Well, at 4:45 Meltdown actually took about 4 dozen laps of turkey soup. It's the first thing which might be considered food which she has taken all day, and only her second time drinking anything since she drank a bit of warm glass water around 7:30 in the morning (a psychological ploy since she figures she is stealing from us then -- gotta work within their behavior system for best results). She then tried to walk and actually managed maybe ten steps. This afternoon she had begun having trouble with her front left leg folding (possibly separate from this morning's problem -- could have been another thrown clot) but after the soup she took those steps -- granted they were shaky but they were something. Immediately after she urinated for her first time today and defecated a tiny bit for her second time (the first was in my shirt this morning). She still is in an exceeedingly bad way, but we've all seen how little Meltdown is interested in dying and how very stubborn she is about staying around. At this point it is possible that she might bounce back yet again. Not bad for an 8 and 1/2 year old, is it? If cats have 9 lives, Meltdown has 50. Sukie [Posted in FML issue 1891]