WHAT’S  NEW The ON-LINE edition of our monthly newsletter Holiday Hazards: A PSA Fall Feline Elective Surgery Discounts End December 15th Hill’s Pet Nutrition Offers a $10 Lab Work Rebate and a Free Bag of Food Need a Last Minute Gift? The Butt Hello (Feline Humor) Thank-You for Our New Referrals What’s New on Our Web Site (since last month) (Go to Hospital Home Page) (Check out the Pet Web Library, Pharmacy Center, Surgery Suite & Vaccine Mezzanine) The “What’s New” Archives   Would you like an eMail each month when this page is updated? Click here and ask to be notified whenever a new “What’s New” page is added. We will close EARLY, at 2:00 pm on Monday, December 24, and We will be CLOSED Tuesday, December 25 for Christmas We will close EARLY, at 2:00 pm on Monday, December 31, and We will be CLOSED Tuesday, January 1, 2003 for New Year’s POPULAR TOPICS FROM PAST NEWSLETTERS

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WHAT’S NEW ON OUR WEB SITE (since last month) KIDNEY TRANSPLANT (cats) It is possible for a cat to have a kidney transplant from a healthy donor cat. This is not a simple procedure by any means and requires not only adoption of the donor cat but immune-suppressive medications for the life of the recipient cat. The undertaking is expensive (several thousand dollars) but for the right patient it can mean the gift of life. For more information, check out this page in The Surgery Suite. MAMMARY TUMORS (dogs) We all know the importance of breast cancer and its prevention in our own species but it may be a surprise to find that breast (mammary) cancer is important for our pets, too. We will begin this topic in The Surgery Suite with information pertinent to the dog. GLOMERULONEPHRITIS This is a big word for a big disease. Glomerulonephritis means inflammation of the microscopic kidney units called "glomeruli:" the filtration units of the kidney. This may not mean much to the average pet owner but this page serves as an important resource for an owner whose pet has this disease. This is a special kidney disease where the precious blood proteins leak away into the urine where they are lost out in the lawn, litter box, or dog park. Find out the details in the newest page in The Pet Web Library.