My 9/11.

Last night was horrible. I got off work around 11:30, did as much anatomy homework as I could (which wasn't much), and went to bed around 1. Set my alarms for 5:30 so I could get up and finish notating Chapter 5.

Our kitty Sassy (five year old calico, seven toes on each foot! (Sassy is short for sasquatch (bigfoot) due to her ginormous paws)) suffered kidney failure in late July, and we've been injecting 250mL of a saline solution into her daily (although we've been weaning her off of it since she's been drinking on her own). However, a byproduct of the kidney failure is a lack of hormones that promote her bone marrow to produce hemoglobin...it's not a lack of iron (our water makes sure of that! LOL) but again, a failure of her kidneys. It was only a matter of time.

Her condition had been improving; when we took her to the vet in July she was very lethargic and had lost most of her body weight (going from 12-15 lb to around 5lb) and her crea and BUN levels were literally off the charts. With heavy IV injection and force-feeding special food and medicines, we were able to bring her levels back down except for her iron content. We were able to encourage her to eat and drink on her own, and everything was going good for the most part. Then the last couple days she'd been pretty down, staying on the bed and only getting up to eat, drink or use the litter box. But yesterday she hardly moved, and when she did she could not get up. I helped her get up but she couldn't walk - her muscles have atrophied to the point where they can't support her weight (which is probably around 2 lb atm).

So I was up all night until about 4:30 caring for Sassy, and my gf Kasey (she's her cat) as well. I passed out at 4:30, slept through the 5:30 alarms and woke up around 7:20 on my own. Just enough time to throw on some clothes, grab all my school stuff and zip to Jamrich for Human Anatomy.

Didn't do too badly in class today; save for Chemistry lecture I was able to immerse myself in the subjects so well that I barely even thought about it.

Our appointment to put Sassy down is at 3:40.

Then, I have to drive Kasey home, comfort her the best I can, and drive back to town, and work from 5-11.

Then I get to wake up tomorrow morning and meet my academic advisor (my appt. had to be postponed).

Wow, 9/11 sucks.

...I love you, Sassy kitty. ;_;