From:
kkelley171@juno.com
Date: 2003-06-11 15:25:54 UTC
Subject: URENT! Could this be Lymphoma?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7441792.1055345154871.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I took my ferret to the vet yesterday and I guess you could say I'm sort of looking for a second opinion. His diagnosis is Lymphoma.
I started noticing her unusual weight loss about a month ago and also noticed her sleeping more. I figured she might be a little depressed because my work I have been so busy that it has kept me from playing with my ferrets like usual. I gave her a bath Sunday night and that's when I really noticed she had lost such a significant amount of weight. Any info is helpful. I just want to make sure.
She is on Liquid Tenic and Clavamox and eating duck soup and still drinking water but is very weak - sleeping most of the time.
These are her levels from her lab work:
HCT: 11.6%
HGB: 3.8
MCHC: 32.8
WBC: 28.9
%Grans: 26.8
L/M: 2.1 (lymphosites?)
% L?M 7%
PLT >1235
Retics 0.3%
ALB: 2.16
ALKP: 128 U/L
ALT: 120 U/L
AMYL: 49 U/L
BUN: 18.3
Ca: 7.52
CHOL: 129.2
CREA: 0.27
GLU: 212.9
PHOS: 3.80
Bilirubin?: (TBIL): 0.10
TP: 6.33
GLOB: 4.17
Thanks,
Karen