I'm writing this entry on February 3rd, and late last week, I took Jackass and Zelia to the vet. I was worried because Jack is the thinnest he's ever been and Zelia has been coughing, so I was worried that she might have congestive heart failure. Well, the news is pretty good for these old critters. Zelia is just suffering from "reverse sneezing." Her lipomas are getting bigger and she'll probably need surgery to remove the one on her belly and by her armpit, but she is pretty good for such an old gal. And Jackass is at his all time lowest weight at 9.4 pounds, but his blood work is pretty darn good -- his thyroid values are in the normal range and his creatinine levels are just a tiny bit above high normal while the BUN is normal. So, he's an old guy with a spare lean body, but he still is lively, enjoys his food, keeps up his routine, seeks and demands love, and bosses us around. We are all holding our own in the Sanchez home!