Well the vet just called and he isn't looking so good. He hasn't gained any weight!! She said that he has so many diseases going on that she is wondering if it wouldn't be better to just let him go at this point.
She said that his left ear still has the growth down inside and it and it is bleeding. His right ear has an infection and she thinks it's a bacterial infection of some sort.
She asked me what the next step was. Once again, had to make a decision right on the spot and with all the efforts put out by Pettalkers and all the donation cans and ads it just didn't make sense to me to put him down today. I think Angela was ready to let him go today because the vet was saying that Angela told her she is leaving and he doesn't have a home and if he is this sick etc... etc.. and I totally get where she is coming from but I wouldn't even know how to return the money in the cans to total strangers, so why not spend it on Barney and give one last kick at the can.

The vet said "alright, but if we're going to keep going with this, it's important that he get tested for FELV and FIV." I totally agree so she is testing him for that right now. I asked her if she thought it would be safe for Barney to be with other cats if those tests come back negative and she said "yes, I would feel comfortable with him being with other cats 'if' these tests come back negative." This is important in case someone offers to foster him and they have other cats.

She also wants to retest his thyroid and see where that's at. She said that he is nowhere near healthy enough to have surgery on his ear and she said that we need to take one step at a time.

Right now, I feel like I'm the only who has met Barney who is standing behind him. I know all you guys are and it means a great deal but I wish everyone else who has come in contact with him wasn't bailing on him like this.

Anyway, that's where it's at. I have to be at work in a few minutes so I'd better get going.