Patty & Champ
Member Since 2011
Yesterday
I had a relatively good night's sleep and feel much more like my optimistic self this morning!!! It helped that I had a wake-up call from a very hungry little Champers who actually hopped on my bed to make sure I knew he was around. He used to sleep with me every night, but now it's a special treat to have him come into my room at all, much less on my bed!!! It didn't even matter that he was a half-hour early!!! As I moved around the kitchen getting his food, insulin, and testing stuff ready, he followed me step for step, probably wondering why oh why the food wasn't coming RIGHT NOW!! :lol: He actually ate really well, but left some food in his bowl, which actually makes me happy. I had put a little extra in there because I had two open cans of Fancy Feast in the fridge, neither one enough for a whole meal so I just put all of it in his bowl (it was only 0.3 oz more than normal). I'm glad to see that he's learning how to self regulate the amount of food he needs instead of just inhaling all of it like usual. Maybe it's finally kicking in that he doesn't need as much food now that his sugars are coming down.
After he ate, he laid down on the living room floor and gave himself a little wash, like usual. He had his front legs side by side so I was able to see a very noticeable difference in the size of his two front legs. The left leg definitely looks thinner, like it's lost some muscle mass. I ran my hand down both legs, palpating both, and he didn't express any kind of pain signs at all. When he jumps or walks, he never shows any pain either. Because my field of expertise at work is neurology, I truly believe he has a neurological problem of some sort. I tried to research this on the internet last night and found there are others out there who describe the EXACT thing in their cat, wobbling of the front legs with no pain when they stand or sit (but not when walking), but they didn't get any answers either. I'm going to try some methyl-B12 because I read it gets into the spinal fluid, yada yada yada. Don't know the accuracy of this statement, but since it can't hurt him and might help him, I figure why not give it a try. I'm going to go out this afternoon and get some. Thanks to everyone yesterday who stopped in and gave me advice on its use and what kind to get. I really appreciate it!!
It looks like Champ may have an interesting day today!!! Now, since I have time this morning, off to visit condo's!!
I had a relatively good night's sleep and feel much more like my optimistic self this morning!!! It helped that I had a wake-up call from a very hungry little Champers who actually hopped on my bed to make sure I knew he was around. He used to sleep with me every night, but now it's a special treat to have him come into my room at all, much less on my bed!!! It didn't even matter that he was a half-hour early!!! As I moved around the kitchen getting his food, insulin, and testing stuff ready, he followed me step for step, probably wondering why oh why the food wasn't coming RIGHT NOW!! :lol: He actually ate really well, but left some food in his bowl, which actually makes me happy. I had put a little extra in there because I had two open cans of Fancy Feast in the fridge, neither one enough for a whole meal so I just put all of it in his bowl (it was only 0.3 oz more than normal). I'm glad to see that he's learning how to self regulate the amount of food he needs instead of just inhaling all of it like usual. Maybe it's finally kicking in that he doesn't need as much food now that his sugars are coming down.
After he ate, he laid down on the living room floor and gave himself a little wash, like usual. He had his front legs side by side so I was able to see a very noticeable difference in the size of his two front legs. The left leg definitely looks thinner, like it's lost some muscle mass. I ran my hand down both legs, palpating both, and he didn't express any kind of pain signs at all. When he jumps or walks, he never shows any pain either. Because my field of expertise at work is neurology, I truly believe he has a neurological problem of some sort. I tried to research this on the internet last night and found there are others out there who describe the EXACT thing in their cat, wobbling of the front legs with no pain when they stand or sit (but not when walking), but they didn't get any answers either. I'm going to try some methyl-B12 because I read it gets into the spinal fluid, yada yada yada. Don't know the accuracy of this statement, but since it can't hurt him and might help him, I figure why not give it a try. I'm going to go out this afternoon and get some. Thanks to everyone yesterday who stopped in and gave me advice on its use and what kind to get. I really appreciate it!!
It looks like Champ may have an interesting day today!!! Now, since I have time this morning, off to visit condo's!!
