....and what a change! Tubby is crunching on his hard food right now - yes, you heard right, he is eating his hard food all on his won, with no prompitng from me!!!

We just got back from our follow up visit. The vet says he looks great and is doing good again. His temperature is back to normal and most importantly, his kidney levels are back to what they were "before the crisis" which was when he had his 6 month check up 4 weeks ago! Yippee!!! He is keeping him on the sub-q fluids, but cut back from 200 (whatevers) a day, to 150 (whatevers) every other day. He also still needs to take his potassium supplements every day, his Pepcid every day and his Cosequin every day. So he is not healthy, and the Vet was explaining how it only gets worse from here on out, but for now he's doing good and we'll try and keep it that way as long as possible.

I asked him what signs to watch for to indicate another "crisis" is coming on, and he said the biggest indicator is that he will stop eating again. So needless to say I will be watching intake like a hawk!

Tubby was sitting up and alert on the car ride over, and seemed to be much more of his curious self. He even started exploring the rest of the office while we were waiting for the results of his blood test again, and while I was waiting for the bill to be printed up. He was complaining at the vet when he was checking him over, and swishing his tail like mad - which was a good thing.

Oh, and that "fatty mass" that was below the bladder but above the colon (or wherever it was) had also dramatically gotten smaller. He thought that had something to to with the infection. Tubby still has 3 more days of anti-biotics to do, so that should completely knock all infection out of him.

Thanks SO much for all your continued support. It really means a lot to us. I'm crying happy tears - I got my big boy back.