January 4, 2007 (Thursday)

I hand-fed Ashley today. The lump seems as if it might have gone down some. She is showing signs of wanting to eat on her own, but she seems to not really want to swallow.

Eventually, she would just leave the food. At that point, I would have to hand feed her.

Late at night, about 1 a.m. – now January 5th, Ashley came out from under the couch on her own. She tried to climb the ladder to get on the counter, but she had difficulty negotiating the two steps and the counter. I helped her onto the counter. She made a real effort to try to eat on her own. She nibbled a few bites of Whiskas (a fairly large morsel dry cat food) and ate a very small amount of canned cat food with a little water added to make easier to eat.