From:
Moxie and Nexus
Date: 2002-11-12 19:16:27 UTC
Subject: question about doing insulinoma surgery again
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com, TR1212@aol.com
Message-ID: <3DD1538B.6343B771@tiac.net>
In response to Tiffany who is concerned about Oscar and whether he
should have insulinoma surgery again, you neglected to mention how old
he is. I'm sure others can advise you better than me, but I have one
very serious concern. If his kidney values are elevated I would caution
against that kind of surgery, as the stress of insulinoma surgery caused
kidney failure in my Chance and his values were normal before surgery.
I'm still kicking myself over that one. Has your vet suggested using
the expensive drug that I don't know how to spell, proglycem (?), that
is used when pred has reached a high dosage? Surgery is always a tough
decision when other factors are involved.
Best wishes,
Moxie and Nexus the moose, missing Chance