Well, I appreciate any prayers that may have gone up for Noel, but unfortunately they didn't help. Little miss Noel passed away this afternoon. Ironically, I think I was on hold with the vet when it happened. I called into the office and sat on hold for too long so I hung up. Less than 10 minutes later the vet called my cell phone. I'm having a lot of trouble with this right now. I got the surgery to help her, not make her worse. Sandee, the other Herd members (Gizmo, Slinky, Kyle, & Sandy) will be barreling you over to come greet my sweetie Noel. I'm sure they miss their little sister, my favorite Christmas present ever (hence, her name). Just make sure she can find someplace to climb. Her favorite place in our house was to climb up the clothes in the closet and walk along the tops of them by the hangers. If you couldn't find Noel, you didn't look somewhere along the floor, you looked on top of everything. She was such a monkey. Sweet dreams, precious Noel. I love you. ===== Aileen & the Herd The Ferrets: Noel, & Toby The Dogs: Rootie the beagle, Tank the GSD/basset, & Sarah, the beagle The Water Dragon & The Betta: Leopold & Ramius Still missing Slinky, Gizmo, Kyle, & Sandy. We love you. Check out the Herd's website at: http://www.geocities.com/anippy [Posted in FML issue 3946]