Thank you for the good wishes and prayers and hugs, katladyd and Helene. Today Sydney's blood pressure levels came out normal!

Tomorrow I am taking a copy of his latest bloodwork and records down to Alice, the vet who does Chinese traditional vet medicine. She is also a Western-trained vet, a graduate of MSU vet school who was at Angell Memorial in Boston for a while. She has a cute store called Dogma Catmantoo (http://dogmacatmantoo.com/) selling nice and healthy things for dogs and cats and people who love dogs and cats.

Dr. Bill, Sydney's regular vet and also an MSU alum, thinks this is a good idea, because there isn't much more that Western medicine can come up with at this point. Kidney disease isn't reversible, it can just be slowed down, and we're all going to slow it down as much as we can.

And Sydney plans to be in Philadelphia with his bagpipes this week!

Love from Sydney and Pat and the rest