I really appreciate you taking the time to reply to my message.

I'm going to call his regular vet (not the specialist) tomorrow to see what her recommendation is. This next test the specialist wants to do requires anesthesizing (sp?) him and I would like to avoid that if I can.

I've been feeding him c/d-s ever since his ordeal last June and I haven't strayed from that.

Oh, and his name is Lestat (after a character from a movie) but his nickname is Cookie. My husband and I like to say that he's "one tough cookie" - let's hope that's true and he pulls through this okay, even if he ends up with one less kidney in the end. . .

Thanks again and hopefully my future posts will be more lighthearted.