Ben, we treated him with benadryl and then let him hang out in the carrier while Dr. G took a look a Bobo's lump. She took a sample with a needle and then had a peek under the microscope. Both of us felt it was probably a cyst. When she came back, she said it is not a cyst the cells were large and fuzzy looking. She stated that she had no idea what kind of tumor it was, and recommended removing it. Sigh...
She then took a quick look at Cracker Jack's incision site to see how nicely he is healing! We discussed briefly how he did have some hair growing back on his belly, yet his tail is still naked.
It was then time for Ben's distemper shot. He is such a good boy about getting his shots, doesn't even flinch. Then our wait began. After about 10 minutes he was doing good, and rowdy in his carrier. Dr. G moved on to see another patient while we hung out in the exam room. After about 10 more minutes, it started.
At first it was just a little cough, then progressed to much nastier things. I will spare everyone the gory details of the reaction itself. I notified the staff immediately and Ben was given epinephrine and a steroid to help combat the reaction.
Then my boy went limp, much like a wet noodle if you could imagine a 3.5 pound noodle. He lay in my arms with no will to wiggle or do anything. His heart rate, breathing and color were good though. He did also receive sub-Q fluids to make sure he stayed hydrated.
2 hours after our appointment we finally felt Ben was doing well enough to leave and we have put Ben on the list of ferrets to not vaccinate in the future. Dr. G feels it is just too hard on his little body to go through that.
Poor Bobo and Cracker Jack waited in their carrier so patiently, they probably wonder what they did to end up in the carrier for such a long time.
