Hello,
 
I just received the blood work for Fangs.  A 7 year old I am working
with.  Here's the blood work values that had problems in accordance
with the reference range:
 
Vet Screen         Results         Reference Range   Units
 
Glucose               76   (low)        0-120         mg/dL
Urea Nitrogen         45   (high)      10-33          mg/dL
Total Protein          4.2 (low)        0.2-0.8       mg/dL
Albumin                1.3 (low)        2.4-4.5        g/dL
Calcium                7.2 (low)        7.7-11.0      mg/dL
Phosphorus             3.9 (low)        4.2-8.5       mg/dL
Chloride             133   (high)      90-110         mEq/L
 
Albumin/Globulin Ratio 0.4(low)         1.0-2.3
 
 
Complete Blood Count   Results    Reference Range   Units
 
Hemoglobin             9.3  (low)    13.0-18.0       g/dl
Hematocrit            32.0  (low)    43.0-55.0        %
WBC                    8.8  (high)    2.5-8.0 10^3/UL
RBC                    5.46 (low)   6.5-11.00 10^6/UL
Platelet Count       195    (low) 300-700 10^3/UL
Platelet Estimate Decreased
 
Differential      Absolute %
 
Neutrophils   6248     71
Bands            0      0
Lymphocytes   2112     24
Monocytes      440      5
Eosinophils      0      0
Basolphils       0      0
 
 
With this type of blood values what decisions would anyone make?
 
Some one wrote this yesterday:
>It really distressed me to see such negative things said about Bob C.
>by some of the readers here.  As Roger and BIG said, Bob is very well
>capable of defending himself.  But...Why should he have to 'defend'
>himself in the first place?  He said nothing that needs defending.
>Debate the man if you like...he loves to debate, and loves to see all
>sides and opinions of an issue.  But...don't slam him....It only shows
>the smallness of your minds.
 
I am a social work major.  I am not sure if now at a some-what mature age
if I am becoming sensitive to social issues or the fact that I attended
a wonderful AIDS101 class yesterday.  But the last statement, "It only
shows the smallness of your minds" really bothered me this morning.
"Slam or slamming" or "flame or flamming" are what people preceive.  What
may be a slam to you maynot be to me.  That kind of thing.  I have not
met the people who are in this issue..  Only through the fml here.  I
would say probably for the most part we are adults with responsibilities.
One thing, we have ferrets and they are a big responsibility.  So minds
can't be small for that task.  But, opinions can be different.  Yes, I
could have kept right on skipping over the info.  But, that caught my
eye.  When this is over, this will be another issue that will die out and
something else will come in.  I hope I have never done that to someone on
other than voiced an opinion although it may have been strong.  But, not
referenced people thinking.  If I have I truely apologize.....
 
I would love any info anyone can assist me with concerning this ferret.
 
Thank you for any input,
Benita
[Posted in FML issue 3949]