Okay, here's the latest: What happened yesterday and when Meltie had the unilateral weakness llasy week were clearly strokes, but what happened today may or may not be. Her heart rate is down so it could just be that her heart is giving up. She may have thrown more clots -- infact there are possibly some in organs including her left kidney since there is now somethig there but fortunately it's not painful. Her pancreas may not be working well so today we a re trying to get food into her every two hours and then see if she improves during that. then tonight we will remove her food if she has shown improvement. If she does not improve marlkedly with the 2 hour feedings then it is not liley to relate to the pancreas. If it is from her heart slowly giving out and she's still crashed tomorrow she will get a mercy shot then. Meanwhile, she will have yet a lower level of dig, and today her fuorsemide levels are up abit to a mid level of yesterdays and those beoffre. If htere sis any good reason to thinnk that it is the pancreas causing problems on top of her other stuff she will have a fasting glucose tomorrow and if off go on proglycem. Lots to remember --thank goodnesss for charts. She's not hurting. Chances are stilll that she will pass away on her own today. Shes been rehydrated again in case. Sukie [Posted in FML issue 1892]