From:
katharine@nettally.com
Date: 2005-04-07 19:31:42 UTC
Subject: RE: Mesenchymal Tumour on Kidney
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2964190.1112902302549.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I have had two ferrets have kidneys removed and they both did wonderfully. Bessie died much later from unrelated causes. Sinclair is doing great. His left kidney was removed in the sumer of 2003, nearly 2 years ago.
I am wondering why your vet thinks this surgery would take several hours. I don't recall it lasting any longer than any other major surgery. In fact, Bessie's was removed as part of her adrenal surgery, along with a liver lobe. The right adrenal gland had spread to the kidney and liver.
Sinclair's was strictly a kidney removed because it was encapsulated in a tumor.
Author wrote:
> My vet said that there is a good chance that the tumour hasn't spread to other organs, and gave me some options to consider regarding treatment.
> 1) Removal of the kidney. This is worrying me, as I know it's a fairly big operation and Jasper would likely be under anaesthesia for several hours.
> He also not a youngster - he'll be 6 years old next week.