From:
The Clarks
Date: 2002-05-16 17:29:00 UTC
Subject: Seeking help with liver problem
From Digest 731
> I will write about Giddie's progress in a separate post,
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Ok,...I know the Doc did not give me much hope of Giddie
recovering but it is just soo hard to give up.
I have not dealt with liver problems before and I am asking
for any tips, help or suggestions from anyone who can give
them to us.
I'm willing to try anything if there is the slightest chance
that it could help. I just cant give up yet.
He don't seem to be in any pain, only weak. He hasn't been
grinding teeth but I give carafate anyway. If he was suffering
in any way, then I would be there to help him go.
Giddie came through the surgery just fine and had a smooth
recovery.
The Doc didn't find a tumor but his entire liver was a yellow
-green color with small areas of white to pink spots.
Samples were sent off for histopath.
All along I was hoping that it was adrenal related and fixable
but it was not. The right adrenal gland is cystic but is not
the cause of this and was not removed because of his week
condition at that time. He did receive a Lupron shot for this.
Pathology report is saying: not liver cancer (great relief
there)
but his body was not getting enough nutrition and so it
started drawing on body fat and the liver could not digest
that much fat
Now, that's the way I understood this, in my layman's mind.
I was so relieved when I heard, *no cancer* until it hit home.
How could this be nutritionally related if he was on good
food all these years except his dad's college years? He said
that during that time, Giddie was getting Wal-Mart food for a
while.
Right now Giddeon is not eating on his own except baby food
from my finger. I feed this several times a day and some times
I syringe feed, if he don't eat enough. I still give fluids
every day--sometimes every other day. He will only drink out
of the bathtub faucet. His yellow color has gone away a bit
but not completely and his gums and nose are pale.
His urine is also less orange then before (good urine output)
but his stools are the orange color. ( luckily, no diarrhea so
far!)
He is getting .5ml of pediapred 2/day since his glucose was
only 62. Since this is not caused by the pancreas, I don't
know if it helps. He is sleeping most of the time and flat
ferreting a lot when he's up and around. He doesn't seem to
have the strength to use the litterbox, so I have him go on
puppy pads. His weight seems to hold pretty good at 21/2 lbs
now.
Gosh, if there really isn't anything else we can do for him,
what is the end going to be like for him?
I don't think his kidneys are that great either since his
creatinine was high at that time also. Maybe another blood
test in order by now?
I would like to include his blood test and pathology reports
but I don't know just how long of a post I'm allowed here. I
will just send them separately and if they can be combined,
great.
Anybody who can give me some suggestions or help on this, I
sure would appreciate it.
I don't care how many of these heart stealers one has, loosing
them just seems to get harder and harder.;=(
Thanks in advance for any help.
Helga
The One whose Motor Runs On Ferret Kisses
hclark@3cees.com
hclark100@hotmail.com