel the need of spiritual support.
Thank you.
drive
Three days ago, two of our new NZW (New Zealand White) rabbits started sneezing with a fair amount of mucus coming out of their noses. We have an excellent rabbit vet in the area (two and a half hour drive), so I took them to him. He's got them on antibiotics, acidopholis (sp?), and is culturing a sample of the mucus to check to see if it's pastuerella (sp?) or staph, both of which are icky, but staph can be cured, the other quite often is only controlled.
Then, yesterday morning, my DD's Holland Lop, Beauty, went into labor. It was too early for the kits to survive, so we accepted we would probably lose the litter early on. First kit was born dead, the second got stuck and had to be pulled out. Needless to say, it was also dead. Then, her labor stopped. I called the vet, they were closed, and referred us to the local (1/2 hour away) emergency vet hospital. Thank God, the hospital has just hired a new vet who is specializing in rabbits, she got Beauty right in, gave her some oxytocin (hormone) to get the labor going again. She also took an x-ray and discover that there were 4 more kits still in there! Understand, Beauty's only a 3 pound rabbit! That's a LOT of kits for such a little girl.
Well, to make a long story short (too late!), Beauty labored mightily, finally producing one more dead kit, labor stopped again, and couldn't be restarted, and the vet and I agreed that we had to do a C-section. Rabbits are VERY fragile, and often die during surgery, but Beauty's a tough little girl, survived surgery, uterus intact, and 4 (!) more dead kits were removed! 7 Kits!
While Beauty and I were waiting for the vet to get the surgery ready, she laid on my chest, exhausted. She looked into my eyes and surrendered her fate to me. I have never had such an experience with an animal, and I have been VERY attached to many different animals in my life. It was indeed, a humbling experience. I cannot describe the feeling as she closed her eyes and laid her head on my chest, except I felt as though God himself spoke to me. Telling me that I had accepted the role of caretaker of these animals, it is indeed a large job, and that I was doing well. But, that this IS a test, and I have not passed YET!
Please, I beg of you. Please pray for me, and my family, and my rabbits. I very greatly feel the need of spiritual support.
Thank you.
drive
.........scrapman