Update on Otto (lymphoma)

[msav]

Otto is going on his 8th year and was a rescue from a couple that was feeding him unbalanced raw.  he took to a balanced raw transition right away. 

Since september of 2020 Otto has had growing Lympnodes all over his body.

His lympnodes recently have gotten huge, and we had him on pred for a few months, we took him off of it because he started having IBD and was sick and lethargic, once we weaned him off the Pred he bounced back. Now the lyphnode in near his throat has gotten even larger. I was thinking a few months of good quality of life is better than 3 - 4 months of being miserable on Pred

he has always had a good appetite and is still pretty hefty.  He has more good days than bad days. 
the Vet gave him some injection to take the place of the pred to see if it helped with his IBD.  He did not have IBD anymore but he had a nasty hack for about a 2 weeks after the injection. He would eventually stop hacking right about the time he needed his next injection. After 3 rounds of injections we stopped getting them. 

we switched to giving him salmon oil CBD and salmon oil echinacea alternating with Salmon oil and reishi mushroom powder.  we started this in late November of 2020. 

Now we are in May and he is still having more good day's then bad. He still has his days where he is really lethargic but he always uses his energy to eat and still has a healthy appetite. He still loves his human contact and still seeks us out for loves.  He is a fighter. I have had several ferrets with lymphoma that did not even last a month after diagnosis and they never really had a sign of enlarged lymphnodes. 

 He really wants to live and as long as he is still having more good days then bad days I will let him continue his fight. 

[Corvidophile]

Way to go little guy! Here’s hoping it keeps up.

[okojosan]

Poor little guy. It sounds like you're making his every remaining day a happy one, though!

[unclejoe]

You go Otto. He sure is a handsome dude

[eclipso]

Here's a good shroom blend I found for your ferret, it has 12 medicinal shrooms including Reishi. wildlyblended.com/product/12-mushroom-matrix/


These things are also good at helping the tumors stop:

NHV Lymph Gold Support Kit for Pets | Supports a Healthy Immune Response of Life for Cats, Dogs, Pets

Laminaria 4 Tablets 100's by Seven Forests (this one is from another thread on the forum) I think it was also called hai li pan. You can search it up on the forum for more info.


Hope this helps your ferret

[Sherry Stone]

Reading at first I was going to suggest both CBD and reishi. So glad to see it is helping him <3

[msav]

Started on the Laminaria 4, today. ground up the entire bottle into powder with the magic bullet spice blade. 

he really hates the stuff. tried to put some in the soup. it was complete rejection.

mixed the powder with salmon oil to the proper dose and squirted a half an eye dropper into his throat. He got most of it down.

not sure if I will get more down next time when he is expecting it. He hated the Reishi as well, so it is to be expected I guess.

will update on the progress, fingers crossed.

[msav]

He has been on the Laminaria 4 Tablets for a couple of weeks and on the NHV Lymph Gold Support Kit for about a week.

really noticed the lymph node reducing in size since the NHV.

I have not seen a huge increase in energy and activity, but he is wanting more cuddles from his humans lately so he must be feeling better.

Still give him the CBD but reducing the dose.

[unclejoe]

lil dude is 7 yo. I'm glad your therapy is working and hopefully in time he'll get a little bouncier.

[Charlie]

That's amazing that the lymph node has reduced in size. Cuddles are always good. Fingers crossed for you that Otto has a lot more good days with you.

[eclipso]

That's amazing! Glad we could help

[msav]

Update On Otto,

I think it is time. He has lived a year with these Lymph nodes all over his body. He is showing signs that he is done fighting. He has stopped eating (has to be force Fed) and seems to not have enough energy to go on.

While he seemed to be better on the treatments The Lymph nodes at first shrank a bit but lately they have increased in size and increased in number of enlarged Lymph nodes.

He is no longer having good days and only bad days. I feel that the best thing for him is to help him pass.

I just wish Ferrets could pass peacefully on their own, however after owning 15 ferrets over the years I have yet to have a single one that did not need help to pass.

It is always a difficult decision but I must make the decision for him and not for myself, I will miss him.

[unclejoe]

You know that we all feel for you. You know what's right for Otto. May you have peace while you wait to meet again.

[miamiferret2]

I am very sorry. I just went through this myself last month. Lymphoma is the worst. My boy was almost 6. He wanted to live. It slowly took his life. The pandemic made the vet situation really tough.
The pandemic made a lot of things tough.
I wish we could prevent Lymphoma. I wish there were some Holistic remedies (that work) to treat Lymphoma. It's really heartbreaking and it makes me angry that they haven't come up with anything to cure cancer. Grrr.
Focus on the fact that your boy lived a good life with you. You are doing him a favor. It is quality of life, not quantity of life that matters. You always know when they reach that point.

[abbeytheferret6]

I am so sorry. Bless his heart.