From:
Anais
Date: 2003-03-29 15:42:41 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: insulinoma surgery, no adrenals
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20030329154241.22268.qmail@web40504.mail.yahoo.com>
Mike (and All):
It had been thought, that because Odo's brother's
Quark had a cancerous adrenal removed, that was the
size of a woman's (full) thumb, where the mass was big
enough to wrap up and over his vena cava, and that Odo
had lost the fur on his tail two years ago, that he
had these huge adrenals that may have been his peeing
issue. But once inside Odo, Dr. X realised that it
could have been the adrenals since they were almost
completely gone.
Odo and his littermate/brother Quark would both be 8
in May of this year. I only hope he makes it
thank you
becki kain
--- mjanke@miamiferret.org wrote:
> I'm hardly an expert on ferret anatomy, but it
> doesn't seem possible that an adrenal gland could
> physically push on the prostate due to their
> location on top of the kidneys and the prostate
> tissue's location aft of the bladder. Maybe if a
> gland was massively enlarged? However, you said his
> adrenals were atrophied. The biggest problem is the
> hormones being produced by adrenal disease causing a
> swelling of the prostate.
>
> Like Sukie said, perhaps a urinary tract infection.
> Or stones/crystals?
>
> mike
>
> Author wrote:
> > causing Odo's peeing issue (that he doesn't want
> to
> > pee unless he really has to and he seems long
> periods
> > of time before he does, then whines when he does.
> We
> > had thought that his adrenal gland was pushing on
> his
> > prostate but that is not the case
>
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