poor kitty, good and bad news today, . i woke up to 4 piles on the3 floors from both ends and i know barney stayed on the bed with me the whole time. so i said i have to get smokey checked out i have been thinking something is not right for a long time. she has lost 2 1/2 pounds in last 6 months. and a lot of muscle mass in the back legs. so i took her in to the vet and got a lot of blood work done. they came back with her and said ' i am not a happy cat' when i got to the desk i was waiting and looked in the cage she had a shaved neck with a red dot in the middle, i said i no longer blame her. i thought it was going to be the foot. so i just recieved a call and she has thyroid disease which is the most treatable of the 3 but says they usually dont last more then 11 months. i have noticed it for 6 months know so lord only knows when that decision will have to be made but i DONT have to put her to sleep this week end anyway. so thats good. i am going through my money like crazy the last two days. mom and nora are pretty sick with colds, i will go walk in the snow now. katie by the way, smokey will be `15 in may so i have been very lucky to have her that long.