Well, this has been a stressful and traumatic afternoon for everyone in my household. I worked from 7-9am today and then came home. Matt got woken up by Brat and Pita fighting, so he got out of bed to break them up. He tested and shot Pita, who ate and behaved normally. When I came home, I went on the bed to snuggle with him and as I moved, got an angry meow/hiss at me. I gave him some space and let him sniff my hand because I was unsure of what happened. He had a look that made me worried, so I kept looking at him as I started cooking, etc. He finally jumped off the bed and Matt said 'oh he's limping really bad'. Pita was indeed limping a lot, favoring his left, hind leg. So naturally, I freaked out. I called a vet nearby and they were able to take us right away. It was a battle but we got him into the carrier and went. Now, I've already chastised myself for this and it was still on my list, but I never received any answers from vets regarding Diabetic treatment, so I didn't have one lined up. Regardless, this vet was 4 minutes away and has some phenomenal Yelp reviews (not that it always matters). Everyone there was nice enough and I gave the history of his treatment, etc. She did say she had treated diabetic cats before, but I feel like our convo wasn't as in-depth as I would have liked. She was able to hold and move his leg around, with him only meow/growling once. No ingrown nails or anything, so she said that he would need x-rays done so they could figure it out. Now, I was very vocal about how nervous I was about him needing sedation and she had the concern as well. We decided to get a pain medication, bring him home and get an estimate for the next step. I was sent home with Buprenex (0.6 mg) and we need to give it to him 2x/day every 12 hours for 3 days. I asked and was told it would not interfere with his ProZinc. The estimate we got for the visit to try to find out exactly what's wrong is roughly $450, which we can do (insert my racing mind thinking about if he needs surgery, etc, etc). That estimate includes bloodwork, x-rays and the use of the sedative 'PropoFlo'. I have been Googling, and I believe it is 'safe' as far as we're concerned with a diabetic cat. Again, they told me that they were very aware and cautious about sedation as well, so they felt confident in this type. We came home, gave the Buprenex and he's now hiding under the bed. We'll keep an eye on him for the rest of the day and we'll be figuring out how soon until we bring him in for the x-rays. His BG #'s have indeed been climbing the past few days and I was going to do a curve today to figure out where he was going. That's obviously not happening now, which is fine, but I'm now definitely inclined to think that they've been rising because of whatever the heck has happened to his hip/leg. So, I'm not sure how coherent any of that was, but that's where we are. If I could type all the swearing going through my mind right now, I would. And I'm also trying not to go worse-case scenario and bawl my eyes out.