Ferret update.
Aug. 16th, 2005 02:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mad_andyWell, I've just got back from work - Thoth came through his surgery with flying colours. *Collapses in a little squishy heap*
I had to breathe for him for most of the op; because of the position of the lump the vet was putting pressure on the vagus nerve, which inhibited his breathing. But his oxygen levels were good, his CO2 stayed under control and we've controlled the pain nicely. He'll probably get at least a seroma (accumulation of fluid) under the site - the removal left a massive dead space. Still, it'll sort itself out in time. (You'd normally put a drain in, but ferrets are very good at pulling them out!) It was huge, a multi-chambered thing with pockets of pus about the size of a golfball. It looked as though it had indeed started from the remnants of last years abscess in the lymph node - hence the structure of it. And I'm glad to say that once we saw that we were completely vindicated - antibiotics alone would never have shifted it.
Mind you, when he was waking up I took the opportunity to clean his ears and give him a really good once-over. I noticed one anal gland seemed a bit full, so on with the gloves and grab the bottle of lube...
Poor little bastard, it was not only full but a wee bit impacted and quite a lot infected. So instead of a small (but still pretty damn rank) amount of fluid, the damn thing went SQUIRT! over my shoulder, sprayed the wall, the door, the oplight... with green, vile smelling muck.
And when I say vile, I mean really, really, really nasty.
I think I've got some in my hair, because I keep getting whiffs of it...
My name at work is now mud (*evil chuckle*), but I don't give a shit 'cos my boy is OK. We'll have to keep an eye on the wound - and those anal glands - and there's a couple of weeks worth of antibiotics in his future and he looks silly with his haircut but--
He's OK.
*Phew*
I had to breathe for him for most of the op; because of the position of the lump the vet was putting pressure on the vagus nerve, which inhibited his breathing. But his oxygen levels were good, his CO2 stayed under control and we've controlled the pain nicely. He'll probably get at least a seroma (accumulation of fluid) under the site - the removal left a massive dead space. Still, it'll sort itself out in time. (You'd normally put a drain in, but ferrets are very good at pulling them out!) It was huge, a multi-chambered thing with pockets of pus about the size of a golfball. It looked as though it had indeed started from the remnants of last years abscess in the lymph node - hence the structure of it. And I'm glad to say that once we saw that we were completely vindicated - antibiotics alone would never have shifted it.
Mind you, when he was waking up I took the opportunity to clean his ears and give him a really good once-over. I noticed one anal gland seemed a bit full, so on with the gloves and grab the bottle of lube...
Poor little bastard, it was not only full but a wee bit impacted and quite a lot infected. So instead of a small (but still pretty damn rank) amount of fluid, the damn thing went SQUIRT! over my shoulder, sprayed the wall, the door, the oplight... with green, vile smelling muck.
And when I say vile, I mean really, really, really nasty.
I think I've got some in my hair, because I keep getting whiffs of it...
My name at work is now mud (*evil chuckle*), but I don't give a shit 'cos my boy is OK. We'll have to keep an eye on the wound - and those anal glands - and there's a couple of weeks worth of antibiotics in his future and he looks silly with his haircut but--
He's OK.
*Phew*
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Date: 2005-08-16 03:41 pm (UTC)