BTW - thank you everyone for all the help and support! I appreciated all the suggestions and good wishes. I learned better techniques and received great ideas that I incorporated in different ways.
And a big thank you to the unknown "Straw Hat Kikos", who apparently hasn't been active here for several years. Just having his old posts available on this site gave me hope - and a plan.
Hope that doesn't mean you're leaving our little community until "the next time" something comes up. Hope you'll stick around and share pics/stories/updates with us every now and again. Don't shoot me, but when I looked at the pic, first thing that came to mind was "Pet Semetary" by Stephen King. I AM glad she's doing better! And under your care, I hope she's there for you for quite a long time to come.