From:
kbreeden@cfl.rr.com
Date: 2004-05-13 12:58:43 UTC
Subject: Harley botched descent plus ?long term infection?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7100506.1084464117809.JavaMail.nobody@magnesium.smartgroups.com>
Update on Harley, who had been on and off amoxi since last December, and had a swelling on his butt three times the previous year that responded to antibiotics.
It was determined that he had swellings on both sides of his anus, samples were sent for cytology, results came back infection, necrotic tissue, apparent anal sac remnants. Harley is MF, two tattoos, was supposedly descented before we got him.
Surgery revealed fully intact right anal sac, and left anal sac that had been fully intact, but had ruptured (thus the necrotic tissue). Both were removed, and all parts of left sac were sent for cytology. According to Vet, results were negative for neoplasm.
But Harley still is not doing well unless he is kept on sucralfate and amoxi (sucralfate for ulcers that developed over the course of his long illness). On sucralfate alone he still doesn't want to eat, his stools are very mucuousy, he is very lethargic, and he seems feverish (warmer than normal to touch, and paw pads are pinker than usual). With the addition of amoxi, he eats better, stools become almost normal (some mucuous).
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to look for next and what tests? The Vet is pretty sure she got all the tissue from the left anal sac, so we are thinking something else is wrong.
Thanks for reading, and for any help
Kim Breeden