Hi all, Thanks to everyone who was saying prayers for Julia, and everyone who responded to the posting on 7/22/04. My mother dipped further into wedding money she had set aside for us, to help us pay for the surgery. We did end up taking her to Dr. Gold who had been a vet at Falls Rd, and had recently opened his own vet hospital in another county. My vet actually called him to find out if he was cheaper then their clinic was. My vet said he couldn't do anything about the price because he didn't own or run the clinic, so he had no decision making power like that. So we picked her up yesterday morning and took her to Harford County and Dr. Gold did the surgery for $500. Much more reasonable. She had problems with her blood pressure during the surgery, but by the time I got to see her she was doing a little bit better. Dr. Gold said she gave everyone a scare. Her wound was starting to come apart at the surface of her skin when I saw her (her sutures are under the skin), so he fixed that up pretty quick, and now I am just waiting for them to open so I can call and check on her, make sure she was okay overnight. Barring any unforeseen complications, Dr. Gold said we could take her home around 11am today. I am so relieved, I don't think I could have lived with myself if I hadn't been able to do something for her. That said, we're starting a ferret account, it's going to be a savings account with money for the fuzzbutts only. Just in case. Julia says thank you so much to everyone, it was your thoughts and prayers along with mom's money that really helped. She said I have to write the thank you since her little paws are not made for keyboards, and she's got the IV in the right arm anyway. Julia Jen and Archie (Frankie, Charlie, Cailin, Sammy, Wolfie , and Toby-the brothers and sister) [Posted in FML issue 4584]