Just to put a capper on this Monday (is it not over yet?), a beloved kitty is in stage four kidney failure. She first developed kidney disease over two years ago, and this is the final stage. (We've managed it beautifully since then with fluids.) Not only that, she now has cancer, which showed up via a swollen lymph node, and it's probably in her kidneys as well. Not only that, but she also has feline AIDS which (of course) she tested negative for when adopted several years ago. Apparently it can be passed from the mother and lay hidden. Just for comic relief, we'll have the urinalysis results tomorrow. She's very subdued, but is contented and eating and is not yet down for the count. But that count will come fairly soon.
