From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-10-15 01:26:45 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Digest 14 Oct 2002 23:45:21 -0000 Issue 115
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3f.135edd17.2adcc8d5@aol.com>
In a message dated 10/14/02 8:05:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> Does anyone have any input? She should not still be in this much pain this
> long after surgery. She gets the Sucralfate at least an hour before
> morning and evening feedings, but still grinds her teeth like crazy
> post-feeding unless she's also doped up on the Torbutrol. Her color and
> weight are steady. If anyone can provide some enlightenment on what else
> might be going on here, it'd be much appreciated. I hate having her be in
> continuous pain like this.
Melissa,
I agree that she should not be in this amount of pain after this long - most
of my splenectomies have been moving around quite happily after only two to
three days (or would have, had they been allowed to). My concern is with
this "lump of necrotizing tissue". To my mind, the possibility of an
inflammatory process continuing or worsening after surgery has to be very
high on the list, and peritonitis is up there too. It's time to get her
rechecked, and to think about either doing an ultrasound or possibly opening
her back up to see exactly what's going on here. Certainly ulcers are
something to think about, but don't get focused so much on that that other
things slip by the wayside.
Dr. Ruth
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