Here's an update on Amber's condition. We just came back from her vet's and the news is better than expected: she's coming back like Gangbusters (as much as she can with adrenal tumours and insulinoma). Here's how the fluid removals have gone: Date Amount Removed Weight 10-11-95 95cc 734 gm before 10-19-95 125cc 860 gm before 11-02-05 150cc 727 gm after 11-25-95 35cc 656 gm after 1-07-96 7cc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 734 gm after Thank you for all your help: the recipe for Duck Soup, the encouragement, the good thoughts, and the prayers! She was even nippy toward my SO (now *that's* unusual -- she rarely nips at all) and wanted to explore the ENTIRE waiting area -- inlcuding the Harelquin Great Dane. Maybe she wanted to see if a Great Dane can jump as high as a Doberman. [Posted in FML issue 1438]