From:
"Bonswar"
Date: 2007-11-20 14:47:51 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Lymphoma in eyes?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Yesterday I lost my little shelter girl to lymphoma, most likely the juvenile variety. SHe was
roughly 2 years of age, perhaps a little older but the disease progressed so rapidly it was
less than a month from onset of first symptoms until i had to put her down.
SHe initially had a change in behavior and began trying to eat rubber/gel like things galore
and i had to triple- ferret proof the house. A few days after she began eating wierd things,
she showed signs of a blockage, and the vet started her on lucrolose because he could feel
things in her belly. I know for a fact that she got into a gel shoe insert and nibbled away at
it in a kitchen drawer before it was discovered (i know, bad mommie). But after a week on
the lucrolose, she began dry-heaving all night long. I took her to vets first thing in the
morning and he opened her up thinking it was GI blockage. Instead, he found enlarged
lymph nodes, particularly one interferring with her GI tract and removed it, biopsied and
found it to be malignant. We started her on pred and one chemo drug (can't recall the
name) with omeprazole , baytril, clavamox post-op. I was feeding her A/D mixed with a
little carnivore care and pureed kibble (Evo). SHe ate from a spoon fairly well for about a
week and then began getting worse. Here is the weird part. One morning i noticed her
eyes were shut and stayed shut. No signs of infection or draining from eyes but she never
opened them again. The vet thought maybe it was pain or light sensitivity and started her
on Tramadol but it really had no impact on her behavior nor her eyes. Her eyes remained
shut for the last 6 days of her life and now the vet said she could have had the lymphoma
in her eye as well. I had d/c most of her meds and titrated her off the pred in her last two
days
I just wanted to post this as I have never seen any posts before regarding the lymphoma in
the eyes (no necropsy was performed so it is not a definite), and i wanted to relay this
information forward as I have read about lymphoma in the eyes in humans.
THis was my second little girl lost to this terrible disease and more lessons learned: A
sudden change in behavior is a sign that something is wrong. ANd perhaps the sudden
need to eat rubbery objects was an attempt to rectify the sick feeling in her GI tract
brought on by the enlarged nodes, who knows?
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