Smokey’s Palliative Care

This funding page is for Smokey’s palliative care. This past week she has developed some serious complications with fluid in her abdomen, a possible egg follicle that she can’t pass on her own, and diagnosed cancerous cell growth. 

I am hoping she will hang in there until I can decide for sure what next steps to take. I will do the best for her and for what I can handle looking forward.

All tests and diagnostics alone this week have cost over $1,000. Moving forward, I would like Smokey to continue with palliative care. Knowing that she may not have many days left, do know these donations are going toward her comfort and quality avian care. So all judgments aside, it is the individual choice to contribute to the time she has left. If she for some miracle decides the opposite, that will also be ongoing care, however less problematic overall. 

I will update as much as I can with what my work schedule permits. I fully realize my responsibilities, and am making conscious well thought out decisions with the information and resources I have available. 

Please try not to judge others’ points of view. This place is only for those who want to help and support. 

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Summary of diagnostics from Smokey’s vet:

Smokey was still having trouble breathing despite treatment ‪Sunday evening‬ and the abdomen seemed larger. An ultrasound was done and could not clearly see an egg but occasion glimpses of what could be a follicle..the abdomen seemed full and one structure seemed to run into another.

Her breathing was getting worse, so I decided to try to remove as much fluid as I could. 2 ml of fluid drained out and for 1 hour afterward she continue with marked breathing effort and then settled down. She was much better, and had a good day.
We have kept her on the oxygen concentrator all the time. Today she may be a little more fragile. I gave her Lupron (hormone shot) on Sunday.

I sent the fluid from her abdomen yesterday morning for cytology and a bacterial culture.

The fluid has come back with cancerous cells. May be reproductive in origin and am concerned that metastasis may have already occurred.

Hping that the Lupron will help to decrease the reproductive tract to give her more room to breath and use of an anti-inflammatory may decrease blood flow to cancerous tissues and slow growth.” 

Smokey is loved by many people globally. Many do know it has been a community effort to have had her the last few years. 

I am always appreciative of any support offered. Thank you for all your compassion, prayers and kind messages.

Love,
joanne 
Bowie
PaiMei