Thanks Stephenie, He has insulinoma, sort of like the opposite of diabetes, he produces too much insulin. The problem is that both conditions can cause the blood sugar to get dangerously low. The first system to go is the brain - that's why you get the seizures. He's at his vet. Those people really like him and I imagine will be spoiling him quite thoroughly today.
larry At 09:46 AM 2/6/03 -0500, you wrote: >Ug...sounds scary! Hope he is doing fine...does he have diabetes or >something (can't remember if you told us before) > > >~~ >Stephenie Hamilton >Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Professional >CFXHosting > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:29 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: A very ugly start to the morning > > >Hi Guys, > >Wendy and I had a very nasty start this morning. We were woken up this >morning about 5:30 AM - Ryoga (our oldest ferret - about 7 years old) >was >having a seizure. We had to drive to the nearest emergency vet in >Springfield, VA, about 30 miles from home - we made it there in about >half >an hour, right at the start of rush hour. They measured his blood >glucose >levels at 30 mg/ml, normal is around 100 or so. Fortunately after >getting >IV fluids and dextrose, he was doing a lot better. We stayed there for >about an hour or so, until he was stabilized and took him to his regular > >vet at Eastern Exotics/Pender Vet Center. So here I am at work with the >other 3 ferrets waiting to hear back from the vet. This morning sucks to > >say the least. > >larry > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 1/27/2003 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
