From:
julie_fossa@yahoo.com
Date: 2003-08-30 20:29:33 UTC
Subject: RE: Harley''s rear leg weakness
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <27602911.1062277679871.JavaMail.nobody@chromium.smartgroups.com>
An update on Harley; He tested negative for ADV using a POCT. His blood
sugar was 91 using a FreeStyle meter.
I couldn't feel anything out of the ordinary on his spine, except the top half of
the body was more difficult to feel the spine due to higher musculature,
probably due to him using his front legs for most of his navigation.
He can feel his legs/feet, and 'walks' with his hind legs, he just cannot get his
body off of the floor. Most of his posterior propulsion is generated by his
ankles/feet. (his knees remain pretty much 'frozen' although he can stretch
them out when he isn't moving around, like when he is on his back licking
Ferretone.)
Harley's family is considering an xray, and if anyone has any other suggestions,
please let me know?
Thank you,
Julie
> started mid-February of this year. Harley was 3 years
> old in May...
> Harley developed a growth on the tip of his tail that
> we felt was a chordoma. It was removed 2/9/02. No
> pathology was done.
> He began to swagger a lot ...
> His condition worsened, and she started the pred again
> by late June. She didn't see much improvement...
> It has been a progressive condition...
> Harley has not had an xray. I am working to convince
> her that it would be beneficial...
> I am wondering, if the mass that was removed from his
> tail was in fact a chondrosarcoma