I am so saddened to report that Fiona has had to be euthanized. She was suffering from two terminal diseases - Adrenal Disease and Insulinoma (tumours on the pancreas) and she succumbed to Insulinoma, despite various treatments. She had stopped eating in early June and I was force-feeding, along with treating her with several different medicines. However, it was becoming increasingly obvious that she was in pain, and on June 21, 2007 I decided it was time to end her suffering.
I will miss her dearly as she was such a sweet-natured little ferret, who really hadn't had much of a life. She had been in a cage in a shelter for at least a year before I took her in November, 2006. And before that, who knows? What I do know is that she had no idea about being cuddled nor shown any affection. She was gradually coming around, and I had hoped that she could enjoy the freedom first in my house, and then accompanying me on my adventure.
But it was not to be. She now rests on my farm under a very large flat rock, with the following inscription:
To Fiona, 200? to June 21, 2007. All you needed was kindness. R.I.P.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
The Adventure Begins
March 16, 2007
I've just learned how to make a blog! It's really quite easy and now I will be able to communicate with friends and family while travelling.
I have two weeks off right now and am slowly (very slowly) going through all my stuff to determine how best to dispose of the things I don't want to keep, decide what I really want to store and what I will need on my grand adventure.
Having only a dial-up connection, searching the Internet has been a real hassle, taking up most of today, to download important things like a Power of Attorney form, checking with OHIP to see if I can remain eligible while gone, and fun things like ordering Scrabble and Crossword CD ROM's to help the time pass on the road.
So, Fiona is ready - her vaccinations are done, and I have her medication. Me next. I went for a physical yesterday and will be having bloodwork done tomorrow, plus a bone density scan and mammogram, just to be sure before embarking into the hinterlands of the US of A where it is difficult to get medical care without cash upfront.
And now, on to create a database for hockey memorabilia that I want to sell. Plus many other things! What a job!
I've just learned how to make a blog! It's really quite easy and now I will be able to communicate with friends and family while travelling.
I have two weeks off right now and am slowly (very slowly) going through all my stuff to determine how best to dispose of the things I don't want to keep, decide what I really want to store and what I will need on my grand adventure.
Having only a dial-up connection, searching the Internet has been a real hassle, taking up most of today, to download important things like a Power of Attorney form, checking with OHIP to see if I can remain eligible while gone, and fun things like ordering Scrabble and Crossword CD ROM's to help the time pass on the road.
So, Fiona is ready - her vaccinations are done, and I have her medication. Me next. I went for a physical yesterday and will be having bloodwork done tomorrow, plus a bone density scan and mammogram, just to be sure before embarking into the hinterlands of the US of A where it is difficult to get medical care without cash upfront.
And now, on to create a database for hockey memorabilia that I want to sell. Plus many other things! What a job!
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