Yes and Yes

It's confirmed: Glenwood's hiding and hissing is a good sign. It shows she's feeling well enough to recall her feral roots. Still, she's not out of the woods. The news:

• This kitty weighs 2.2 pounds. She gained a pound in eight days!
• Her right eye and right ear infections have cleared, and her nose doesn't run.
• However, her respiratory infection seems to have settled in her lung, causing the rattle in her breathing. We're upping the Clavamox (now that she's a fat cat).
• Her fleas are bad. But she's strong enough for treatment, so she got a pill at the vet and a dusting at home. Timmy is getting a preventive treatment.
• There's about a fifty-fifty chance she has ringworm. She does have roundworm, and she'll get her second treatment Tuesday.
• Her left ear remains pus-y. Her left eye is swollen, the third lid doesn't always retract, and the pupil is smaller than the right eye. Dr. Ryan's concerned there's an infectious process that's causing both. Glenwood has new ear goo.

All told, it seems OK to feel relieved for now. Both times I've taken Glenwood to the vet I've feared I'd leave without her. Today, Anna (the vet tech) said she thinks Glenwood will get better. Dr. Ryan seems cautiously optimistic.

On a sad note, two dogs died today - pets of the vets' friends - and so the place had an aura of sadness. A woman was crying so hard I started too. I don't know how animal care-givers cope. I'm so grateful to have found these people - for Riley, for Timmy, and now for little Glenwood.