Please help with the following problem:
 
Spanky Pipan is a six month old female/spayed, two ink tattoos in her right
ear ferret.
 
Complaint:  7-3-99 Lethargic, anorexic.  Gums very pale.  BC- within
normal limits
       CBC: HCT-8.8%
            Hgb-3.2g/dL
            WBC-6.4x10 9/L
            PLT-743x10 9/L
            Reticulocyte-.2%
 
Assess:  Nonregenerative anemia
 
Bone marrow:  Diffuse, severe, pancytopenia ( I may have misspelled this
last word.                Trouble reading vets writing)
 
Diagnosis:  Aplastic anemia.   1) Inherited OR
                               2) Acquired: viral/bacterial, drugs,
auto-immune, estrogen                                   toxicity
Exploratory surgery revealed ovarian remnant on the right side and was
removed.
 
Spanky had had multiple blood transfusions, 1 before surgery and three
or four after, at the rate of 1/week.
 
Present meds: Winstrol .5mg PO BID
 
7-28-99  CBC:  HCT-12%
               Mgb-4.4g/dL
               WBC-3.1x10 9/L
               PLT-459x10 9/L   Whole blood transfusion 10ml IO
 
Instituted Clavamox .25ml PO BID
 
She is feeding her a combination of her kibble, pulverized with Nutrical,
boiled and mashed chicken liver, broth from ckn liver, human chicken baby
food and a little ferretone.
 
HELP!!  Please!  Mary is a college student and she is running out of money
as well as hope!!  Respond to the list as well as to me as I don't always
get on the computer everyday.  My phone number is: 336-674-6166.  E-mail
is: [log in to unmask]
 
Thanks for your help!!
Tequita Williamson
Ferret Haven
The Piedmont Ferret Association
[Posted in FML issue 2757]