Aleesha,
Glad to hear that, despite his not being as forthcoming as he should have been, your breeder refunded some of your money for the mites!!!! (Espec. since he KNEW he had an "ongoing mite problem".)
Drake's still a pretty boy, and I TOTALLY empathize w/you (I don't think you're "pathetic") because you can't hold him while he's in shed. I'm hoping all my scale kids will eventually end up in sync so that I can hold them any time. It's the pits having someone always in shed. :(
Hope the PAM is working for you!
RuLyn