Cue Update

Hi All,
It's been one week since we brought Cue home from the vet/hospital. He is now on a special diet, which incidentally he loves. The food he gets is formulated for cats with kidney disease. We started him on canned food only, as he had become a canned food snob ever since we started working on his dehydration. I didn't think there was any turning back, but we ended up buying a bag of dry food mid-week because the canned diet seemed a bit rich for him. Amazingly, he gobbles that up too. In fact, I had to check with the vet if it was okay to give him as much food as he will eat (which is about three times the standard recommendation for a cat his size). They gave us the green light for now. Issues we are facing with kidney disease are dehydration, weight loss and muscle wasting. So perhaps the additional food will help on these fronts. He is up a 1/2 pound from almost two weeks ago when he was diagnosed. (A half pound is good for a six pound cat!)
The other treatment we are administering is sub-q fluids, which will greatly help to address the dehydration that the disease causes. We give him 100 mL of fluid every other day, which is an interesting process to say the least. We have a bag of fluid attached to a needle which we inject into Cue and wait while he gets 1500 or so drips. (Thankfully, we don't have to count the drips!) I really wasn't sure we would be able to do this. But we have done it three times now, and each time has gotten better. I have to admit, even though I was the one who practiced sticking the needle in at the vet's last week, I couldn't do it at home! So, Jim stepped up to the plate and got it done. (Thank you Jim!)
Cue seems to have perked up since his darkest days. It's hard to know exactly how he is feeling, since he can't tell us. But he's no longer hiding behind the TV or howling. He has spent more time with the family as of late. And, he's in the kitchen trying to sneak some people food, one of his old tricks that used to be annoying and now is somewhat of a relief to see his interest (even though he can't have any). He spends a lot of time in the laundry room, where his food, water and litter box reside. (And, incidentally this makes less room for laundry. Maybe this is a good thing as is forces me to get it done quicker.) He sleeps on top of the counter. Except for today. I had just moved some stuff from the dryer to the living room and went back to the laundry room to find this....

Crazy cat! I didn't have the heart to move the poor boy. I don't consider a computer keyboard a prime napping spot. But Cue thinks it's the best thing in the world. And apparently, it doesn't get any better than this....