Lost too many friends, family and animals through the years to do the dashed hopes tango. It's actually less painful to start researching cremation costs and then to have a sense of wonder and glee should a miracle occur.

Meanwhile, it's salmon and all the expensive fabrics in the stash for prime-quality shedding her at kitty hospice. If she pulls through, I'll have created a monster.

Thank you for the hugs. They really do help. While I may not be the blubbering type, there is definitive welling.