From:
deadhead73@comcast.net
Date: 2005-07-08 07:10:34 UTC
Subject: RE: Hard lymph gland(s)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <33431531.1120816626452.JavaMail.nobody@chromium.smartgroups.com>
I am having a problem with Buster's lymph node under the skin. He was acting almost blind so the vet gave me pred and said come back if things change. Overnight, Buster got a marble sized shape under his armpit. the vet took him the next day to aspirate it and have it sent off. the result has been a high white count in the lymph node resulting in his now blindness and the mass went down some. (vet had said it would go up before it came down.) now he is on cipro and metacam. He only moves for a few seconds outside the cage and stops. does anyone know what this could be? there was a side note on the patholgy report that it could be mystery disease. so another cbc was done in house and it was not normal with the white blood cell count. so it was sent off to another pathologist. right now he gets fed by me 3 times a day and he drinks from a bowl and house now made his home in the second level. any help would be great also any personal emails would be great as well.
thanks
brian
Author wrote:
> Hi all,
> I posted a note yesterday and I guess everyone just thinks it was just an
> update.
> I have an odd question. Since Bianca has been on the pred (for the
> insulinoma), I noticed that the left lymph node above her should has gotten very hard
> with almost sharp edges and the one in the armpit is getting that way. What is
> causing this? Should they be removed.
> I pointed this out to my vet and he put her on amoxicillin. They have gotten
> harder since then. Any ideas?
> Bianca is doing much better wit h her insulinoma. I have her on prednisone
> (pediapred) and brown liquid vitamins. She hates the vitamins and bearly
> tolerates the taste of the prednisone. She is getting very small amounts of
> Ferretvite 2-4 times per day (the vet said to give her some).
> I have noticed she is much more active.
> I know, more protien, but I have not figured out how to get her to eat it.
> She just likes 'her' kibble. I am going to go to the store and get some kitten
> Iams and see if she will eat that.
> kathy.