
It seemed for a while that the boycat was going to recover, but in the end the damage was too great and he didn't make it. He was awfully young and we're all very sad to lose him; he was a fantastic cat and I miss him already.
I do still maintain that it's worth it to love them, even knowing we'll have to mourn them.
The bobkitten has been firmly instructed not to die. Of course, the bobkitten has also been firmly instructed not to get on the dining room table, so we know what instructions mean to a cat.