From:
williamsdvm@comcast.net
Date: 2003-03-11 03:57:50 UTC
Subject: RE: Massachusetts Adrenal Surgery warning!!!!!!
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20278167.1047355070762.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
> I was away with a group of friends this weekend and there were a few
> people that I didn't know. I was speaking with a young woman who was a
> fellow animal lover and the subject of ferrets came up. She began telling
> me about her ex-boyfriends ferrets and the problems they had. She began
> telling me about the adrenal surgeries she had done on them. I said "oh,
> you're a vet?" She replied "No, I'm a technician. But the vet did check
> my work to make sure I removed the entire gland.".
That's bad news - I am hopeful that the tech was just carried away with telling a story. However, this should be investigated, and if it turns out to be true, that vet should be reported to the state board.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM