Best wishes to your wife and your kitty. My wife and I are cat people too, we have 3 of our own, plus a stray that came for Thanksgiving and is still here. We also take care of a small feral colony at our complex, they all have names now (and have been spayed or neutered), and we can even pet most of them. Sure is easy to get attached to cats. Our 35 pound Maine Coon (I found him at the dumpster at our last apartment) cost me 2 Super Sports for a vet bill for a urinary tract problem, but I would do it again in a heartbeat. Hoping for a successful outcome for both patients.