From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2001-11-07 18:38:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Polycythemia vera
In a message dated 11/07/01 7:28:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:
. The
second time was 4 weeks later and she drew 5cc's but anesthesia
was
not needed. This was at the beginning of his treatment. But
lately
phlebotomy has not been required. He does get a CBC done every 2
weeks (no anesthesia). Some weeks his counts are higher than
others,
but they have not risen to the point where he is in the danger
zone.
His blood is nowhere near as thick as when we first started,
correct
Dr. Heller?
Actually, he did have anesthesia for his second phlebotomy as well,
but as Lynne stated, not for his 2 week CBC checks. At each of his
checks I am drawing about one cc of blood, and that, combined with
his pred, seems to be keeping his levels stable at a PCV of about
70%. As Lynne stated, he is doing wonderfully, his blood is not
thick - when he was first diagnosed it was thick enough that we were
worrying about it sludging in his extremities and causing clots to
form. His color is a bit more red than normal, but that's okay.
Hope that your ferret does okay - it's a difficult, frustrating and
potentially hard to control disease. Kai is doing very, very well,
and I hope that yours does as well.
Dr. Ruth
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