Camille's Surgery is Tomorrow
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Elizadolots
New Member
How terribly stressful for you. I'll have you and Camille in my thoughts.
chamtrainer
Avid Member
She will be in my prayers! I know everything will be ok!
Just out of curiousity, how much do surgeries like this usually cost?
Just out of curiousity, how much do surgeries like this usually cost?
ijmccollum
New Member
Keeping you and Camille in my thoughts.
jannb
Chameleon Enthusiast
Thank you all so much for your prayers and good thoughts. Camille is still a very sick little girl but she did not have surgery. When we arrived at Dr. Mader's he examined Camille and we talked about her previous x-rays and the ultra sound and he still was not 100% sure that she had an egg problem. He wanted to do one of his own x-rays and still not sure there were eggs. He did see what looked to be an maybe an abscess under her lung. He did some new blood work and her white blood cell count was extremely high and the red count very low. He said it was very serious. He gave her an Iron injection and a Vit. B injection. I have vitamins to give her at home and Chloramphenicol an antibiotic for the abscess. He said the abscess could be from a ruptured ovary but it was right under the lung. He said it was a good thing we didn't go into surgery with her red blood count so low or it would have been very dangerous. Dr. Alfonso will run blood work again in two week to see if she's improving and hopefully the antibiotic will cap off the abscess or she still might need surgery to remover the abscess when her blood count is back up.
I'm glad that I took her and and really glad that Dr. Mader didn't rush into surgery. We spent 3 and 1/2 hours in the clinic this morning and I now have Camille basking under her light and looking out her window at the pool over looking the water here in the beautiful FL Keys.
I'm glad that I took her and and really glad that Dr. Mader didn't rush into surgery. We spent 3 and 1/2 hours in the clinic this morning and I now have Camille basking under her light and looking out her window at the pool over looking the water here in the beautiful FL Keys.
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ijmccollum
New Member
Oh poor girl! Sounds like you have a good vet. Keep her comfy. I'll keep you both in my thoughts.
Hoj
Friendly Grasshopper
Thank you all so much for your prayers and good thoughts. Camille is still a very sick little girl but she did not have surgery. When we arrived at Dr. Mader's he examined Camille and we talked about her previous x-rays and the ultra sound and he still was not 100% sure that she had an egg problem. He wanted to do one of his own x-rays and still not sure there were eggs. He did see what looked to be an maybe an abscess under her lung. He did some new blood work and her white blood cell count was extremely high and the red count very low. He said it was very serious. He gave her an Iron injection and a Vit. B injection. I have vitamins to give her at home and Chloramphenicol an antibiotic for the abscess. He said the abscess could be from a ruptured ovary but it was right under the lung. He said it was a good thing we didn't go into surgery with her red blood count so low or it would have been very dangerous. Dr. Alfonso will run blood work again in two week to see if she's improving and hopefully the antibiotic will cap off the abscess or she still might need surgery to remover the abscess when her blood count is back up.
I'm glad that I took her and and really glad that Dr. Mader didn't rush into surgery. We spent 3 and 1/2 hours in the clinic this morning and I now have Camille basking under her light and looking out her window at the pool over looking the water here in the beautiful FL Keys.
glad you have such a good vet.. is the antibiotic called cloranfenicol, if so its the same stuff im using for mouth rot and just a fyi DO NOT get it on your skin you can get some bad sickness from it, ( if they didnt tell you that )
edit: i just looked and it appers that chloranfeicol is a different antibiotic than Chloramphenicol, so close
Hoj
Friendly Grasshopper
sounds like simiar stuff my vet said he dosent hand it out to just anyone and the disease can be fatal
but whatever it takes to make my babies healthy.hell id drink it if i thought that would help my girl
best wishes
Miss Lily
Chameleon Enthusiast
OMG! Please be VERY careful with that stuff!! How can something that dangerous to humans help chameleons?
