http://www.picturetrails.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=2684479&uid=421224 Please keep Zippy (permanent shelter kid) in your thoughts today. He had surgery today. August 28, 2003 is when he stopped breathing on his own and Shawn did CPR on him for 40 minutes until we got to the vet. As soon as we arrived he had seizures. A shot of dextrose into his stomach and about 3 minutes later they had stopped and he was breathing on his own. He is 6 years old and has insulinoma. At his vet appointment the next day the vet did x-rays along with feeling his belly and stuff. After his tests results she said that he needed surgery. Appears to have an enlarged kidney or something growing on his kidney or near it. His spleen is a little enlarged and he also has enlarged lymphoids. Now today...he went in for surgery to see what is wrong. I am asking for prayers and healing thoughts for him. He is such a sweet boy and is only 6 years old. Anyone who meets him would know that. Tracee got to meet him last night and she fell in love with him. I just got off the phone with the vet. Here is what she said... first off... Zippy is recovering ok. He had an enlarged spleen but nothing to really worry about (within range). His pancreas had 2 nodules on it. One was very small, and the other one was the size of her finger tip. She removed both of them. He had one enlarged adrenal gland but she did not remove because it was too close to the vein. His left kidney looked abnormal. His lymphoids were enlarged from what she could see also. She is sending out tissue to see if he has lymphoma or anything else. I want to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers and wishes. If anyone wants to help out with the cost of the surgery you can send a donation directly to our vet. (but please let me know so I can thank you properly) Coronado Vet Clinic 4181 E. Glenn Road Sierra Vista, AZ 85650 **Account: Ferret Corner Shelter We also have some mirror etchings that Shawn did. We haven't tried to sell them too much because the shipping on them is around $20.00 plus the mirror. But if anyone is interested: http://www.geocities.com/ferretcorneraz/etchings.html He has other designs and I will try to get pictures of them and post them up there too. My biggest thing right now is for everyone to send healing thoughts and prayers to Zippy. These little ones steal so much from us... but mostly our hearts. Joanne Ruffner Ferret Corner Shelter "Ferrets are the Spice of Life" www.geocities.com/ferretcorneraz www.supportourshelters.org There's a pot of Ferret Love at the end of the Rainbow [Posted in FML issue 4262]