From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2003-07-05 15:58:51 UTC
Subject: Chiclet: severe infection and cellulitis
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Cc: ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Message-id: <a06001800bb2ca21a2eb6@[10.0.1.2]>
Go t to bed at 3 then up at 7:30 with her IV having a problem then
Steve and I headed out to the hospital with her -- He'd slept so
don't worry about road safety because he drove --(stitches and
stapled removed, new catheter pu in place on ohter arm but old one
left in in case she meses up the new one (and I get to remove the old
one tomorrow at home if all goes well. Then home and set up the IV
all over again and get htree meds and some offd and water into her.
Her new IV also has some vitamins to see if they will help with the
anemia that is inevitable at her degree of illness. Know that magic
10,000 (ten thousand)numnber up which the chnaces of lympho are much
higher? Well, with cellulitis those numbers go way up there, too.
They have been as high as 35,000 (thirty five thousand).
She's had to have pain meds twice but theywork.
IF we can all get her through this the chances of serious lasting
damage are small though she'll sure need some rehab, and she is still
indicating interest in life; she'
s just terribly, terribly ill so may not make it. One thing that
drives that home is that I've been asking aorund and so far have not
found any ferets of her age who have survived truly massive
infections. PLEAASE!There are proabbly some and I'd love tips from
those who managed them, but so far haven't found any.
I am osrry that this is a mess. I just really need slepp; afte I eat
soemthing and sit for tiny bit I'll lean back and get some. Sge is
on week 5 of this.
Oh, her current antibiotic routine has her at 101.6'F now so that is
good -- fgreat actually even thoug she has no energy and will be
fighitng this for some time. Can't let it go below 100'.
Oh, and her urine is fine so far. Oh, and there is potassium add to
her IV this tiime -- that and the B vitamins. The nikld anemia is
due to the how very severe the infection is.
Shje's a real little fighter -- trying so har dot get better. I
think many ferets would have given in some time ago so that is very
much on her side.
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