Not as important as "kittens are coming" or our sweet Taz but here's an uppydate.

The vet visit went well. Dr. Singh doesn't know why the furloss; he doesn't think it's from the renal failure. He suggested adding Omega 3 oil to his food which I've started tonight.

He gave him his fluids for today and showed me how to do it. I also tried putting in the needle and it was a piece of cake. Max meowed at bit and I'm sure it hurt him a bit but he was a good boy during the fluid treatment.

The bad news is that he's lost some more weight in the last 10 days since he last saw the vet. The results from the stool sample will be a couple of days, but again, Dr. Singh doesn't think that parasites are present.

I'm leaving on an early flight on Friday morning and won't be back until Monday (this was planned months ago and flight is non-refundable). Max is in good hands; I have some wonderful catsitters but they won't be giving him the fluids but I'm sure he'll be just fine. When I get back on Monday I'll start him on a regime of fluids every night for the next couple of weeks then go and see Dr. Singh again.

I've got all my bases covered and I'm confident Max will be OK while I'm gone. Rest assured that this is the last trip I will every take now that Max is failing. I will be spending all my time now loving him and making his quality of life the best it can be.

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!