My sweet Odie Ahnold...

My little boy ferret has cancer. He didn't display any symptoms until his episode today, and hasn't been in any pain. Unfortunately, the cancer is extremely aggressive, and has already metastasized and spread to his spleen, stomach, and lungs. They don't think he has very much time left. There is nothing we can do. Tomorrow morning, we'll be bringing him home, and letting him stay with Stitch just like normal. I go back to Tech on the 28th, and my departure then will be my final goodbye to him. When his health starts to deteriorate, Mom's going to have him put to sleep.

I, um... I'm not sure what to say. Odie just turned 4 on November 18. He's been a cuddle-buddy, a fierce wrestler, and a lover of fine foods. I love him with all my heart and soul, and while I'm devastated to see him go, I'm at peace with the facts that there's no way we could have known and nothing else we could have done, and that he's had four very happy and pampered years living with us. There are no regrets.

Please, keep him in your thoughts and hope that his eventual passing will be peaceful. Thanks.

My sweet Odie Ahnold...

My little boy ferret has cancer. He didn't display any symptoms until his episode today, and hasn't been in any pain. Unfortunately, the cancer is extremely aggressive, and has already metastasized and spread to his spleen, stomach, and lungs. They don't think he has very much time left. There is nothing we can do. Tomorrow morning, we'll be bringing him home, and letting him stay with Stitch just like normal. I go back to Tech on the 28th, and my departure then will be my final goodbye to him. When his health starts to deteriorate, Mom's going to have him put to sleep.

I, um... I'm not sure what to say. Odie just turned 4 on November 18. He's been a cuddle-buddy, a fierce wrestler, and a lover of fine foods. I love him with all my heart and soul, and while I'm devastated to see him go, I'm at peace with the facts that there's no way we could have known and nothing else we could have done, and that he's had four very happy and pampered years living with us. There are no regrets.

Please, keep him in your thoughts and hope that his eventual passing will be peaceful. Thanks.

Even in the darkest hour, there's hope...

Oh. My. GOD.

We just took Odie to his regular vet for ultrasounds to confirm the diagnosis, and he doesn't have cancer!!! His regular vet was extremely pissed that they scared us for nothing - she couldn't find any masses or anything really unusual. He's not totally out of the woods yet, as there's a strange pattern on his lungs which may just be his pattern or may be an infection, and his heart is slightly elevated from regular, which could be heart disease, an abnormality, or just from his fat. He's a very big boy, after all. They're going to do another set of radiographs on him in a month just to make sure nothing's changing, and if he pukes again we have to take him in to check for heart disease. Either way, though, she said he's in no immediate danger!

So now, please keep your fingers crossed for him that it just turns out he inhaled some food, which is a likely possibility. There's hooooope!

Even in the darkest hour, there's hope...

Oh. My. GOD.

We just took Odie to his regular vet for ultrasounds to confirm the diagnosis, and he doesn't have cancer!!! His regular vet was extremely pissed that they scared us for nothing - she couldn't find any masses or anything really unusual. He's not totally out of the woods yet, as there's a strange pattern on his lungs which may just be his pattern or may be an infection, and his heart is slightly elevated from regular, which could be heart disease, an abnormality, or just from his fat. He's a very big boy, after all. They're going to do another set of radiographs on him in a month just to make sure nothing's changing, and if he pukes again we have to take him in to check for heart disease. Either way, though, she said he's in no immediate danger!

So now, please keep your fingers crossed for him that it just turns out he inhaled some food, which is a likely possibility. There's hooooope!