From:
terra56@comcast.net
Date: 2003-08-27 13:51:59 UTC
Subject: Update on Peanut the sick ferret.
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3182552.1061992319134.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Thank you to everyone who emailed with suggestions and ideas, I took someth=
ing from each one and used it. Well here is briefly what has happened since=
I first posted, Monday night I took Peanut to a different vet, who did x-r=
ays. He found what he thought was a blockage or a swollen lymph gland. We d=
iscussed surgery and he didn't feel she was strong enough to survive. So I =
had to decide whether to try, euthanize, or just bring her home. I discusse=
d with my friend who was with me and decided to put her down. When the vet =
came back in, I changed my mind and decided to bring her home so everyone c=
ould say good-bye (my kids were upset back in May when they didn't get to s=
ay good bye to Sadie, but anyways) and help her to pass over the bridge her=
e. They gave her some sub-q and off we went towards home. Tuesday morning t=
here was no change in her condition and I decided just to keep her hydrated=
and laxed until that night. Well about 4 pm after a day of misery, she pas=
sed a pencil eraser sized rubbery item. I was so excited, I called everyone=
. Immediately she changed, she was walking around and started eating duck s=
oup off of a spoon. I gave her the flagyl which was not fun at all, wow wha=
t a fight, and put her in her cage. Two days before I had placed some hard =
kibble in there and had forgotten about it and to my surprise Peanut starte=
d eating it. She has pooped numerous times, but she still doesn't drink, so=
I started moistening kibble with water for her, it scares me her eating th=
e hard stuff so soon after being sick for so long. I know eventually she wi=
ll have to but she is just goig to have to humor me for a few days and eat =
the moistened stuff. I am still going to hand feed her some liquids so she =
doesn't dehydrate again, until I see her drink on her own. She does have so=
me nasty diahrea but that could be from all the lax I started feeding her o=
n Sunday night. So it is still touchy but I am so happy she passed that lit=
tle bugger. Thank you to everyone who emailed and who read my post. Keep Pe=
anut in your thoughts, I have a feeling everything will be fine but just in=
case. =
Oh and a special Thank you to Julie without you I would have been lost. And=
to Sadie, my first furbaby who is at the bridge, thank you for watching ou=
t for Peanut like I had asked you to do when she got sick. You truly are he=
r guardian angel.
Terra
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