Message Number: SG2306 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2002-11-20 18:36:56 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] odo's results
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <20021120133656.5a9e001a.whiteweasel@earthlink.net>

OOPS! My post should have read...

> His blood glucose is still low. Assuming this is pediapred and not
> concentrated at a higher level, the dosage of pred you list is still
> pretty low. You may want to talk to your vet about increasing it to
> get Odo's blood glucose up to a normal level (80 or more).
>
> If that doesn't work you want to consider surgery if he is otherwise

healthy. Kodo and Podo has insulinoma surgery at (estimated) age eight
and are doing much better now several months later. At Odo's age
our vet would want to try and control the insulinoma with pred first and

> hopefully avoid the surgery, but when that doesn't work he does what
> he has to do.

It does make more sense with the missing lines put back in :)

All the best,
Caity and the notorious nine