From:
"k_ogrady27"
Date: 2009-11-14 21:12:09 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] swollen paw help needed Skittles' Experience With Surgery
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
On 10/28 of this year, Skittles underwent surgery for her adrenal disease. The vet said she handled the anesthesia well, but that he couldn't get the tumor, it was on the right adrenal and behind her vena cava. She's doing well and the surgical incision is healing up nicely. However, after I got her home that night, I noticed that her foot had swelled up larger than anything I had ever seen. (I posted a picture)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/photos/recent/1526509009/view
I took her back to the vet the following day and he gave her some shots, put a gel on her foot and gave her some antibiotics. The next day, it was actually looking a bit better, but over the weekend, it swelled back up, even bigger this time. Her poor little paw got so swollen that the skin actually split open. Back to the vet. He wrapped her foot and kept for almost a week. I brought her home last Friday, with the understanding that she would have to go back Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this week for bandage changes and monitoring. Yesterday, they had the bandage off for one hour and within that time, her foot had swollen back up again. They offered to let me take her home last night, but I refused. This morning, her foot did look a bit better size wise, but it has some definite sores on it that need to be taken care of. Now, her vet is a ferret specialist and does hundreds of ferrets a year - he said he's never seen this happen before. He said that it could have been fro
m when she tied up during surgery (but again, he's never had this happen before) or she could have developed a blood clot. Either way, she's been dealing with this bummed foot now for almost 3 weeks. Has anyone ever heard of this or ever had this happen to their fuzzy? Any input would be greatly appreciated. I will try to get another picture of her foot tonight (if she will let me) so that you all can see what it looks like now.
Thanks for any help you guys might be able to provide!
Kristen and the Sunny Bunch
Sparky, Snickers, Frito, Skittles, Rusty, Rascal and Precious
(Yup - we grew! LoL)
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