I visited Stretch at lunch and then on the way home from work tonight.  Stretch is making progress. His BUN (blood urea nitrogen) was down from 70 to 55, but it needs to be 32 or lower, so we are leaving him at the kitty hospital for one more day to see if the fluids and medications will get him closer to normal by tomorrow night.

Stretch was much perkier today. He was exploring the exam room and trying to get into things this evening. He didn’t have anything to rub against on the exam table except for me and my camera, so he got me to put him on the floor. He looked around, then jumped up on the instrument cart and rubbed on the machine, which allowed me to back off enough to get a photo of him.

The tech told me everyone loves Stretch. She said he was really cranky the first night and on Sunday morning. He didn’t want to have anything to do with anyone, but after I went to visit him yesterday, she said he totally changed and became much more social.

We are planning to bring him home tomorrow night if his BUN is low enough.