From:
s.m.owens@rogers.com
Date: 2004-10-11 20:25:28 UTC
Subject: Hobo
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
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From: suzi lambert
To: Suzanne
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 2:23 AM
hello,
Thank you for posting for me, I appreciate it.
But if you wouldn't mind, could you post the following because Ruby had a strange bruise after surgery and someone suggested I research this
"Permission to post from suzi lambert"
"What are the signs and symptoms of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)?
Is brusiing on the body a symptom?
Does a CBC show up signs and symptoms of DIC?
thank you
suzi"
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From: "Ulrike" <ferretlove_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
Message-ID: <007f01c4afd0$74bd06e0$b46d4ed5@Ferretlove1>
Hi Troy Lynn (and others, Sukie, Mike etc...)
I had Hobo put to sleep today. My normal vet had to go away so last
Saturday and today I saw another vet. He said that Hobo definitely had
spinal damage. He held Hobo so his legs were hanging down and he held him
so that the front of his feet were touching the examination table and Hobo
made no effort to put his feet on the table. So lack of reflex. When I put
him in the toilet to express his bladder and his back feet were bent back so
he was almost standing on the top/ front of his feet (if you know what I
mean), he also made no effort to put his feet right. Last night and this
morning I had real problems expressing him. It hurt him and he didn't want
it doing. Later this morning I finally expressed his bladder. But he was
in so much pain every time I expressed his bladder and I hated seeing him
like that... Also, he had no weak hind legs, he had partial paralysis. The
vet did an autopsy, he didn't manage to find the adrenal glands at all (he's
a big animal vet really...) but he said there was nothing wrong with his
prostate or bladder or anything. So I guess he had some spinal damage and
when we did the exploratory operation, we found the adrenal carcinoma by
chance. I have a friend who's father is a doctor and he said in people, if
they have adrenal carcinoma, one of the first places it spreads to is the
lower back. Could that have happened to Hobo? Or is it completely
unrelated? I just feel really sad now. For the last 2 months I've been so
upset about Hobo not being able to pee and having problems with the hind
legs. I've been hoping that it was adrenal and prostate problems and have
given him every medication imaginable. And all in vein. I was so hoping he
would get better...
Ulrike
West Wales Ferret Welfare
E-mail: ulrike@ferretlove.co.uk
http://www.ferretlove.co.uk
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