We took the cats in today to the vet. Max was due for a couple of shots and Shi, the dreaded weigh in.
Shi remains tubby and without weight loss at 12 lbs. Max on the other hand, who cannot afford to loose weight is now down to 9 lbs.
The vet also decided not to give Max his immunizations due to his poor health. He is probably in renal failure or has diabetes from being on long term Prednisone. In most cases they would immediately stop the prednisone and do blood work to determine which problem he has. But, because of the severity of Max's arthritis and his chronic constipation, stopping the prednisone is not an option. So, we all decided not to do the blood test as no matter what the results, we won't be treating him anyway.
The Vet said it is very unlikely that Max would just go to sleep and not wake up again. We will need to make a decision as he gets worse. I'm upset about that. After having to make that decision for Bandit and Boomer we were just hoping to have one of our animals go to sleep and not wake up again. Only time will tell.
In the mean time, he is still eating and drinking, so that's good.
We have to get Shi's weight down or she is at a very high risk of developing diabetes. So, the Vet and I had a little talk with Dan about not feeling sorry for her and give her more than her 1/3 of cup a food per day!
So, not quite the results I had hoped for, for either of our kitty's.