This is my first update in about a month, so you could say I've been
slacking off a bit. Unfortunately, this update doesn't bring great
news. Our a four year old short-haired tabby, Eta, is sick. I dropped
her off in the caring hands our vet in hopes that she can be weaned back
to health. She's terribly dehydrated and jaundiced. We suspect that
she hasn't been eating, and she's been "hiding" for the last few days.
She was so weak this evening when I brought her in that it was heart
breaking.

Prognosis at this point excludes feline leukemia -- the Doc just phoned
me with the results: negative -- and is likely a result of her simply
not eating. She's a bit overweight, and I was informed tonight that
when an overweight cat fasts -- for whatever reason, illness or
otherwise -- they run into danger of "fatty liver disease". The bile
passages in the liver get blocked with fat as the body tries to break
down the fat cells for fuel.

The end result is one sick cat. We don't know if she's going to make
it, but if she can survive during this next week of treatment, she'll
likely pull through. Cross your fingers. She's a newer addition to our
little family, but she's very important to us.

Anyway, that's enough depressing news for the day.

Later,

^chewie