As of today (Sunday), it has been five days since Mandie's left adrenal gland was removed and her right was debulked. Our "Manda Bear's" spunk is back, meaning there is no sign of Addison's Disease from the debulking. Her incision has remained clean and clear. The only concern we have had is how long she has stayed on soup/mush and her strange behavior during meals the first few days. The second problem resolved itself, as her stomach, which was completely removed from the abdominal cavity during the exploratory, started to feel better. She is now eating some kibble, even if it has been softened in her soup. Mandie is on her way to a fine recovery, as long as we can keep convincing her to stop trying to climb every time she is allowed out for a bit of exercise! Please come visit our blog to read about Mandie's day-by-day progress. Whether you've been through an adrenal exploratory before (as opposed to a straight adrenal surgery, where the vet does directly for the adrenal glands), or you've never had one performed on your ferret, you'll find Mandie's journey informative. Picts aren't up yet, but they will be soon. I know some of you were more than just skeptical that Mandie -- first confirmed by us as adrenal at less than 1.5-yr.-old. Lightning has struck us twice. Winter, at 2.5-yr.-old is no doubt adrenal as well. Our fellow, who could always be depended upon to be gentle to the old and infirm, coax the shyest ferret into accepting a friend, teaching other ferrets how to be a ferret, and could still roughhouse with the big guys, is now strongly nipping humans, forcefully grooming the ladies, ear-sucking, and pouncing on those that cannot defend themselves. His tail is 75% bald with a tuft left on the end for now. That gives us 4 adrenal cases out of 8 ferrets, if you count Mandie as one still, since she hasn't yet recovered from her recent surgery. Winter is a surgery candidate, due to his young age and prime overall health, but Mandie's surgery drained our vet fund. You'll remember our Mandie MayDay Raffle in April. It raised some of the funds needed for her surgery, but most of the financial support needed came from PayPal donations. Rhys and Codo will need deslorelin implant at or before summer's end. We just had to place a large ferret.com order for basic supplies. If you have any suggestions on how we could raise more vet funds or would like to help, please email [log in to unmask] With respect, Lori of Ferrets at Heart Huron, Ohio [log in to unmask] http://ferretsatheart.com/ ...and Rhys, Ayla, Codo, Mandie, Winter, Holly, Charlie, and Templeton [Posted in FML 7077]