Message Number: SG3634 | New FHL Archives Search
From: annamfuller@hotmail.com
Date: 2003-03-13 17:32:02 UTC
Subject: RE: Onion back from vet again.
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <28837927.1047576722722.JavaMail.root@scandium>

just to let everyone that told me that ultrasounds are a waste of time and money...that's not true. if your vet is eductated with ultrasounds, and knows what they're doing, it can be an EXTREME help. it saved Onion un-needed surgery. the shots they are going to give him are Lupron(sp) and hopefully if not extend his life, will however give him better quality of life.
A.

Author wrote:
> well, onion had an ultrasound and it showed two ballooned adrenal glands.
> my vet didn't give me much hope. he said that it would be extrememly difficult for onion to cope with no glands. we took yet another tumour out of his tummy.
> they want to give him shots. once a month. but surgery is pretty much out of the question. (this is advice given by Guelph U.)
> can anyone give any feedback? i don't want to lose him.
> Anna.