To Margaret Kramer: I'm glad that you pushed the vet. And thrilled that Nikki's surgery came out all right. >After the surgery, the vet said he wasn't sure because both glands looked >about the same, but the left was maybe a little larger so he took it out. >The vet removed her left adrenal based on statistics - not on what he saw. >My son and I were concerned that he would remove the gland without some >indication it was diseased The statistics are fairly conclusive on adrenal disease - for some reason we don't know, left adrenals are affected 85% of the time, rights 15%. In about 15% of cases, both adrenals are affected. But if a vet goes in on an animal with classic signs of adrenal disease, he shouldn't come out empty-handed. If you can't tell, then take the left one. Best to Nikki, Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP Dept. of Vet Path, AFIP [log in to unmask] OR Chief Pathologist, AccuPath [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1286]