Poor Ripley. I'm glad you got him diagnosed instead of just thinking it was behavioral. Tubby was 15 when the vet first diagnosed him with kidney failure, and as you know, he lived to be 18 1/2, so I'm sure once Ripley's infection is cleared up he'll be good to go for quite a few years yet.

Hang in there, Ripley. I'm sure you'll be feeling A-OK in no time!