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Nov. 24th, 2006 07:31 pmThank you for all the well wishes--I do feel better today. Woke up in the middle of the night sweating from every pore in my body, and I think that was my body mounting a massive fever attack against this thing and turning the tide of battle. I'm still so achy and sore though. My elbows especially hurt, strange. I made myself do some dancing today to prepare for Sunday and I had more stamina than I thought I would. Still felt super stiff, though, my drum solo was sad. Hopefully this improvement trend will continue and I'll have some pickup to my muscles by Sunday.
Today's vet visit went well. Our regular vet was ill and so we saw a different vet who I like much, much better--she knows her ferret stuff and has a professional yet personable and utterly competent-seeming demeanor. Ronan's going through a clostridium overgrowth, it turns out. Clostridium is one of the normal ferret gut fauna, but with his weakened digestive system, the normal population can grow too large. So he's on medication for 10 days, and the doctor gave us a few refills on the prescription so that if this happens again we can just get medication without having to make an appointment. Also they billed this as a recheck, not a new exam, so it was cheaper than expected. This week, Angell is my friend again. And we are seriously switching vets! Dr. Graham answered all kinds of random questions without hesitation, like "can a ferret with GI issues still have hairball remedy?" (answer: yes, but not a sugary kind as sugars will irritate his intestinal walls.) And I continue to wish blessings forever on whoever invented the poultry flavoring for Flagyl, it works like a charm.
Today's vet visit went well. Our regular vet was ill and so we saw a different vet who I like much, much better--she knows her ferret stuff and has a professional yet personable and utterly competent-seeming demeanor. Ronan's going through a clostridium overgrowth, it turns out. Clostridium is one of the normal ferret gut fauna, but with his weakened digestive system, the normal population can grow too large. So he's on medication for 10 days, and the doctor gave us a few refills on the prescription so that if this happens again we can just get medication without having to make an appointment. Also they billed this as a recheck, not a new exam, so it was cheaper than expected. This week, Angell is my friend again. And we are seriously switching vets! Dr. Graham answered all kinds of random questions without hesitation, like "can a ferret with GI issues still have hairball remedy?" (answer: yes, but not a sugary kind as sugars will irritate his intestinal walls.) And I continue to wish blessings forever on whoever invented the poultry flavoring for Flagyl, it works like a charm.