You may remember Skittles, the rat I got for my 12th birthday. Well it's been a WHOLE year now, my 13th birthday was on March 25, and Skittles turned 1 on February 18th ( I know because when I got her the pet store told us how old she was:) she's still as fat as ever, but she has changed and not feeling so well anymore, and that's what this post is about.
About a month ago Shelbie and I started noticing that Skittles was acting strange. She used to be so hyper, she would eat a TON. She was always awake, and she always looked happy. Well we had started noticing that she wasn't hyper anymore, she still eats, but not as much, she sleeps all the time, and always looks sad and in pain. We started watching her more closely, I held her more, and another thing we noticed about her was, every time I picked her up she squeaked.
A couple weeks past and Shelbie was holding her one day, and she called me over. She sounded really worried and scared, I walked over there and she told me to hold her and feel her side. As I did we felt this big lump, we showed her to Mama and held her a little longer till we knew for sure. We waited a couple day and tried not to jump to conclusions, but after about a week I had to face it, my sweet little skittles had a tumor.
At first it was about dime size, but its been about 3 weeks and its gotten bigger. We have done a lot of research over the couple weeks on different kind of tumors and signs to know what kind of tumor it is. After about 2 weeks of studying we have found the tumor that Skittles has is a, Mammary Tumor. All the research that we have done says the only way to cure it, is to have it removed. Now I have to make the decision to ether continue trying to help her at home, or save up money and bring her in to have it removed. I really love Skittles and will do anything I can to help her. Please pray for me to make the right decision and for Skittles to get better. Also please pray that if I do have to bring Skittles in to have it removed, that it goes great. Thanks for praying.
~Shaylah
Excuse me! Your bugging me!
Wow! That was a bright light!
What's up??
I'm tried, leave me alone!
3 comments:
Oh my goodness that is so sad. I will show this to Emma tomorrow. She has a hamster named honey. She loves him as much as you love Skittles. I will be praying for you and your decision.
Keep up the awesome writing. And keep me updated on what you decide about Skittles.
Blessings, Vivian Hodgkinson
Awww,I will be praying for Skittles!
Jenn A
prayin!
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