From:
skyflyer1263@yahoo.com
Date: 2003-05-30 21:17:37 UTC
Subject: RE: Re update on Holly - Abscess and lymphoma?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7952088.1054329457582.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Dear Dr. Ruth,
Thank you for your reply again. My holly has taken another turn for the worse and I am starting to believe she has JL instead of anything bacterial. Her temp has gone up again to over 105. The doctor just told me that she doesn't believe Holly would be able to take any kind of sedation to do a biopsy of the lump. I think the fluids are probably just doing what happened with the little one you mentioned- just sustaining her.
Can I ask you how long that little ferret that you treated lasted with the extra treatments? I don't know what else to do now. If there was hope of her getting better, I would do whatever was possible but I do not want to prolong her suffering in any way if there is no hope for her. I dread the thought of euthanizing her and I agreed with the vet that we will keep trying what we are doing but I want to be realistic. I am not the one that is sick and just because I want Holly to survive, if its not going to happen, I don't want to keep torturing her. Any advice is truly appreciated as I am now at a total loss about what is the right thing to do for Holly. Thank you, Margaret
Author wrote:
> In a message dated 05/29/03 10:14:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> > The vet said they would give her cool compresses to try and bring down the
> > temp and was also going to add clavamox to the antibiotics.
> >
> The antibiotics that I used were Baytril and Clindamycin orally, then we
> switched to injectable Baytril and penicillin. The penicillin did seem to have
> the most effect, so since Clavamox is related to it, that might be helpful.
> Sadly, not much seemed to help at all, and fluids and supportive care only
> extended the little guy's life.
> Cytology on the aspirated fluid, as well as a culture, seem worthwhile. A
> CBC might be of use. I truly hope that your little girl pulls through this.
> Dr. Ruth
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