Our sweet Rusty

Is sick! He has been drinking more and peeing more (a few accidents in the house which he has never had before) so I took him to the vet yesterday. They took blood and did a urinalysis. The vet called today to inform us that Rusty is in kidney failure. We are shocked and devastated! She says he has 6 weeks to 6 months to live, OMG! If we are lucky maybe a year, but who knows.
We immediately needed to switch his food to a kidney diet, no more treats unless they are the special food, make sure he's drinking lots of water and we need to start giving him sub q fluids at home.
Again, we are so very sad. Rus is my baby and I love him so much! Joel and he are best pals too and I really thought that they'd grow up together. Joel lights up when he sees Rus, says Wusty and makes a bee line for him and puts his head down on his fur and says awww! When he can't find Rusty he calls Wusty Wusty! My heart just breaks :o( I don't know what I will do without my little shadow who follows me EVERY WHERE...

On another note. Josh went in for his upper and lower GI today and they took lots of biopsies of polyps and inflamed tissue in his small intestine and stomach. He has a large polyp in his colon that will require surgery to remove in the near future. We will find out the results in a week or so. I am scared!

Please pray with us for Josh's results to be negative and for our sweet Rusty boy!

Tomorrow is Joel's finalization and despite all that is going on I vow to be happy! It is a very important and special day that has been a long time coming.