From:
Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2003-05-31 03:40:28 UTC
Subject: Re: Holly
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4d.30231a75.2c097e2c@aol.com>
In a message dated 05/30/03 11:14:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:
> 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.
I am so sorry that Holly seems to be doing worse. I was hoping that she'd be
improving.
> 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
The little boy I treated lasted about four days. He was going to be
euthanized the morning that he died if he hadn't started to show improvement by then,
but he decided to go on his own.
Obviously any decisions need to be made by you and your veterinarian. But I
agree with you - allowing suffering to continue when there is no sign of
improvement, and indeed a worsening, is a very hard thing to justify.
Good luck, either way. Hopefully, Holly will turn around. If not, hopefully
her suffering will end peacefully.
Dr. Ruth
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Find it. Fix it. And fly again.