From:
dr_bruce_williams
Date: 2002-04-17 19:47:00 UTC
Subject: Re: PUTTING KRAMER TO SLEEP????????
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "nrsl_cartridge"
<nrsl_cartridge@y...> wrote:
> just a quick question, when do you know when it`s time to put your
> baby to sleep???
> kramer is 6 now he has insulinoma, and ulcers and also a bad
adrenal
> gland, the past 2 day`s he hasn`t been eating very well for me,
he`s
> on predisone 2 times daily .3cc, carafate 2 times daily 1/2cc and
> amoxil 3 times daily, i`m doing all i can do but nothing seems to
be
> helping, he started grinding he teeth really bad last night and
> hasn`t stopped, he also seems to be having small seizers or at
least
> i think thats what it is, his head twitches and then his body?
> please what else can i possibly do for him, my vet has ruled out
> sugery, so what next????
Dear Jen:
A cople of suggestions:
1. How are you administering the carafate - is it in conjunction
with meals (appropriate at 10 mins. prior to each meal) or just twice
a day - (inappropriate).
2. If your vet knows that you are contemplating euthanasia, why is
he still refusing to do surgery? Seems that in such a situation, all
the stops should be pulled out.
You don't mention what the last blood glucose was....
With kindest regarfds,
Bruce Williams, DVM