Brigid

Yesterday, I noticed that Brigid was not acting right. Some times that is hard to describe with a cat - I often say this kitty or that is out of sorts, but this was more. She did not seem to get worse during the day so I decided to hang tight on the dreaded vet call. Unfortunately, I knew in the middle of the night that she was quite sick. Eric talked me out of taking her immediately as there are not a huge number of options at 3 am. I was able to get an appointment at 8:30 this morning at a hospital right by our house. After doing some testing, the vet found that Brigid is suffering from kidney failure and a urinary tract infection. Now Murphy, our 21-year-old kitty superstar, has had kidney failure for about 6 years and lived fantastically in that time. With the UTI, the vet is unable to tell how serious the kidney failure is. She has been there all day though, and I just got a call that she was doing better with IV fluids and antibiotics. I just feel sad though and guilty that she has been sick and we have ridiculously busy.