The other day I posted about my ferret, Benji, who had the extremely high
temperature.  He is now home with us and is being given Clavimox.  He is
eating and drinking, still very lethargic and it is difficult for him to
get around.  The vet said he is anemic because of his low red blood cell
count, and he has a white blood cell count of 12,000...normal is 6,000.
For now we are treating this as an infection, but the vet did say that
his mediastinum appeared to be enlarged.  He returns to the vet Saturday
to see if the medicine is helping, and might have an ultrasound to see
if he could possibly have a tumor.  His temperature is back to normal and
he spent yesterday hooked up to a catheter being given fluids.  It just
happened so suddenly...one day he was running around, dancing and being
his lovable self, and the next day he couldn't even walk or pick his head
up.  Please keep Benji in your prayers.
 
I've had a few suggestions that perhaps he has lymphosarcoma so I am
researching more on that.  Any advice is greatly welcomed and
appreciated.  Thanks so much.
 
Erica
[Posted in FML issue 4035]