Jim March here...progress is decent, looks like we'll pack up and hit the road by Monday eve at the latest. We're considering the Northern route to cut down on the temperatures, since that 15foot Ryder's AC may not be adequate to cool the cargo bay and we could lose critters PLUS I've got some final biz back home in San Leandro. Her Jeep is being couriered east seperately to give us a generally smoother trip. Her health is poor and slowly fading. More than a bit of a cough still, and some spreading pain in the left lung diagnosed as Bronchitis. That's the biggest worry, beyond the asthsma, hands/joints arthritis and allergic reaction swelling from the toxins in this dump. She's got another Doc appointment Monday just before we leave so we'll get a "final clearance" on any possible pneumonia which as of last check is NOT present. Despite all THAT, I can barely keep up wth her! I'm doing the heavy lifting and we've got all of the medical/critter care goods cleaned, organized and packed. Now it's a race to get everything else sorted out, and we're in decent shape there. Help! She's nearly a drill Sgt. where it comes to critter care stuff in any way shape or form...I'VE BEEN DRAFTED! Oh well, I'm stuck in a dump with half the roof collapsed (whole back patio roof caved in on HER goods, a true mess) with this nutso who is near death and WON'T SLOW DOWN, now I know how she's cared for up to 175 medical case ferrets at a time she just plain WON'T STOP. Send help! Please! Arg...packers, we need the WHOLE DANG GREEN BAY PACKERS dear god I'm losing it. Is workaholic communicable? She even rescues CARNIVOROUS PLANTS yikes. <g!> Oh well...it's for a good cause. Besides helping Dayna, see, there's more to it. Remember how 7 months ago I wrote about my last visit, how she took in two adrenal rescue ferret MF sisters at once, one 95% bald the other closing on 50%? And how they were poorly kept, and how this was strong evidence for Bob Church's "environmental causes" theory of adrenal cancer versus the "Marshall Genetics Are Screwed" camp? Those two are still here...the one that was 95% now has a small amount of fur missing at the tip of the tail, the other one is completely normal. Changes include her special Woozle Goo type power-food recipe, lots of play, lots of either real sun or plant grow lights providing a natural level of UV and other stuff...whatever she's doing, it's reversing adrenal WITHOUT SURGERY and without heavy meds like pred, etc. Initial panels showed heavy, advanced adrenal, recent bloodwork is CLEAR. Not bad for an old "hippie chick" and two old over-4 fuzzies...we have GOT to find out just what the hell she's doing and that means a bigger, open operation that's NOT in hiding. (This has been replicated 5 additional times so far!) Plus she has to be alive and have a home...she stays in CA any longer, both those are in question. We've also gotten offers of help (greatly appreciated) from Margie & Her Fuzzies <[log in to unmask]>, Gary Holowicki <[log in to unmask]>, Stephanie Ann Maehr <[log in to unmask]>, Georgia Wood <[log in to unmask]>, Bill Killian and others. We've also recieved kind thoughts and Emails from all over, too many to list but we're trying to aknowledge them all; if we've missed anyone, my apologies and thanx at the same time. dayna frazier/archivist-historian for Ferrets Anonymous... Section Leader/Small Mammals Section in the KIDSPETS FORUM and Co-Section Leader/Ferrets in the ANIMALS FORUM on Compuserve Information Service... resident of...the Marvellous Menagerie Of Mirthful Mayhem "MMOMM" Want to see some of my fur family?? visit my home page at... http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2322/ [Posted in FML issue 1987]