From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2005-06-09 21:43:04 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] help me figure this out please
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY104-F39975EB8A3D696E3DC83A1DCFC0@phx.gbl>
That blood glucose is incompatible with life so I doubt t is right, sounds
like insulinoma which is a cancer just different then most. He is anemic to
probably anemia of chronic disease. If you are not getting the help you
need PLEASE seek another opinion for you and your ferrets sake. Best of
luck to you.
Dr. Sue
>From: ladydbfh@sbcglobal.net
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] help me figure this out please
>Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 22:22:10 +0100 (BST)
>
>Blade is a 5 year old ferret that came into our rescue in Feb of 2004. When
>he came in, we thought he was suffering from shelter shock because he got
>severely depressed, stopped eating and even lost the strength in his hind
>legs. The vet did an exploratory surgery on him and found nothing really
>obvious, he thought the liver looked a little more yellow than it should
>be, but nothing to indicate his behavior so we contributed it to shelter
>shock. Over the year, Blade has exhibited some strange behaviors, like
>seperation anxiety, if you even so much as move his cage or anything in it,
>he gets upset and stops eating.
>
>Nothing has changed much in way of routine, but last month Blade started
>staggering and would just flop over. We checked his glucose and doc said it
>was within normal range. One day, I found Blade laying with his head
>hanging out of his hammy and he was drooling, sign of insulinoma right??
>Well, I thought he was in a coma because he wouldn't move and his body was
>getting very cool to the touch. He came to but was very lathargic. We
>rushed him to the vet and the doc said that he was fainting. They did a
>blood work up on him and all the vet could tell me was that he is anemic
>and has some kind of cancer. Here are the results of his blood work.
>
>Chemistry Panel
>
>Test Result Reference Range Flag
>ALK PHOSPHATASE 21 14-144 U/L
> MODERATE HEMOLYSIS OBSERVED
>
>ALT (SGPT) 108 -U/L
>AST(SGOT)heart blood draw 155 45-118 U/L H
>CK 222 98-564 U/L
>GGT 0 -U/L
>ALBUMIN 3.5 3.4 - 4.6g/dL
>TOTAL PROTIEN 6.3 4.3 - 6.0 g/dL H
>GLOBULIN 2.8 0.2 - 2.4 g/dL H
>TOTAL BILIRUBIN 0.1 0.0 - 0.9 mg/dL
>BUN 13 10 - 45 mg/dL
>CREATININE 0.2 0.4 - 0.9 mg/dL L
>CHOLESTEROL 168 96 - 249 mg/dL
>GLUCOSE 3 120 - 144 mg/dL L
>
>RESULT VERIFIED BY REPEAT ANALYSIS
>GLUCOSE MAY BE DEPRESSED DUE TO INCOMPLETE SEPERATION OF SERUM FROM CELLS
>IN THE SERUM SEPERATOR TUBE OR RED TOP TUBE
>
>CALCIUM 9.3 7.6 - 9.6 mg/dL
>PHOSPHORUS 6.0 3.2 - 9.5 mg/dL
>POTASSIUM 4.2 3.9 - 5.5 mEq/L
>SODIUM 154 128 - 158 mEq/L
>A/G RATIO 1.3
>
>FERRET PROFILE CBC COMPREHENSIVE
>
>WBC 7.5 3.5 - 7.0 THOUS./UL H
>
>THIS WAS AN ESTIMATED WBC COUNT
>SAMPLE TOO SHORT TO PERFORM ON AUTOMTED ANALYZER
>
>RBC - SAMPLE QUANTITY WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR COMPLETE TESTING
>
>HCT 33.0 43 -55% L
>= SPUN CRIT
>MCV - SAMPLE QUANTITY WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR COMPLETE TESTING
>MCH - SAMPLE QUANTITY WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR COMPLETE TESTING
>MCHC - SAMPLE QUANTITY WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR COMPLETE TESTING
>NEUTROPHIL SEG 74 31-57% H
>LYMPHOCYTES 24 22-48%
>MONOCYTES 1 0 - 1%
>EOSINOPHIL 1 0 - 1%
>AUTO PLATELET ADEQUATE THOUS/uL
>POIKILOCYTOSIS SLIGHT
>REMARKS NO PARASITES SEEN
>
>MORMOCHROMIC
>TUBE RECEIVED WITH LESS THAN 0.5 ML OF BLOOD - EXCESS EDTA MAY AFFECT
>RBC, HGB, HCT, MCV, MCH,MCHC AND CELL MORPHOLOGY
>SLIDE REVIEWED MICROSCOPICALLY.
>
>ABSOLUTE NEUTROPHIL SEG 5550 - /uL
>ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTE 1800 - /uL
>ABSOLUTE MONOCYLE 75 - /uL
>ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHIL 75 - /uL
>
>I cant make any sense of any of this and I don't like just hearing that he
>has cancer!!
>
>Thanks,
>Lori
>Michigan Ferret Rescue inc.
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