Friends,
 
It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that Bandit died today.  He made
it through his surgery but it was very complicated.  It was the right
adrenal, when they were debulking it, they knicked it.  He had two large
insulinomas on his pancreas and a cyst on his spleen.
 
After surgery, he wasn't doing well, so I raced home and picked up my
largest ferret Spunky to give Bandit blood.  I stayed there through the
blood transfusion, and they ran me out till later.
 
The minute I got home to put Spunky back, the call came from the vet and
I went right back up there.  I told the vet he should have let me stay.
Those of you that went through the loss of my Gizmo, know that my biggest
fear was to have another die alone, without me....it happened again....I
cannot tell you how horrible I feel!!!
 
He was perkier the last couple days, and I had a fleeing thought that
maybe he was a little better and that I should not go through with the
surgery...but I did, and therefore shortened his life!!
 
Bandit was my very first ferret.  Out of the three originals..... I only
have Mitzi left.  I sure wonder sometimes if it's just better to let them
go on their own instead of giving them surgery.
 
I feel like part of me is gone and it's funny, I can't even feel anything
right now....I couldn't even take him home with me.  He is the ferret
that started it all for me...I feel like I let him down....this was
supposed to be a routine biopsy and left adrenal surgery....so sad....
please say a special prayer for Bandit tonight.....he didn't deserve to
leave this way.
 
With the second piece of my heart missing,
Lynn Barker
 
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[Posted in FML issue 4496]