We are registered in Krasnoyarsk!

Sorry for the lack of posts but nothing much has been going on, but that is part of the process. I emailed the agency to see if we are on 'The List' yet in Krasnoyarsk, and she let me know that we are and are waiting for a referral! Yay! Keep in mind that with us requesting siblings, and not knowing who might be 'in front' of us, the wait time is not something that we can guess at. We are hoping for something quicker, but we realize that we might be waiting for some time.

On a not so happy note, we found out last week that one of our cats (George) looks to have kidney failure. Way back in April we took George and Lily to the vet to get updated shots as part of the adoption process. George was overweight so we needed to try and cut back his food to help him lose weight. He had been losing weight gradually, but we took him in for a check-up for an non-weight thing and we also realized that he seemed thinner than he should be. The gradual weight loss hid the fact that he lost lots. The vets ran some tests including blood work as George seemed ok except for the 30% or so weight loss.

Friday we get the word that it looks like kidney failure. I was worried already and then I'm told that. Fortunately, treatment and a change in diet will allow George to be fine and live a long life which is so great. I was surprised when the vet told me that we could opt for a kidney transplant or do dialysis, I didn't realize those were things done for cats. What we are doing is giving George some fluids through an IV/needle setup to get him the fluids that he needs. He has a net loss of fluids due to the kidney issue, among other things.

So, please think some good thoughts for George. I'll get some pics of both George and Lily so you can see how pretty they both are (but don't tell George I called him pretty).