Swabbed and Waiting, and Maury

Glenwood and I went back to the vet Saturday for them to dig some goo out of her ear for culturing.  No problem with goo collection.  We await results, with no evidence that this kitten is feeling anything but fabulous.

A few months ago I read about Maury in an Infinite Hope fund-raising publication.  A woman had found him after he was hit by a car as a kitten, and brought him in.  His back half was a mess.  I've never been able to ask Dr. Ryan about him because he was so young and fragile and hurt, and I just didn't want the words said.

So Glenwood and I are sitting in the Hope waiting room, where the adoption cages are, and a tech comes in to attend to a beautiful tabby who had emptied his litter box all over the floor.  She called him Maury, and I said "MAURY???  THAT Maury?"  Maury made it!  He is very soft and has square paws, like Riley.  He's a really nice cat.  The problem is that he leaks.  His nerves in the rear half are shot and his bathroom habits are not quite under his control.  In fact, they have to "express" him to make sure he does his business.  They've tried acupuncture and everything else, but this is probably how Maury is going to be.  Dr. Ryan said if she wins the lottery she is going to build him his own room.