Dr. W. wrote >Doing nothing is not kind and not in a ferret's best interest. I want to thank you so much for your thoughts on adrenal treatment. I have been kicking myself since Tucky passed thinking that maybe I should have passed up on surgery because of his age..at least he would be here now enjoying a quality of life even if it didn't buy him too much time...but then I guess I would be kicking myself for not trying to remove the tumor with surgery. It is such a black hole when one of the kids passes...the support from you all has done a tremendous amount of healing and I can't thank you all enough. Time is just too slow a healer of the pain surrounding loss...end quote. I have to share this with you all too. My heart broke again when I had to break the news to my nephew Zach who is only seven but so wonderful and smart when it comes to the furkids. I was prepared for a river of tears...from both of us but after breaking the news he just became quiet. Later on when we were driving down the road he looked up at the sky through the front window of the car ( he loves to make pictures in the clouds) and said, "Look Kim, there's Tucker....and he's following us." I know he handles death as well as he does because of how I've handled it with him and I only hope I didn't confuse the child with my own sadness. When we got home we said goodbye to Tucker together. I unwrapped his frozen body and Zach told him he loved him and said goodbye. A tear barely formed in the child's eye. I wish I could say the same for me. Kim Fox Animal Communicator Director of Somethin Up My Sleeve Rescue [Posted in FML issue 4183]