Thanks for all of your kind words. It's reassuring to know that so many have been in the same predicament.

Today I woke up and she was on the bed (just when we think she's too incapacitated to get up there) and I haven't found a single pee puddle (perhaps the antibiotics have taken care of the mild bladder infection and maybe that really was the cause of her inappropriate whizzing). Some days she seems so weak, then days like today she seems good. When she's awake she's so alert, too. And she's just as demanding as ever for food.

Right now I think we'll wait to make any decisions until we get back from out west, assuming that she doesn't take a fast decline in the next week or so. My MIL will just have to deal with any messes she makes, as I don't think our vet provides boarding (it's a very small country practice). We've been leaving towels in areas where Lola tends to pee, anyhow (kitchen and bathroom) and make it clear to my MIL that it's no big deal to wash these daily.