From:
Mary Alvarez-Cabreras
Date: 2002-06-11 23:18:24 UTC
Subject: My Little "Chewy" is gone!
I tried to send this out a few days ago but I ran into
complications. Nonetheless, thank you all!
Mary
To: Ferret-health-list@yahoogroups.com
From: Mary Alvarez-Cabrera
Greetings All:
I lost me little boy today. I had to put my beautiful furry baby
boy "Chewy" to sleep after 8 years of life. He was suffering from
Adrenal Disease, Insulinoma, Cardiomyopathy and quite possibly
Lymphoma (he was too weak to be tested in order to find out). My
family and I are devastated. I don't know how he made it so long.
He was amazingly (even stubbornly) strong, as most would have
passed on quickly with only one of his illnesses. Words can not
express the gut wrenching pain that I feel for having sent him to
his Creator (God). He was the most incredible, sweet, smart and
strong companion that anyone could hope to have and I can honestly
say that I have lost a tremendous part of me with him.
I want to thank EVERYONE on this Health List who have helped me
with all of my questions (and pestering) during these past eight
months. I don't know what I would have done with out ALL of your
help. I honestly don't think that my little guy would have made
it without everyone's input and experiences. A special thank you
to Dr. Bruce Williams for answering everyone of the Trillion
emails that I sent you, and, for always having the best and most
accurate answers (You Rock!). A big thank you to Mike Janke for
being the first to respond to my inquiries and putting me on to
one of the best Ferret Websites out there: www.miamiferret.org and
to all of the regulars (Sukieferret, Steve Austin-Patty,
TR1212-Tiffany, etc...) who were there with a helpful answer or
advisement.
To everyone on the list, please take heed to my words. Cherish
your little fuzzies (and any animal you have) because Life is
precious and so are they! Remember: They all go through hard
times in their old age as we do (except we don't look as cute!) so
treat your little ones well and give them the best while you still
can.
"Chewbaca" aka "Chewy"
5/14/1994 - 6/11/02
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