"Can I go home yet!?"

He's home!

His appetite is fine, he just absolutely hates the prescription canned food. I mixed a little of his preferred canned food with the prescription food and he gobbled it up as though he was eating the last can of cat food on Earth.

He's still having trouble, but at this point, he's better off at home.

He was running around the house scenting things by rubbing against them and harassing Tuxie. Nova's not handling Cosmo's homecoming very well, because Cosmo's scent is off. So Nova is growling and hissing and snarling at him, but no actual violence.

B took this picture at the vet's when he picked Cosmo up.

We have to help him void his bladder, as he doesn't have much control over it right now. But I'd much rather have a Cosmo with a leaky bladder than no Cosmo at all.

He's happy to be home.

He's been pretty vocal since coming home. Being extra demanding. All good signs, there.

My surgery is in the morning. I'm terrified. But I need this so bad.

We'll be dropping Cosmo off at the vet in the morning so he won't be alone while I'm in surgery. The vet isn't gonna charge us for tomorrow, even though we're more than willing to pay for it.

Hospitalization from Thursday night to late Monday afternoon, even including the fact that this was an EMERGENCY case, cost us less than $700.

That's pretty much unheard of.

Even if we only bought Cosmo a little more time, I'm so grateful for that vet.

We're still not officially out of the woods yet, but Cosmo is home and snuggled up in B's computer chair. He's happy. He's eating. He's peeing.

Thank you, Blip family. Thanks for your prayers and love and support. I truly believe that you all contributed to this miracle.

I'm gonna be selfish and ask you to please pray for me. I need this surgery very much, but we don't know how damaged my heart might be. I'm afraid. I'm very afraid.

I want to make it through this. I want to get better, if only a little. I want a better quality of life. I want to be able to work instead of B having to support me and try to pay my medical bills.

Please pray for me. Please.

I'm twenty-six, I should be full of life and doing something with my life. I want to do something with my life! I want to do something that helps others! I want to make the world a little better!

Please pray that I get that chance. Please.

I love you all so much. Please take care of yourselves and yours. And don't ever pass up a chance to show and/or tell the important people and animals in your life how much you love them.