Thanks to Bill Killian for sending the note about Gemn's surgery out to the FML (and putting up with a phone call less than half an hour prior to the time the FML was due out) and to BIG (as ever) for putting the note in, despite it arriving at such short notice. Thanks also to those who expressed concern over Gemn's surgery today. I was worried due to her general condition (she's just not as spritely as she once was) and her age, since she's 8 years old. People who have met or heard about Gemn know that she's a gorgeous little girl, a pale champagne siamese point with no tail, and a waddle when she walks. She's the self-same ferret who at 6 and a half years of age, someone swore that she couldn't be more than six months. Yet, she's the one ferret who I'll go into the ferret room and tentatively 'feel' under the covers just to make sure she's made it through the night. Needless to say, today's surgery was enough to keep me on tenterhooks throughout the day! She came through, typically, with flying colours. In fact, she's so energetic right now, it's almost as though the whole thing gave her energy! Ferrets... <sigh> you just never know what to expect. Sam [Posted in FML issue 3224]