06/07/2022
Finally was able to come up with enough money for possums vet appointment to determine what to do about his lump on his shoulder and his weak back legs. After blood tests, it was confirmed that possum has been suffering from the disease known as Insulinoma, this is when a tumor in the pancreas constantly releases insulin which leads to severely low blood sugar. Possums was so low it was shocking that he was able to move at all. We now have him on prednisone 2 mg twice a day to treat his insulinoma and he has been doing better than ever. He climbs, runs and even plays with toys now.
His lump is still undetermined whether it’s benign or malignant so I have decided to go through with surgery on removing it. The surgery in full costs around 250. This includes being able to have the abscess sent off and studied to determine if it is indeed cancerous or not and if it could have possibly spread anywhere else. 140 has been set aside so far for the surgery but if anyone wants to donate to possums surgery please comment below. All donations go to my little old man❤️
