I am writing this here because I know you guys care about all animals. To refresh your memory, we have lost 6 ferrets and a cat in the last 6 months. We thought the dog had eaten something bad and x-rays showed what looked like a ball. Likely enough given my 5 kids and this particular dog. They called tonite and it is a 16 cm. tumor. It is in the stomach wall, the liver and possibly the gall bladder. (She is an 87 lb. 2 year old mix). They couldn't get it out. We will know more tomorrow. We are near an excellent veterinary university hospital. My 9 year old, when told the dog was having surgery, said "she's going to die like Duncan (the ferret) did!" I assured her, no it wasn't anything like that, just something she ate. Guess I was wrong. Jean [Posted in FML issue 3740]