Bassa...

Well, the results are in, and my mommie intuition was right. Bassa has Hyperthyroidism. I talked with the vet at length (after my hours of net searching) and I am going to go with the radioactive iodine/pill as his treatment. Sounds scary - but its the highest success rate, least complications. The only down side is Bassa will have little contact in the first few days, until is radioactive levels decrease.

I feel like I have to do this for Bassa, I made a promise by adopting him that I would love and care for him, and this option will cure his issue, versus "treatment" which will just prolong a painful death for him. It might be a different story if he was extremely old, or had other issues. However my vet confirmed that hes otherwise healthy and she expects he has a while to live. Bassa deserves to live a happy healthy life, and as his mommie I am going to do anything possible to give that to him.

I did switch him to organic pet food, he seems to LOVE it, which makes me happy. The vet says not to beat myself up over it, that it could be food related or just a randomness - we will never know. On either hand I am not going to take anymore chances - any pets of mine from this day forward will eat natural/organic and good for them foods (with occasional treats). Why take the chance?!

So I am still crying about it! I talked to Bassa about it tonight (hehe), he is cool with it ;) He has to go in tomorrow for a chest x-ray to ensure there are no tumors in his chest. Not a big deal if there is, just means we have to go for a more high-tech location for the treatment - but in either case is fully curative.

I am hoping I can work something out to have him be in treatment while I am away in MD, then we can both come home fresh and new and ready to move on.