About a month ago one of our cats was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis.
Her symptoms were loss of appetite, vomiting, tenderness in the cranial
abdomen, and general malaise/depression.  Her initial blood tests showed
elevated leukocytes (24.68K/ul), BUN (64mg/dl), and glucose (190 ...

I can't believe I'm even considering this. There is a cat (Jackie) at
the local pet shop. She was one of 29 cats that lived with a rescuer
but he got too sick to take care of them. So, at age 12 or 13, she is
now in a cage at the pet shop with five or six other cats.

One of my cats keeps getting a problem with the outside claw (what would the
little finger in a human) on her left paw.
At regular intervals it gets infected, very smelly, and ends up as a short
blackened stub of a claw which then gradually regrows over several months until

I have (3) thirty three day old kitties.
See http://www.scrtoys.com/
I've scooped them up twice and taken them outside to change their
surroundings and play in the grass.