In the past several days our cat Nick has been described as handsome, great, adorable, ‘quite the guy’, to name just a few of the praises lavished on him by the staff at the New Haven Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine.

Turns out old blue eyes is quite the charmer and is quite possibly New Haven’s favorite cat . (Shh. Nobody tell Izzy…)

Sadly, Nick’s celebrity status came about because he got sick.  After exhibiting signs of illness (i.e. not annoying the heck out of us to change his water first thing in the morning and, worse, not eating) we took Nick to the vet.  She didn’t seem too concerned but said we should do some diagnostic tests just in case.  After a few twists and turns in the process we were told that Nick had severe renal failure and that based on ‘his numbers’ he really should be dead.  But he wasn’t.  They still aren’t sure why.

Amazingly, he just keeps getting better and even gets to come home today!  Izzy will be very, very happy to see him.  turns out people love just isn’t the same when you are used to a constant kitty companion.

We are really grateful that Nick is feeling better and would like to thank everyone at the animal hospital who gave him so much love and attention.  You guys are great!