Lylene & Barry
Member Since 2009
Paisley's amazingly short 11/28 condo http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=57415&p=624089#p624089
This will be Paisley's 3rd cycle of 2.25u. That was decreased from 2.5u. It looks like her body is starting to get this insulin thing figured out. :idea: She's bounced a bit from dropping down to 29 but nothing like her typical bounces. I'm very happy to see so much green and blue. I'm going to have to keep a close eye on her because I have a feeling that she's not going to sit at 2.25 very long.
We have no history on her to know onset or if there was some event that precipitated the diabetes.
With Barry he was a stray but he but he escaped the shelter and was in really bad shape when someone brought him back. He spent a long time in the sick room. That is what we think kicked in his diabetes. With proper food and the Lantus, that seemed to be what his body needed to heal. That and love. Serious on the love. He's an amazingly affectionate cat and everyone loves him. At the shelter, after he got out of the sick room, he was given run of the shelter and took the role of greeter. Probably worked at Wally World in a previous life. :lol: When he was still on insulin, I would take him to the Saturday morning Farmers Market as it was during shot time. He loved it. There was a knapper there who frequently brought a friend who was very withdrawn. Barry was in a harness and leash and would go sit with this guy. He seemed to know that something wasn't quite ok with this guy and he needed a friend. Maybe I should check into him being a therapy cat. Isn't one of the LL cats a therapy cat?
Thinking about it, having free range at the shelter is probably why his diabetes was caught so quickly. Had he been in a cage, it might have taken longer. The shelter is always overrun with cats. Cats have taken over the garage and the Animal Control truck parks outside. The cat count now is over 100. They have specials where the adoption fee is a bag of food or litter. Feral/barn cats are always free. They do an amazing job with what they have. Monday to Friday they get prisoners from the county jail who do community service to decrease the time they have to spend in jail and people who have been sentenced to community service. Without them, I can't imagine what the shelter would do. They clean cages, empty litter boxes, clean indoor and outdoor kennels, feed and water and give animals as much attention as time allows. It's a crappy job, literally, but I guess it beats sitting in jail all day.
Enough rambling. My social life is rather limited living so far out of town with Paisley's frequent testing. Talking to the cats and my drooler only goes so far. DH spends so much time working and is exhausted when he does get home. I get rather lonely. So I take it out here sometimes. Most of the time I end up deleting most of that I write.
Hope everyone has a good day.
This will be Paisley's 3rd cycle of 2.25u. That was decreased from 2.5u. It looks like her body is starting to get this insulin thing figured out. :idea: She's bounced a bit from dropping down to 29 but nothing like her typical bounces. I'm very happy to see so much green and blue. I'm going to have to keep a close eye on her because I have a feeling that she's not going to sit at 2.25 very long.
We have no history on her to know onset or if there was some event that precipitated the diabetes.
With Barry he was a stray but he but he escaped the shelter and was in really bad shape when someone brought him back. He spent a long time in the sick room. That is what we think kicked in his diabetes. With proper food and the Lantus, that seemed to be what his body needed to heal. That and love. Serious on the love. He's an amazingly affectionate cat and everyone loves him. At the shelter, after he got out of the sick room, he was given run of the shelter and took the role of greeter. Probably worked at Wally World in a previous life. :lol: When he was still on insulin, I would take him to the Saturday morning Farmers Market as it was during shot time. He loved it. There was a knapper there who frequently brought a friend who was very withdrawn. Barry was in a harness and leash and would go sit with this guy. He seemed to know that something wasn't quite ok with this guy and he needed a friend. Maybe I should check into him being a therapy cat. Isn't one of the LL cats a therapy cat?
Thinking about it, having free range at the shelter is probably why his diabetes was caught so quickly. Had he been in a cage, it might have taken longer. The shelter is always overrun with cats. Cats have taken over the garage and the Animal Control truck parks outside. The cat count now is over 100. They have specials where the adoption fee is a bag of food or litter. Feral/barn cats are always free. They do an amazing job with what they have. Monday to Friday they get prisoners from the county jail who do community service to decrease the time they have to spend in jail and people who have been sentenced to community service. Without them, I can't imagine what the shelter would do. They clean cages, empty litter boxes, clean indoor and outdoor kennels, feed and water and give animals as much attention as time allows. It's a crappy job, literally, but I guess it beats sitting in jail all day.
Enough rambling. My social life is rather limited living so far out of town with Paisley's frequent testing. Talking to the cats and my drooler only goes so far. DH spends so much time working and is exhausted when he does get home. I get rather lonely. So I take it out here sometimes. Most of the time I end up deleting most of that I write.
Hope everyone has a good day.
