From:
Lynn McIntosh
Date: 2002-01-06 22:08:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Digest Number 542
Hello Sukie. How did you get such specific diagnoses of these heart
problems? I am facing a dual diagnosis for my sweet Minnie, who is
seven and has had a bad congenital heart murmur all her life. She has
progressed to heart symptoms and is also insulinomic. Thank you
kindly! Lynn McIntosh <faiml@u...>
On 5 Jan 2002, at 12:20, Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 05:19:10 -0000
> From: "sukieferret" <sukiecrandall@t...>
> Subject: Re: Ferret with enlarged heart
>
> --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "ferretsonly" <ferretsonly@h...>
> wrote: > > > meds like Digoxin, Enacard, and others. > > My vet and
> I believe that the one single drug that does the most for > heart
> disease is Enacard.
>
> We've had three over the years with cardiomyopathy -- each very
> different from the others. One had dilative cardiomyopathy with
> ventricular bigemini (and some tri-gemini) and instead of
> dropping dead within days she went something like a year to a
> year and a half, and for her the single most important med right
> from the start was Digoxin which controlled her rhythm. The
> second had ascites even before she showed as clearly having
> cardiomyopathy plus she had a heart tumor and other problems.
> For her the single most important med was probably her Lasix
> for at part of her illness. The third had hypertrophic
> cardiomyopathy and even developed peripheral edema toward
> the end, with no one med making a huge individual difference.
> All were on a cocktail of meds and that really paid off for them in a
> huge way. Each individual is different so what is best for any given
> one -- and at any given stage of the cardiomyopathy -- can be different;
> that's why careful testing is so helpful. Sometimes there is clearly a
> more helpful med, and sometimes not depending on the ferret, from our
> experience.