Cat update

I heard from the vet this morning. julian_tiger has kidney disease.

We need to figure out/decide what to do next. There's a wide variety of possible diagnostics: so far I have authorized them to culture the urine sample [to test for occult infection], and need to schedule a time to take him in for an ultrasound, blood pressure check, and the rabies vaccine we postponed. One of my outstanding questions is whether the food she recommended is available at the pet store, or a veterinary prescription thing we'd have to get from them or some other more complicated method.

Also, the vet thinks that small amounts of fruit and vegetables are better tidbits than things with fat, salt, or protein, but "a few licks of cream" should be okay. So he will still get some cream, but significantly less.

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