It’s like living with a yo-yo!  One day Muis is up, the next day she’s down.  Gah!

At this precise moment in time, so far so good, thank goodness.

She was really odd at the beginning of the week  …  I watched her walking around the house and she seemed confused and a bit bewildered about where she was.  She’d stand outside a closed door to a room (which she never used to go into) and seemed to wonder why she wasn’t able to go inside – or she’d stand in the middle of the sitting room and look like she didn’t know where she was.

It really was awful to see her like that and I was stressing out about what was happening, thinking that maybe the cancer on her pancreas had travelled up to her brain.

But, thankfully,  by midweek, she seemed a lot better.  I’m pretty sure it’s because of the fact that she was back on her regular dose of prednisone.   She looked so much better, she didn’t have “bags” under her eyes (has anyone noticed how albino ferrets get yellow “bags” under their eyes when they’re ill?!?) and she certainly seemed like she knew where she was going when she was walking around the house. I can’t tell you how relieved I felt seeing her improve but I’m sure any ferret owner who’s had a sick ferret knows what I’m saying!

I hope the melatonin will come soon otherwise I might need to think of getting an Explorer sock and making it into a ferret coat to keep her warm in this chilly weather.  Heh heh – can you just see a ferret in a sock?  That would be something to take a photo of : )

I wish I were a crafty person so that I could knit Muis a coat but I’m seriously not! All thumbs, no fingers ;)

I’ve also ordered more Traditional Chinese Medicine from OnlinePetHerbs but with this order I’ve asked Kamila if she could add some herbs which will help to stimulate Muis’s hair growth.  I don’t ask much, do I (LOL),  but fingers crossed the new TCM will help :)

Despite all the setbacks, I hope I’ll be able to keep Muis going in good health for longer than the original prognosis from my vet – she really is such an adorably sweet old lady and I’m not about to give up on her yet!

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