From:
Joanne Ruffner
Date: 2002-06-27 17:00:00 UTC
Subject: Zorro is Scheduled for Surgery
Please say some prayers for Zorro on Tuesday, July 2nd. He
will be going in for exploratory surgery. He has a large
spleen and it is causing him problems.
Since he has been with us at the shelter he has gone down
hill. He has some good days but he has never acted his young
age of 3 years old. He has been having a hard time breathing
and is very lethargic. He has started coughing about a week
ago.
He is now on antibiotics and some other vitamins until the
surgery. While they are inside they are going to look at his
adrenal glands because he his fur is oily. They ran blood
work yesterday and today the results came back ok. No sign of
insuloma.
Zorro is a VERY sweet ferret. We have found that he loves to
go outside with us and he runs for his little rubber ball. If
you take it out of his hiding spot he will chase it, pick it
up with his mouth and put it back "where it belongs".
This is our first time that a ferret is going in for a surgery
like this. So, yes, I am a little frightened. I don't want
anything to happen to him. I know he is in good hands. And
another good thing is that the day after surgery Shawn will be
home with him all day and then I have a 4 day weekend
(Thursday-Friday).
I have put some pictures of Zorro up on our web-site:
http://www.geocities.com/ferretcorneraz/Zorro.html
Thank you,
Joanne
Ferret Corner Shelter