From:
estellejackson
Date: 2002-03-04 08:19:00 UTC
Subject: re Spindle cell tumours again,again + again!!!
Hi all
I posted last time around Christmas + thought it time I
updated on my poor ferret Zorro. He has had lots ( about 7)
tumours removed from his skin that the lab said were " spindle
cell sarcomas" He went in for a large area of skin to be
removed at Christmas and also a lump I had found in his groin.
These previous tumours had been desribed by the lab as tumours
of the skin, so I presumed that this lump in his groin would
be something different ( so did Dr. Williams)
Unfortunately the lab rport came back as this lump also being
a spindle cell sarcoma , but in his subcutaneous fat.
Since then he has had another growth appear on his leg, the
lump in his groin has come back , but worst of all he now has
a HUGE lump in his abdomen . He has too many lumps to remove
as they all seem to be infiltrating into surrounding tissue
and so the day will come soon when I will have to say goodbye
to him. He has lost a lot of weight and is not eating much but
(though he gets tired quickly ) he still wants to play. My
other ferret seems to understand and is very gentle with him.
Zorro is a brave little chap and must be uncomfortable with
the size of these lumps but he doesn't seem to show any signs
of pain. The thing that worries me is that he may be in pain
and just not showing it. I would hate to think I was letting
him suffer. Do ferrets show pain? ( I know rabbits suffer in
silence) . I've never had a ferret in this situation before
and I just want to do the right thing.
Thanks , a worried Estelle + Biscuit