From:
"A Drakiotes"
Date: 2011-02-21 18:25:20 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Intestinal lymphoma - treatment/opinion
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Hello Amy,
I am very sorry to hear that Rory is fighting this battle.
I have experienced this disease multiple times, and sadly I find that initi=
ally prednisone will help, but in the end it compromises the intestinal tra=
ct hugely and the battle for our little ones is a tough and painful struggl=
e.
At this point sense your kid is battling infection for perforation, his imm=
une system is compromised and i have yet to see this disease be site specif=
ic.
This is not great news, and i am not a vet, but wanted to convey some info=
on our experiences. You are both in my thoughts and prayers.
Alicia at ferret wise
www.ferretwise.org
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>Rory is 4 years old. He=E2=80=99s had funky poops off and on for the last =
7-8 months. He=E2=80=99s been treated for clostridium (which they discovere=
d in his stool) periodically and seemed to do fine. He went into the vet in=
early January for his yearly Lupron shot. Had blood work done and everythi=
ng looked great. However his poops seemed to get nasty again so took him in=
on 2/7 where they again found some clostridium in his stool and put him ba=
ck on metronidazole. By Wednesday of that week he crashed...limp, wouldn=E2=
=80=99t eat, horrible diarrhea. Took him to the vet again (the vet is 75 mi=
les away) and they hospitalized him. His WBC was 38,000.
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