Appreciate all the concern, folks...this is a fairly serious sickness.

Got to the vet last night with little trouble, somewhat surprisingly, and
received lessons on tube-feeding.  Got him home by about 7 pm.  He was fairly
teetery, but staggered to his favorite coverered litter box, got inside,
curled up and snoozed for a half hour.  This after we had a heating pad inside
a little cat bed waiting for him.  After he decided to emerge, I put him on a
bed and he curled up, purring surprisingly loudly and consistently, so I moved
the heating pad and wedged it underneath him.  He was really happy all
evening, and obviously appreciated the affection..

I didn't think he'd want to jump up and down from the bed in his condition, so
to encourage him to sleep on the floor I put my sleeping bag on top of a
couple foam pads and slept with him all night, aside from getting up for the
2:30 pm feeding. Let me tell you, tile floors, even with pads, are not very
comfortable.  He alternated between the top of the sleeping bag, inside it as
far down as my knees, and on the pillow.  So far he hasn't eaten, of course,
and we are feeding him 5-6 ccs of this magic liquid food every four hours.

While hardly the picture of health, he looks somewhat better compared to the
rather horrifying sight on Tuesday.  I've posted one picture taken a few
minutes ago, and at least it won't cause folks to run screaming:

members.cox.net/mybrainhurts/images/LesterFiveDaysAfterSurgery.jpg

What the picture doesn't show is how scrawny his body is right now.

Art  
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