What happened at the veterinarian's office

Let me tell you about our night with Bucky, before his appt. today....he was so weak all night, at times he couldn't walk without plopping down on the floor, his legs unable to hold him up. He stopped eating and drinking on his own. I wasnt going to raise his prednisolone dosage without the vet's approval first. I could not, for the life of me, find the ferretvite. One of the others stole the tube and I have no clue where it ended up! So, anyway, so to keep his blood sugar high enough to keep him alive, we had to put honey in his mouth a few times.  Seriously, this little baby boy was NOT feeling well at all. 

I had been so worried about him, plus the fact that I have pneumonia, myself, that I am sleep deprived.  So, to move onto the vet visit....Bucky just laid there without complaint or fuss as the doc checked him out. We all know this is not how ferrets generally behave, all lethargic and all. Well, Dr. Bayliff didn't even bother to check is blood glucose levels! I was shocked and after shock wore off, a bit disturbed at this. He assumed it was very, very low(he was right, but still would have liked to know the numbers). Because adrenal panels not only cost a lot, around $200, it takes time too, as they have to be shipped to Tennessee. So, I am giving Bucky 1mg a day of melatonin for his fur loss, which is a lot. 

He lost weight since the last visit, which was a year and a half ago. Bucky had been doing amazingly fine with insulinoma until now. My fur babies like to give doctors a shock, hahaha! The dosage of the pred was raised to twice daily of 1ml. Because surgery is 'iffy' for insulinoma, and Bucky will be 7 this year, we opted to remain keeping him comfortable and as stable as possible until he starts to suffer and then at that point, we'll have to let him go. I won't allow him to have to suffer.  His doc is not sure he will last too much longer, but that is up to God, really. 

Bucky's sister is so sweet to him. Snickers likes to baby her big brother when he doesn't feel well. She licked his ears and cleaned him up a bit, and slept with him in his baby blanket. I worry how Snickers will take losing her brother when the time comes. They are just so very close, and she has only known her new brothers since January of this year.  Well, I'll worry about that when it comes, otherwise I will make myself more ill stressing over it. 

More updates later....night.