Gee, I don t post for months and today I decide to post with 3 distinct
topics....1 subject serious, 1 subject for those who like ferret pictures,
and the final subject purely for laughs.
 
First:
Recently my ferret Hershey went in for adrenal surgery due to a swollen
vulva.  My vet discovered a right adrenal imbedded around the vena canal
(sp?).  Unfortunately he was unable to remove the entire adrenal, however he
was able to debulk it 90%.  At this time, Hershey s vulva is reducing in
size and her energy level is higher than it has ever been in her life which
is fantastic news (all signs of adrenal are going away!).  However, the lab
results indicate that the adrenal tissue that was removed is SUSPECTED
carcinoma, (with no active mitosis present) my question is what should I do
from this point forwards?  Hershey is very healthy, the vulva is receding
and she is still young enough (3.5) that my vet is willing to attempt
another surgery if the symptoms of adrenal ever return.  Please keep in mind
that whatever course of action I choose, I do not want something that will
simply fight the symptoms of adrenal instead of fighting the cancer itself
as I do not wish to miss the signs of a cancerous growth returning in
Hershey s body if it were still possible to fight it with surgical methods.
 
Second:
A while back, I had the good fortune of entertaining 11 ferrets from the
Ferret Aid Society of Toronto.  During this time (when I was not scooping
poops), I borrowed a friends digital camera and managed to capture a picture
of each of the babies (and throw away 99,999,994 garbage pictures of ferrets
that would not stay still).  I have managed to construct a web page for the
occasion and invite each of you to take a look at the crew:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/2149/thevisit.html
 
Finally:
My eldest ferret is an atrocious thief!  Her favourite prize is a TV Remote,
she is so persistent at this game that we have a special shelf just for
remotes so Thunder can t get her grubby paws on them!  A few weeks back,
Thunder managed to sneak into my Uncle s room and steal his remote.
Needless to say, he cursed the ferret for stealing and I laughed at him for
leaving it in a position that it could be stolen.  He grumbled and set off
on the task of finding the remote in Thunder s stash..... A few days later
the remote was still missing and I had joined the search for the missing
remote.  We turned the entire house upside down looking for this prize and
with the exception of finding alot of missing socks, we were not able to
find a thing.  One week to the day that the remote disappeared we finally
found it.  Remember, the special shelf we built to secure our
remotes.....she put it there amidst the other remotes, just to prove that
NOTHING is safe from her thieving ways!!!
 
Paige answering to the whims of:
    Thunder, Hershey and The Cos
[Posted in FML issue 2391]