Please keep Stinky in your prayers as he is far from out of the woods yet. Tonight we went to visit him. He CHOWED on soup as long as it was on our fingers. He refused to eat it on his own. Mr. Picky surprised us. He probably ate as much as he would have his kibble on a normal day. However, they won't let him come home until he is eating on his own. We put his bear in with him. I had taken it in his carrier, but they had not put it in with him there. He was SO funny with it. First he put it in the back of the "cage" he was in, then proceeded to come to the front of the cage to curl up to rest. I moved the bear to be closer to him, and he took it from me and put it back in the back corner. He then stood there like a soldier, fighting sleep like you would never believe, standing over his bear. We thought it was best that we leave him then so he could rest. If he won't eat on his own tomorrow, I am going to request that he come home anyway as long as he is not having any other complications. I will have to come home at lunchtime to feed him, but at least we know he will have a full belly. It should hold him until my son gets home from school if we plan it right. Please keep him in your prayers.... Lisa Trickster (Stinky), Pepper, Mitsy and Pristine I wish I were a Teddy Bear - Everybody loves them! Nobody cares how fat the are! The older they get, the more they're worth! [Posted in FML issue 4279]