I found out on Monday that my precious MoMoBella has lymphoma. There are large nodules spread throughout her body--intestines, kidney, liver, etc. The vet showed me the ultrasounds they took and pointed the lymph nodes out to me, but they were large enough that I could see it without any help.
To help with the discomfort, she's been given predinosone that she has to take twice a day for the rest of her life. It was explained to me that the drug will shrink the lymph nodes down, but eventually the cancer will get wise and overcome the drug. "And when it does," the vet told me, "it will come hard and it will come fast."
I was told that predinosone is a type of chemotherapy, but you "get what you pay for." It's extremely inexpensive ($6 a month for a bottle) and it isn't the best option. I was told that there are other options, other types of chemotherapy, that I can consider.
I don't know what to do. MoMoBella is six years old. She's my baby girl, but I know she's also an older ferret.
To make matters worse, she bit a doctor while she was getting her check-up. I told them before they took her back that she is feisty and is a biter. She also doesn't have a rabies vaccination, which I didn't realize was required in the state of Georgia. I knew dogs and cats needed their rabies shot annually, but because ferrets are typically indoor animals it did not occur to me that they would fall under the same rules.
MoMo doesn't have rabies, but because I didn't vaccinate her she is being held in quarantine for ten days. I won't be able to get her back until next Friday on the 21st.
So happy holidays everyone! Maybe it'll feel more like Christmastime when my whole family is home and in my house.
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