Jul 30, 2006 03:54
Thanks to everyone who left kind words and well wishes on my last post. I had meant to respond individually with comments when I had good news; however, there isn't really any good news. Midnight came home Thursday night, but he relapsed again. We brought him back to the vet Saturday morning, and the vet put him through surgery ($700 worth) again. She said, however, that it wasn't a permanent solution and she thought it would just happen again. I tried to get her to state my options, but she wouldn't. Well, it turns out that because it's environmental, there really are no options. (My kitty was apparently so stressed about something in the house that even when on anti-anxiety medication, he couldn't make himself pee.) She agreed that because he does fairly well at the office after surgery, she would be willing to have us release him to her and she would see if she could adopt him out from there. If not, we've given her permission to euthanize him. (We even paid for it.) She's supposed to let us know if she has to end up doing that, but we said our goodbyes this afternoon. It might not be a great chance at life for him, but at least it's a chance. He's such a sweet, friendly, playful cat (if not quite so smart) that I have to hope for the best. *sigh*
I was going to also add in a funny story about having to go collect Dana while she was (and actually still is) drunk, but I don't feel like it at the current moment. Maybe later today (as I'm up for good, after having been awakened to go fetch Dana).
Anyway, thanks again for the thoughts.
rl