So we brought Juliet back yesterday from the emergency care clinic. Her BUN values dropped down to 41 (ideal range is 16-36 avg) so we could continue her care at home using subcutaneous fluid injections and medication. No word back yet on her urine cultures, but I'm sure we'll hear back eventually.

Julie is still skinny as hell, and a little beat up, but she mentally seems pretty much back to normal. Now the real question will be how her body bounces back. Without 24/7 care and diuresis, it's still up in the air about how her kidneys will function.

Time will tell I guess.

The bill was another surprise of course. Care like that doesn't come cheap, but it was a lot more than we expected. So for Christmas this year we're gonna just pet the living hell out of her until we get our money's worth. Or maybe Jen will knit me a pair of mittens out of all her fur or something. We'd be ok if we hadn't replaced the roof this year, but I guess nobody can really see something like this coming.