Update on Christina......

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-01-23 04:50pm

Christina at home being fed medicine

The site of the surgery...

^^ · Post by ^^ » 2003-01-23 04:53pm

That's one cute little thing~

I feel for your animal t.t

Dark Primus · Post by **Dark Primus** » 2003-01-23 05:18pm

Aaaawwww, what a cute thing.

I love animals.

The animal do look sick.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-01-23 05:43pm

GAAAHHH!! That incision looks horrible! Poor little thang. Is she eating well? Drinking enough water? Does she seem to be acting herself?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-23 05:58pm

I WANT ONE!

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-01-23 06:12pm

What was wrong with it?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-23 06:37pm

What is she? (species I mean)

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-01-23 07:27pm

She is a black eyed albino ferret. Did she have adrenal surgery Shep? I take it she's doing fine. She looks very healthy otherwise.

Oh, on a related note, we got a new one yesterday. He's HUGE compared to my others. About 3yrs old, just fixed and his name is Bacardi... named by students in the School of Veterinary Medicine at NCSU. They use them for small animal classes.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-01-23 07:35pm

I wasn't around when the first thread went up, Shep, so I'd just like to extend my warm wishes to you and Christina. Keep her well, and I hope she's doing better.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2003-01-23 07:35pm

MKSheppard wrote:http://mywebpages.comcast.net/MKSheppard/Christina6.jpg
Christina at home being fed medicine

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/MKSheppard/Christina7.jpg
The site of the surgery...

Well, she does look somewhat better from the last time you updated us about her. Hope she continues to improve.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-01-23 07:40pm

Her Stomach incision looks bad. If she was mine I wouldn't touch her because I would be to worried to mess her stomach up. Glad to hear that she is doing alright.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-24 05:53am

NO HE DID NOT HURT HER!
Mark, actually respects dogs and ferrets more then he does most people.

She choked on carpeting that she had somehow gotten ahold of.

Immediatly causing my mind to think very wrong puns when I heard that.

I mean I thought my cat's hairballs were bad....

or

Great now we know Shep has a lesbian ferret...

Yes, I know I am horrible, I plead over exposure to ASVS & SDN & various Netizens, but then again I was exhibiting wacked behaviour before I showed up at either place. Now if I hadn't been banned from Cyberpsychos for being too tame.....

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-01-24 04:44pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:She is a black eyed albino ferret.

Doh! There's me thinking she's a rat. And i work in a Vets!

GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:Why did it need surgery?

Did you shoot it?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-24 05:12pm

GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:Why did it need surgery?

Did you shoot it?

\

Don't be a jackass.

The poor little thing had something caught in it's throat and it required surgery to remove it.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-01-24 05:58pm

METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY ANIMAL CLINIC
12106 Nebel Street
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 770-5225

Referred By: PETVACX
Patient: CHRISTINA
Species.: OTHER SMALL AN Breed: FERRAT
Admitted: 10:59 PM 01/19/03 CT
Released: 11:41 PM 01/19/03 CF
Entering Complaint: LETHARGIC, NOT DRINKING, VOMIT
Performed On: 1/20/03 By: Carole M. Foster, DVM

HOSPITAL CARE, HOURLY 28 .00
EMERGENCY EXAM 65.00
X-RAY 2 VIEWS 1 PLATE 70.00
CATHETERIZATION, INTRAVENOUS 30.00
T-CONNECTOR CAP 4 .00
FLUIDS, INTRAVENOUS 18.00
VENOSET 14.00
EXTENSION SET 5.00
INFUSION PUMP 15.00
AMPICILLIN INJECTION 16.00
HEMATOCRIT & TOTAL SOLIDS 20.00
HEMATOCRIT & TOTAL SOLIDS 20.00
Blood Chem: i-STAT 6+ 45.00
TORBUGESIC(DOLOREX) INJ 18.00
DIPRIVAN ANESTHESIA /ML 26.00
SURGERY: SOFT TISSUE 300.00
ISOFLUFANE ANESTHESIA 42.00
PULSE OXIMETRY 15.00

Subtotal: 751.00

Total: 751.00

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MEDICAL RECORD
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Date & Time: 19 Jan 03 11:15 pm -
Patient: CHRISTINA Breed: FERRET Sex: SF
Color: WHITE Age: 5 YEARS

Entering Complaint: VOMITING, NOT DRINKING & LETHARGIC

History: SHE VOMITED YESTERDAY AND TODAY SHE SEEMED TO
BE O.K. BUT WAS FOUND LAYING IN THE SAME SPOT TONIGHT.
SHE HAD EXPLORATORY SURGERY 2 YEARS AGO TO REMOVE
AN ERASER TIP.

Physical Exam Findings:
Temp: 96 MM/CRT: DK PINK
Hydration: DEHYD Abdomen: ABN
Thorax: OK M/S: ABN
Weight: 1.8 EENT: OK

Abnormal Findings: CHRISTINA IS VERY WEAK AND DEPRESSED.
SHE IS ~10% DEHYDRATED. HER ABDOMEN IS VERY TENSE
AND PAINFUL, A FIRMNESS IS PALPATED CRANIALLY.

RADIOGRAPH ABDOMEN: STOMACH IS DISTENDED AND FULL OF GAS.
A RADIODENSE AREA IS NOTED IN THE PYLORUS (SITE OF
THE PREVIOUS OBSTRUCTION).

PCV/TS = 76% / 12

DX: GASTRIC OBSTRUCTION, SEVERE DEHYDRATION.

I GAVE THE OWNERS A GUARDED PROGNOSIS!!

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PLACED IV CATHETER AND STARTED ON PLASMALYTE AT 10 ML/HR
FOR THE FIRST 2 HOURS.

GAVE 20 MG AMPICILLIN IV.

20 Jan 03 02:19 am -

**** i-STAT CHEMISTRIES ****
Reference Ranges
Test Result Units Canine Feline
Glucose 186 mg/dL 60 - 110 64. - 118
BUN 66 mg/dL 10 - 20 2~Y - 30
Na 146 mmol/L 140 - 159 147 - 156
K 4.6 mmol/L 3.7 - 5.8 4.0 - 4.5
Cl 99 mmol/L 105 - 115 117 - 123
Hct 72% 35 - 54 27 - 46
Hb(via Hct) 24 g/d~ 12.5 - 19 8.5 - 16

PCV/TS = 69% / 10.0, INCREASED FLUID RATE TO 15 ML/HR.
20 Jan 03 04:06 am - PCV/TS- 59%/7.4 T = 99.3

INDUCED ANESTHESIA USING 0.5 MG TORBUGESIC FOLLOWED
BY 0.5 CC PROPOFOL IV; INTUBATED AND MAINTAINED ON
ISO/O2.

MIDLINE CELIOTOMY: THE STOMACH IS EXTREMELY DISTENDED
AND FULL OF AIR AND FLUID. GASTROTOMY INCISION WAS MADE
NEAR THE PYLORUS AND THE AIR AND FLUID EXPELLED. THE
FORIEGN BODY WAS FOUND IN THE PROXIMAL DUODENUM AND
MILKED UP TO THE GASTROTOMY INCISION AND REMOVED.
(A PIECE OF FOAM RUBBER). THE INCISION WAS CLOSED
USING 3-0 PDS IN A CUSHINGS FOLLOWED BY A LEMBERT
PATTERN. LAVAGED THE EXPOSED TISSUES. ROUTINE 3
LAYER CLOSURE; 3-0 VICRYL SIMPLE INTERRUPTED ON THE
BODY WALL; 3-0 VICRYL SIMPLE CONTINUOUS ON THE SQ; AND STAPLES ON THE SKIN.

GOOD RECOVERY. MAINTAINED FLUID RATE AT 7 ML/HR.

20 Jan 03 06:25 am - T- 97.8. PLACED ON FLUID WARMER.

TAKE CHRISTINA DIRECTLY TO YOUR REGULAR VET THIS A.M.
FOR CONTINUED POST-OP CARE.

Carole M. Foster, DVM

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-01-24 06:30pm

I know what that's like my cat nearly died of a liver disease and had to be fed through a tube in his stomach for several weeks before he got better.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-01-24 07:45pm

Bah, I'd no more spend that much money treating an animal than I would treating a retarded person. Just toss them both in a cage, and as long as you hear howling you know they're still alive.

(I know, I know! Prawn, you monster! Look, once in a while I think of something so evil that I can't help but post it, whether I really believe it or not. I mean, I would never treat an animal as badly as a retard. Bwa ha ha.)

(See?)

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-01-24 08:00pm

Sounds like Hyperion.

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-01-24 09:28pm

Hey Sheppard to to hear from you and it's even better to hear that she's doing better best wishes to you and her.
LT.Hit-Man

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-01-24 09:42pm

Oh my god, what happened to your dog?

Kidding, kidding! She really is an adorable ferret and I sincerely hope she gets better and heals soon.
Tell ya what, I'll go out and buy IL-2 Sturmovik in her honor as soon as I can.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-01-24 10:26pm

*chuckle* She's like one I had once. Eats anything she can get her paws on. Poor ferrets can't digest a lot of things. Screws their stomachs up like crazy. But, she'll recover. Take care of her, Shep.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2003-01-24 11:15pm

Cute little critter, then again, most felinoid creatures tend to be rather cute in my eyes... Looks like she had a similar issue as my mom's mastiff, eats everything and the kitchen sink and stuff got stuck. (Darned dog got clogged with rocks once, yes, you read that right, a friggin' POUND of peagravel she grazed from the splash guards around the house. Then there was the several pairs of socks, some gloves, 2 shoes, and 4 packaged string cheeze things...)

Hopefully everything'll go ok with her.

Oh, and Shep, don't feed your ferret foam rubber, it's as bad for them as it is for you. Besides, foam rubber gives one gas rather badly.

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-01-24 11:18pm

* Takes a look at the pic at the bottem of your reply to Sheppard*
" I don't mean to be rude but WTF is that of and where's it from?"
LT.Hit-Man

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-01-25 04:33am

LT.Hit-Man wrote:* Takes a look at the pic at the bottem of your reply to Sheppard*
" I don't mean to be rude but WTF is that of and where's it from?"
LT.Hit-Man

The James Mason version of 20,000 leagues under the sea.

Nautilus in the back ground crew rowing out in the launch.

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