CBC results: everything was completely in normal range, with the exceptions of: phosphorus=3.6 (normal=4.2-8.5) and chloride=116 (normal=90-110). my vet didn't feel hat these two abnormals were sever enough to be a worry, nor that they pointed to anything in specific. as sid has remained stable for two full days now, and his asocites(sp?) is not due to fluid build-up, dr. feels that we should adopt a wait and watch attitude for now, and that it may be nothing. bloodwork is below, if anyone is interested or if any vets want to take a second look at it and see if anything sstands out that my doc might have missed... -k- this is the actual breakdown [normals are in brackets]: hematocrit=53.0% [43.0-55.0] wbc=3.0 thds/cmm[2.5-8.0] platelet est. adequate absolute polys=1470 (49%) absolute lymphs=1350 (45%) absolute monos=90 (3%) absolute eos=60 (2%) absolute basos=30 (1%) glucose=80 mg/dl [80-120] urea nitrogen=24 mg/dl [10-33] creatinine=0.3 mg/dl [0.2-0.8] total protein=7.3 g/dl [5.5-7.6] albumin=3.9 g/dl [2.4-4.5] bilirubin, total=0.3 mg/dl [0.0-1.0] alkaline phosphatase=43 u/l [15-45] alt(SGPT)=211 u/l [10-200] ast(SGOT)=75 u/l [50-200] cholesterol=161 mg/dl [60-300] calcium=10.3 mg/dl [7.7-11.0] phosphorus=3.6 mg/dl [4.2-8.5] sodium=150 meq/l [140-160] potassium=5.4 meq/l [4.3-5.8] chloride=116 meq/l [90-110] globulin=3.4 g/dl [2.9-4.9] cpk=382 u/l ===== ,',', __ \ `'`,/ \ ()o=; `'`','`/ . \/ / ( / \" / \(_ \(_ ferrets may nip, but people just suck. [Posted in FML issue 3726]