TED finally called with the thyroid tests today.  They came back A-OK.   So his
thyroid is good, his kidneys are good, his liver levels were elevated, his eye
isn't healing up, he lost a tooth, he has a galloping heart beat and high blood
pressure.

Could just be heart disease.  Not much we can do.  I am going to have his chest
x-ray'd to see if his heart is enlarged.  If it is then it's pretty obvious, if
not we will continue to treat the hypertension and see how it goes. I am going
to finish up the eyedrops and give her a call on Friday to set up the X-ray.
TED and I talked and she doesn't seem to think he is an unhealthy kitty by any
means.  She is just stating the facts.  Because he is eating and drinking just
fine, taking his medicines like a good boy and is much less lethargic she
doesn't see any need for any evasive testing.  So I'm not sure what's wrong with
The Dust.  He's just moving into his senior years and I will be here to make
them as comfortable, loving and fun as I can.

I know that Dusty is getting back to his rotten self because last night he
"postured" with DH over who was going to use up most of the ottoman.  Dusty was
oozed out over about 3/4 of it and DH had his feet on the very, very edge.  DH
attempted to gain more ground and Dusty attacked like a rattlesnake and sank his
teeth right into DH's foot.  I asked him if it hurt as much, I mean, after all
he only has 3 canines to dig in with now.  DH just gave me a dirty look, Dusty
jumped off and hmmmfffdd his way to the food bowl only to return 2 minutes later
to reclaim his space.  DH didn't budge so now Dusty had to hang off the edge.
LOL.

TJ