What a long day.  Percy went in for exploratory today.  His hairlessness
and straining to urinate a bit, made him an adrenalectomy candidate.
 
His doc took a biopsy of the right adrenal.  The left was really tiny, he
said, and the right a bit larger.  If the situation were reversed he
probably would have taken out the left one.  Percy hadn't had the Tennessee
adrenal panel to confirm an adrenal problem.  I guess more evident adrenal
problems were expected.
 
He also had an enlarged mesentary gland, which sits right behind the stomach
and was about 1 1/2 inches.  It could be related to the ECE bout (we think
ECE) in August, during which Percy was the sickest of six ferrets.
 
A skin biopsy was also taken.  A skin scraping showed no problems this
morning, but the biopsy will be more thorough a check.
 
Please comment, or e-mail me privately, if you have any suggestions.
 
Ooops.  The patient is up.  I'm off to check him!
 
Thank you,
 
Lynn Mc.
[Posted in FML issue 1752]