Dhisana has Pneumonia

The new kitten has been named Dhisana, after the Hindu goddess of abundance and Keeper of the Sacred Flame. Poor little thing - she has lost a pound in the last week, one-quarter of her body weight. She was much weaker this morning, and I was afraid that her upper respiratory infection had turned into pneumonia. When Lynn came home at lunch, we conferred, and she started calling to find a vet. I suggested Arapahoe Animal Hospital after she had tried contacting five others. They could see her at 3:30 this afternoon, so Lynn and I took her in. She is now being hydrated by an IV, and is getting broad-spectrum antibiotics IV. They did blood work in house and also did her lung X-rays and her FeLeuk test (negative, Thank Goodness!). So she might be able to go home tomorrow afternoon, but probably not until Monday. And Monday is the day Christina will arrive with the other, older female cat from the same Humane Society. The older cat is eating and drinking well, but is still coughing. She'll be visiting the vet on Tuesday. Tessa and Lilly should be fine.
Lovey and Nedi ran out early this morning before I headed over to Lynn's. I had to go get Lovey - she had an elderly Beagle cornered on its' patio, and wouldn't let the dog move. She can be fierce. Nedi is currently shredding a shoe box into one-eighth-inch pieces. They both went out again this evening while I was eating fettucine alfredo with broccoli and a chicken breast. They're both in fine fettle.
Starting tonight, the western slope of the Rockies here in Colorado will start getting between two and four feet of new powdery snow. We folks on the eastern side might get a snow shower, but that'll be all. But we've been having fairly warm weather. The front bringing the snow will also be bringing very cold air, so we expect a high of 28 on Wednesday and 34 on Thanksgiving - with lows those nights in the single digits and teens. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.