Good grief last week was horrible. My youngest daughter not only had an ear infection, but ended up with a ruptured ear drum. She had to get shots of an antibiotic called Rocefin, which came out to two shots a day for three days. My husband has had it before and he said it feels like they are injecting hair gel into your leg. On top of that Henry, my cat, was diagnosed with heart failure. I've had him longer than I've been married, and it was pretty devastating news. His lungs were filled with fluid, as well as the space between his chest wall and lungs. His heart is also beating irregularly now. After a long talk with the vet, and a few tearful phone calls back and forth with Carrigan we decided that we owed it to Henry to try. Fortunately the medication he needs is cheap, but I'm still not sure if we're doing the right thing. He lost 3lbs in one week just from all the fluid that we got off of his lungs. He's pretty lethargic, but Carrigan thinks his body is just trying to adjust to all the changes from the medications. Our Vet told us that average life expectancy is 1yr, we may get 3-4yrs with him. I really hope he beats the odds.