karen and splash (ga)
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It's not testing time yet this morning for the little diva who lives with me named Friday, so I'm just posting a WCR and an intro to those who don't know us around LL.
Most of you don't know me, but I've been a bean around here for over three years when my first diabetic, Splash, was dx. He taught me to learn and was only on insulin (PZI, but in his case I don't think it would have mattered which insulin he was given) for 23 days. Anyway, from my experience with Splash, when someone at our local independent shelter suggested I consider permanently fostering Friday, a diabetic who had been returned to them during a DKA episode, I ended up saying yes.
Friday survived that DKA episode but then ended up at the shelter and was in a separate condo because she didn't eat regularly and they were trying to keep tabs on her input and output....and in addition, she didn't like other cats very much and would have caused havoc in a room with more than two or three other cats. But, she also HATES being confined. She was put on Lantus and had doses from 1u to 2u over the next year. This period also included a visit to the vet for a curve during which she tried to hypo there (that was on 2u)......so when I brought her home I had hopes for OTJ, but it became apparent after she tried several times (at microdoses) to go OTJ, but just couldn't make it, that she would most likely be on insulin forever. That's okay.
She's been with us two years now and while her dose is up to 2u, we've determined that she's had several CP attacks and the damage has been done to her pancreas. She is starting to mellow in her "old" age of 15 and has even been photographed on the couch or chair with Chocolate or Cheddar and their fur has been touching. But she still swats at the boys especially if they breath wrong in her presence. LOL!!!!!
She eats regularly and is always there when the cans are opened, she loves to snuggle on my chest when I'm trying to sleep, she has her places in the house that are HER perches and the others respect them. I'm getting better at figuring out when she is starting a CP attack and keep bup on hand (I love my vet) and can dose it without a trip to see him. Never had to use Mirtz on her, but have it around just in case......usually the pain meds are just enough. And on occasion a couple of days of squids. So she is doing well and continues to do well on Lantus.
It's good to see so many beans that care enough to do the best for their cats around here. Listen, read, learn, try........know thy cat and you will hopefully have as happy a cat as I do and still be able to have a life (like I try to do) that just happens to include a diabetic cat.
Hugs, Karen
Most of you don't know me, but I've been a bean around here for over three years when my first diabetic, Splash, was dx. He taught me to learn and was only on insulin (PZI, but in his case I don't think it would have mattered which insulin he was given) for 23 days. Anyway, from my experience with Splash, when someone at our local independent shelter suggested I consider permanently fostering Friday, a diabetic who had been returned to them during a DKA episode, I ended up saying yes.
Friday survived that DKA episode but then ended up at the shelter and was in a separate condo because she didn't eat regularly and they were trying to keep tabs on her input and output....and in addition, she didn't like other cats very much and would have caused havoc in a room with more than two or three other cats. But, she also HATES being confined. She was put on Lantus and had doses from 1u to 2u over the next year. This period also included a visit to the vet for a curve during which she tried to hypo there (that was on 2u)......so when I brought her home I had hopes for OTJ, but it became apparent after she tried several times (at microdoses) to go OTJ, but just couldn't make it, that she would most likely be on insulin forever. That's okay.
She's been with us two years now and while her dose is up to 2u, we've determined that she's had several CP attacks and the damage has been done to her pancreas. She is starting to mellow in her "old" age of 15 and has even been photographed on the couch or chair with Chocolate or Cheddar and their fur has been touching. But she still swats at the boys especially if they breath wrong in her presence. LOL!!!!!
She eats regularly and is always there when the cans are opened, she loves to snuggle on my chest when I'm trying to sleep, she has her places in the house that are HER perches and the others respect them. I'm getting better at figuring out when she is starting a CP attack and keep bup on hand (I love my vet) and can dose it without a trip to see him. Never had to use Mirtz on her, but have it around just in case......usually the pain meds are just enough. And on occasion a couple of days of squids. So she is doing well and continues to do well on Lantus.
It's good to see so many beans that care enough to do the best for their cats around here. Listen, read, learn, try........know thy cat and you will hopefully have as happy a cat as I do and still be able to have a life (like I try to do) that just happens to include a diabetic cat.
Hugs, Karen
