Clarification

Upon re-reading my last post, I seemed to imply that the ulcer theory was much more likely than the leukemia one. Although that's what I'm hoping, and it seemed to be Dr. Kjelland's best guess, the leukemia theory is absolutely in keeping with the blood tests we got, too. It hasn't been ruled out in any way... it's just that the ulcer is the simpler answer, and so it's what we're running with for now.

Part of that is almost certainly due to Dr. Kjelland's good sense as a doctor not to start talking seriously about cancers until other (less scary) ailments have been ruled out. I told you he had good bedside manner.

So, I felt the need to clarify that. We haven't ruled anything out yet. But Nikki's responding well to the treatments she's received, and all her Jell-O blobs have gathered around her chest. We'll cross any future veterinary bridges when we come to them.

And we're both more than ready for bed. 6:30 this morning seems like a very long time ago to us.