Update on situation>From Friends & Caregivers.. ***************************************** If you could pass this information along, it would help us concentrate on the ferrets and the cats while Joe is with Maren in the hospital. It has been a week and Maren is still in a sleep induced coma to prevent further bruising and possible bleeding to her injury area. The accident really knocked her car around the intersection and she went to the hospital by ambulance. She has had an inoperable brain aneurysm for about 15 years now and the doctors were concerned about damage to that part of her head. She had severe headaches for the two or three days up until they decided to do a CT Scan and the X-ray showed enough of a concern that the two doctors put her in a sleep-coma. This was needed, they day, to allow healing, release pressure, and prevent further damage and a rupture of that aneurysm. I am a retired nurse and this is a normal procedure for injuries such as these. What I am getting from Joe is this is the extent of the damage and the doctor will reverse the coma when they feel she is healed enough that the motion of normal movement to her head will not aggravate the aneurysm. No, they do not want to operate. Not now, anyway from what Joe tell us. From what I understand, the aneurysm is in a very problematic place in the brain. Small but could be a problem. We have the ferrets here under complete control and they are fine. So are her cats. Joe has to go back to work he says tomorrow but he has been at the hospital in her room 24-7 for the past 3 days now. We hope to have some update tomorrow from the doctors after the CT Scan is performed at 10:00 a.m. Her only concern was for Joe and the ferrets. Joe tells me that at the scene, all she wanted to know were the ferrets okay. Joe insisted on them being locked in the car and strapped them down tight so the carriers did not move. He called me to help the police after she left in the ambulance at the scene and these ferrets were fine. A bit shaken up, I believe, but not injured in any way. Took them a few days to get over the trauma of the impact and move but are fine now. Most of the special needs ferrets are in foster homes temporarily and we can handle what's here. We even cleaned up the house. Did laundry. Stuff like that. Update will be sent as available. ***************************************** If you would like to send a card: Please send to: Raisins From Heaven Ferret Rescue Sanctuary 1330 Pontotoc Street Hernando, MS 38632 Rose www.littlefeetferretbedding.org [Posted in FML 6945]