loper_just_loper

I got a call today with some bad news. Let me start this off by saying what has been happening the past few days. Kayla and Dalton took their rat, Lemmiwinks, to the park the other day to let her play and romp around. Well of course she loved it, but at the end of the day she was acting funny. She couldnt walk straight and she kept falling over. They picked me up on their way to rush Lemmi home to see what might be the matter with her. They said she had gotten a tick bite and maybe also sprained her leg. We still were worried and rushed to Southern Ag. to get her some really good rat food, but they were closed, as was Love-A-Pet when we got there. We finnaly went to Wal-Mart to get her some green veggies, what her vet recomended her diet be till she got better from the last time she was sick a week ago. While there, some friends of Dalton and Kay's started to mess with us when they saw us, and I was about to beat the shit out of them until Dalton told them to go away. We got to Kay's and gave her the good stuff and she loved it (especially the yogurt, which got all over Lemmi's face and Kay's sheets ) But still she was walking funny and I had to sit in Kayla's hall at one point because I didn't want to see Lemmi like that. She has always been a strong, healthy, happy rat. Yesterday they took her to the vet. And today I got the bad news. The reason she is walking funny is that she has an ear infection. That's not the bad part. The ear infection is messing with a brain tummor we just found out she has Durring the x-ray they also discovered that she is ALOT older than we thought. She has actually out-lived a rats life expectancy. They tell us that if we can give her alot of attention and keep her happy ( which they already do, which is why she has lived this long ) she could have maybe 6 months left to live. IF and only IF everyone takes extra special care of her. Kayla says that if she doesn't show signs of getting better in a month, she is gonna have to put Lemmi down.They say it is better to know that these things are near to help prepare, but I wish I didn't know, because now it is all I can think about and the mental stress is not good. I am crying a little right now and I am going to have to fight not to when I get to work. I just hope Lemmi makes it through the month at this point. I don't want to see her go.