Wednesday three.

Three signs I'm pretty sure Her Majesty's end is near, in no particular order:

• one of her ears droops (kind of like this, except that it's not as dramatic {yet?} and both creatures involved have black hair)... I have never seen or heard of that in a cat, and I'm pretty sure it's not an ear infection (and if it is, REALLY?? Angry Cat Gods, leave her be, will you?)
  
• she does a lot of groaning and high-pitched mewing instead of her normal annoyed meow, and she barely looked at me when I got home tonight
  
• she doesn't do that nauseatingly, heart-crushing, adorable half-hug thing anymore

I called her specialist for at-home vet euthanasia recommendations. I'm told I will know when it's "time."

So now, we wait...