Hi all:

On another thread, I mentioned that my brother and SIL adopted Sylvester
through the SPCA, inspired by our stories of the kitties there when we
dropped off Star.  They get Sylvester on the 18th and are adopting him
as a companion for their lady-cat Melba.  I received the following email
from my SIL tonight:

Please send some cat prayers out to the universe for Melba. She hasn't
eaten much at all besides a handful of kibbles and a bit of chicken for
4 days.

I finally took her to Dr. Hagen today and he took her temperature
(normal), felt her belly and apparently found some thick feeling
something that he said could be a tumor, just a thickening of the
intestine, or something else, she had part of her neck shaved and blood
work done, she had part of her belly shaved so he could get a sample of
urine but that was unsuccessful, he gave her a shot of penicillin in
case her inflammatory bowel has flared up, he gave her some fluids
through an IV and gave her an appetite stimulant. Of course, she was
thrilled about all of this, NOT. He also gave us a syringe and wet food
for force feeding if we need it....The appetite pill has worked a
bit....She may need to go back in for an ultrasound or x-rays or maybe
have a biopsy done to see if she has a pancreas issue or other type of
issue...AAAARRRRGGGG!

Any purrs would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Susan M
Otis and Chester