I just wanted to stop and let everyone know who has donated, called, emailed and had this shelter in their thoughts has been a lot what has kept me going. It has been a mess so far and there is so much to do physically and financially. I haven't had a lot of help physically here at the shelter, so today I had to take a little light break since my body didn't want to move from the work I have been doing. Plus I have a lot of ferrets in my house that needed attention today with their needs. I have been trying to get things to some foster homes today and more supplies for cleaning the shelter. I have also had to tend to some sicky ferrets that were put in foster homes too, in which can be time consuming. I don't know how many dump runs have been made and how many times I have been to Home Depot & Lowes. My work has only let me off until Friday. After that I will hit and miss before work and after work until it is hopefully back to normal. Some things take time, as in for stuff to dry out from the water. Also assessing what costs are coming up and what damage has been done. I'm trying to line up people for up coming plumbing, doing electrical work and other things I'm not able to do. Today I had to sit back and tell myself it will be ok. It has amazed me to people have made donations who I don't even know that want to help the shelter. It has made me believe running on empty this week and not giving up is worth it. Plus I couldn't give up on the ferrets. I can not express my gratitude to all of you out there for what you have done so far. I have now been crying from everyone who has had the shelter in their thoughts, I didn't know so many would (Its a good thing, its happiness crying). I just wanted to up date and let people know who wanted to know where we were at. The web site has been updated today with pictures of the last few days of events and a narrative of what happened also. I will try and let you know more progress shortly. Thanks you to all, Lacey Ruddell Ferret City Shelter & Rescue www.ferretcityshelter.org [Posted in FML 6213]