From:
nicole@mb-law.com
Date: 2002-10-22 15:19:19 UTC
Subject: RE: Hind end weakness after adrenal surgery
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <22034566.1035299959064.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Hi Lynn -
Your story brings back a horrible memory for me, sorry to say.
Snoop (the poor little guy who originally forced me onto this list)underwen=
t "emergency" adrenal surgery in late January after he became blocked. Wit=
hin two weeks, he completely lost use of his hind end. I had to express hi=
s bladder for him and he had no control over his bowels. Every vet I inqui=
red to considered normal for him to experience weakness after such a stress=
ful event. When the weakness failed to subside on its own, he was put on pr=
ednisone. In two months time, he declined significantly, mentally and phys=
ically. Though he never lost his appetite for turkey and ensure, he had no=
real existence. He couldn't move on his own, his breathing was becoming la=
bored and he seemed to be choking when he ate. Ultimately, I had to make th=
e choice to end his suffering for him. Dr. Williams was kind enough to do =
his necropsy, which showed the adrenal cancer to have been exremely metasta=
tic, and it had spread to nearly everything. Theoretically, cutting into t=
he adrenal tumor triggered it to become more agressive and it rapidly consu=
med his entire body.
That being said, I wonder if you had a biopsy of the adrenal? I know Snoop=
's biopsy results could have warned me of things to come, as his came back =
carcinoma.
I sincerely hope you have better luck. =
Best wishes for all - =
Nicole
Author wrote:
This ferret was not able to stand after surgery,
> nor have any control over the hind end. The vet said it was a fairly com=
mon
> occurrence after adrenal surgery
=