About 2 weeks ago I posted about how I thought a vet killed my ferret. I posted the blood test results and promised to post the necropsy results. Hope you all can understand them. Diagnoses: 1. Normal myocardium. 2. Mild, Chronic, mulitfocal, proliferative, interstitial pneumonia. 3. Normal liver. 4. Moderate, acute, diffuse, renal congestion. 5. Splenic extramedullary hematopiesis, moderate. 6. Normal urinary bladder. 7. Mild, acute, suppurative pancreatitis. 8. Normal small intestine. 9. Normal thymus. Comments: Interstitial pneumonia can be caused by a variety of forms of pulmonary injury. This can be a seqeula of viral pneumonia, allergic pneumonia, chemical lung injury (including drugs), acute pancreatitis, shock and septicemia. The multifocal distribution of inflammation suggests injury to the lung by a hematogenous route. The morphology is not consistent with an infectious etiology. Acute congestion of the kidney is regarded as an agonal lesion due to decreasing cardiac output during death. Splenic extramedullary hematopiesis is commonly seen in the spleens of ferrets. No significance is placed on it. My vet suggested to me that my ferret died from the Valium that was given to her while having a seizure. I was told that for some animals, Valium does not work. For ferrets, it is like giving sleeping pills to somebody who is already sleeping. The vet that administered the drug claimed she was very knowledgeable in ferret care. My poor little ferret just ran out of blood sugar and died for no reason except for a vet that didn't know. What should I do about this? The vet killed my animal. Should I do small claims to recover the costs? A higher court? Nothing? After all if a doctor killed a human a lawsuit would be definate. I would like some thoughts on this. Thanks. [Posted in FML issue 2181]