From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2010-04-07 16:44:36 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] UpdateRe: Foster- post surgical diabetes - crash but alive
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Post-surgical diabetes in ferrets usually resolves in days but some
don't resolve. When we just went through this last week with Hilbert
and posted I heard from an FHL vet who managed one who took weeks to
resolve. Hilbert wound up with some complications (putting it mildly
since the kidney one could have killed him) but is bouncing back well
and even is antsy now about having his activity restricted till he is
far enough past surgery. He looks and behaves now as he should for a
ferret who is about a week past surgery and healing well. You'd never
guess to see him that he spent 3 days as a critical care patient whose
survival chances were iffy.
With Hilbert we most recently are worried about some changes found
afterward in his mediastinum and his chest will have an ultrasound BUT
in humans those sorts of changes can happen as a complication of
pancreatitis, so with him going so far up and down, too, we are
wondering if he might have had a bit of inflammation of his pancreas
since the tumor removed was so huge.
Hilbert went up and down. The down lasted for a while after the up so
since he was having IV anyway for the acute kidney failure that was
threatening at that time he also had a slow but steady dextrose drip
and loads of regular blood testing.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
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