Oh, Baby...

[ikyrian]

I took Baby in today for adrenal surgery. Dropped him off at 8:30 am and his surgery was scheduled for sometime mid-morning. I get a call around one-ish saying everything went well, he's still groggy, it was a tumor in the left adrenal gland which is good, can do a biopsy for an extra $150, etc. etc. Great, wonderful, I'll give you guys a call around four for an update.

I call. Suddenly it's not all sunshine and baby ferrets anymore. Now it's, oops we overheated him, he's making a gurgling sound when he breathes, we took an extra set of x-rays and they look clear, it's probably nothing but you'll probably want to have him monitored at a 24-hour facility just to be sure, so when can you pick him up?

[Wait, what? You overheated my ferret? Huh?] Um, when do you close?

Five.

Aaaaannnnd...do you know how many laws of physics I need to break to get there before five?

[In the background] I can take him over on my way home.

[Grrrr....] Yeah, let's do that.

Okay, Baby's going to Pender. Great, wonderful [except, you know, not]. I call them, give them my info, let them know he's coming, ask them to call me when he gets there, and leave work about 5:15. Get home about an hour later. Still no call.

I get a call at 6:30 saying he's there and settled in and they tell me something my regular vet neglected to tell me - he's forelegs are stiff. Back legs manipulate fine, front legs not so much. He just kinda sits there with his head up and his forelegs out in front of him. He also needs to be on IV fluids for pretty much the rest of the night to make sure he doesn't lose too much and will be in the ICU. And they're talking to me about neurological issues.

Wait, what? What the hell happened to my ferret? I take him in for adrenal surgery and now he has neurological issues? All is not well in the House of Herron.

Comments

[noellesan.livejournal.com]

Aww omg! I really hope Baby will be alright! ;.; Do you think this is something caused by the vet? Clearly the overheated part anyway... but.. I mean... I wonder if there is anything they can do. : (

anyway... again I really hope all will be well.

*sends love and healthy vibes your way*

[selenityk.livejournal.com]

Poor Baby. I do hope things turn out well for you and him.

[taqwa.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. Please keep us updated.

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[crystalphantasy.livejournal.com]

That's terrible, It's sounds like something the Vet caused?? BTW I saw this same post on a Google blog, at this address, you might want to contact Google for copyright infringement, it's at http://speakoftendark.blogspot.com/2008/07/automatic-duck-pro-import-c3.html

[esthompson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, your post made me wonder if there is such a thing as vet malpractice (probably yes in theory, probably not in practice...med mal lawyers make a lot of money from people-only damages, like the patient's lost wages).