I would like to share a happy story that has a very happy ending. Rose is a ferret that came to me 3 years ago, after being left in the heat in a filthy cage with her sister. Their age was unknown but I guessed about a year at the time. Many months ago I felt a mass in her abdomen and having alot of experience with lymphoma was very sad. I watched as the tumor grew over the months knowing that she was not going to live a long life. When the tumor reached the size of a small lemon I really expected her to be sick. She had lost weight, but was still eating both soup and kibble and her poop was normal. I couldn't figure out why she wasn't sicker with such a large mass in her abdomen. When I commented about it to Angel Michele at South Shore ferret care she asked if I was sure that it wasn't her spleen instead of a tumor. I immediately knocked myself in the head for not thinking about that. I had a ferret several years ago who was sick and we knew he had lymphoma and when they opened him up it was a HUGE spleen. He lived many more happy years after surgery. So off to the vet we went and sure enough he could feel a huge spleen folded over in her belly! Because of his schedule we had to wait 3 weeks for surgery, but finally the day came and it went off with out a hitch. It has now been almost 4 weeks and she is wonderful. She is eating and even playing. You can tell she feels so much better. I have had a tough couple of years with ferret losses, 12 last year and 6 this year so far, my Fat Boy only yesterday. But this is one of my babies who fooled the grim reaper this time. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful friend who cares as much for my kids as I do and is so smart. Laurie Austin MA mom to 17 ferrets and missing so many [Posted in FML 7840]