Sherbert

So, you may have heard about my poor lil' hamster, Sherbert lately. In the last month or so, she has been about as sick as I have ever seen any of my hamsters get in the past. Huddling up in her little house and sneezing and such. I have to say, that as awful as it sounds, hamster sneezes are pretty adorable! But then later she started to cough and it was surprisingly loud and painful sounding coming from such a small body... Suddenly my jokes about her having hamster ebola seemed more prophetic than cute... I was pretty sure she wasn't gonna make it much longer when I took her back to Mighigan with me.

So, I've had her cage snuggled up against a space heater for quite a number of weeks now and had just about given up hope for any sort of recovery. I was sitting in bed just now, typing up my thesis and what should I see trundling across the floor out of the corner of my eye? Sherbert, up to her old con-artist escape acts once again! She seems pretty normal this evening, so maybe the old girl has a few more spins of the wheel left in her than I thought! Here she is, back in her old stomping grounds again.

Wish her luck in 2009! She'll need it!