Well, the news for 'today', at least, was not so awful (can never remember to follow that "don't borrow trouble"
advice...though there was certainly cause for concern re: Goose). I so appreciate your input, growler
. It was encouraging, and helpful in that I made sure to ask for both blood and urine tests, etc.
As it turned out, for a senior cat with longterm neurological challenges...Goose is actually not in such bad shape, particularily with regard to kidneys-and no signs of diabetes. It was a great relief to see the 'ever reliable/compassionate with sense of humour when appropriate' Dr. Geoff (I only wish everyone could have such a vet...and GP
).
We will continue to keep a close eye on Goose, and all the other animules-does one have a choice
-but it's nice to sidestep a potentially much sadder outcome once in a while. ...Maybe just try to live in the present, for a little bit, anyhow.
Goose thoroughly enjoyed her day out; it was nice and sunny for the 3hour roundtrip (some HUGE turbine thingy was ahead of us, with a police escort on the way back, so slooow). We've always known Goostiani would FAR prefer to be an only cat...good luck with that (she had been up for adoption for AGES when she found us
, as her post car run-in issues were a bit challenging
to the uninitiated).
Anyway, I'm grateful for the good day I had with our lil' ol' ruffled! grouse/Goose, and many thanks, again, growler
.
p.s. thanks for your post, Tundra Queen; I guess we were 'emails passing in the night' heehee. Are you on here in between making snow angels at minus 40??!! (BTW, we haven't even turned on our boiler/radiator system yet-and it was all of oooo 15 below last Sat.!-what with our insulation job being so effective...all that dust and sweat from blowing cellulose stuff into the walls etc. paid off! Mind you, we do turn on ye old stove powered by our 'free' haha natural gas well intermittently; must be warm enough, since the feline tribe haven't served us with a complaint...their [on retainer] lawyer, Sadie JRT/LLB, is only too quick to act.)