Jen,

Here’s a picture of our cat, Mack … all healed and healthy after his brush with death! There is every reason to be optimistic about your cat’s recovery, provided you are willing to dedicate (and I mean DEDICATE) yourself to the project for several weeks.

My cat was tiny, withdrawn, and subdued in the first week. I wasn’t sure whether he was going to make it. To see pictures of him when we first brought him home from the weekend in the animal emergency center, check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/shrnmc1/tags/mack/page8/

I do wish you all the best in bringing your cat back to health. Our journey was a long, arduous one, recorded in detail in my blog, which you are very welcome to check out. Here is the archive of the oldest postings: http://shrnmc.blogspot.com/2007_03_11_archive.html

To read the story chronologically, just click on the next archive link, on the right side of the page.

If you would like to see pictures documenting how we prepared the meds and food for tube-feeding, please check out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shrnmc1/sets/72157600080392599/

Unfortunately, those photos make the most sense when viewed from the bottom of the page to the top … but you’ll get the idea!

If you have any questions at all for me, Jen, please enter them as comments on the blog posting that prompted the question, and I’ll be happy to give you as much detail as you can tolerate (and more, I’ll wager!).

Best wishes,
Sharon