Bob is in California. His mom is not doing well so he isn't sure when he'll be back on track. KDHE Meeting - The meeting... went. There were 10 ferret people there of which 8 spoke and 2 observers. The head of the meeting stated right out front no questions would be answered and there would be no debate. So we presented our info and passed around pictures and left a copy of our speeches for the record. There was someone there from Wildlife and Parks and Dr. Briggs was there too. An interesting development. I spoke last, of those of us that had prepared speeches, and when I metioned a case by case evaluation the committee members and Dr. Briggs wrote it down. Then when Dr. Briggs spoke she said that she had spoke to Chuck Rupprecht that morning and they both agreed on the case by case evaluation. I will add that to my rabies brochure "Dr. Charles Rupprecht, CDC and Dr. Deborah Briggs, KSU Rabies Testing Laboratory, both recommend a case by case evalution in a ferret bite incident" or something like that. Dr. Briggs did state to a reporter "I think KDHE does an excellent job of assessing the situation, I think it's preliminary to change the law." Dr. Briggs also stated the dept likely would kill a ferret found roaming outside but killing a family pet who has bitten someone is pretty unusual. Hmmm.... I'm sure the McDowells would find this quite interesting as their pet ferret was sentenced to die in 1994 by KDHE and Longtail had belonged to the McDowells before he was born (they'd had his mother). So what is the truth? Does KDHE evaluate or just kill ferrets in a bite incident? Guess I need to find out. KDHE is taking letters and comments until Friday of this week so if you'd like to fax your comments, please do so. FAX (913) 291-3775. I was interviewed this morning on the radio and a couple papers picked up the story too so we at least got a little coverage. Better than nothing at all. At Home - Sunday morning Abbey had a Grand Mal seizure - stroke I think. She is doing much better but has no motor control. Bless her heart. We're working on rehab now. She sleeps in a cat donut bed on my bed so I can keep track of her and if she has any more seizures. She is doing well, eating good. I have to use baby potty pads since she can't control her functions. She is alert and tries so I'm hopeful I'll be able to rehabilitate her. Ruby had the same thing happen, years ago, and I was able to rehabilitate her 100%. During the day when I am away I put her in the closet so she will not be bothered by the others. I took the litter box out and put papers down in the corner but she usually soils her blankie then drags herself away from that area. No water bowl, just a flat saucer with a little water in it in case she wants to try to drink. Zephyr is still not eating much on his own. (sigh) I scheduled Spiccup for adrenal surgery next Tuesday. Hugs to all. tle [Posted in FML issue 1585]