To Michelle and Mitzi:
 
>I was
>getting ready to leave work when the phone rang, it was the vet, the blood
>tests were back it showed that her glucose(sp?) was 5!  He said they really
>worry when it's at 20, he was surprised that she had not had seizure, he
>suspects insulinoma, and her kidney enzymes(sp?) were elevated so he suspects
>that it may already have spread.
 
        5!???  That's way to low - and probably not compatible with life, or
at least not as we know it.  I'm wondering if there may be some lab error
here.  Make sure to check that one again prior to surgery.
 
        As far as metastasis to the kidney - I've never seen that, so I
wouldn't let that hold you off surgery.  I'd suggest a blood recheck, and
then an early surgery date.....
 
Bruce H. Williams, DVM         Dept. of Veterinary Pathology
Chief Pathologist, AccuPath    Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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[Posted in FML issue 1216]