Caryl & Sebastian & Alex (GA)
Member Since 2009
Oh woe is me...
Alex is a little acetone this morning again. His numbers aren't awful-when I fed him this morning he was at 290- but he has been over 300 for over 3 hours in one cycle and that's enough to start the 'tone action' going in my boy. This has really given me a good shaking up this morning, although it's not anything I wasn't aware of..it's something that is more 'set in stone' for me then ever. First of all, thank goodness my nose is so sensitive. I'm happy i can smell things i like and don't like even when the scent is faint (I wonder if there is a job that will pay me for this)?, I can always catch the ketones before they get bad. AND I'm thankful that Alex is crazy different in that he starts to smell when he's only trace, where most cats don't until they are in pretty bad shape(so anyone new that might be reading this, DO NOT think that your cat can't have ketones if he doesn't smell like acetone. HE MOST CERTAINLY CAN!!! My cat is abnormal.) I am also very aware that I can never trust anyone but me to take care of Alex. I hope that I'll be doing it for a long time to come and I don't mind. He and Jackson are my heart. But when I smell acetone on him, no one else does. Not his vet. not his vet tech. no one. And this was even when he has been really smelly. So I have no choice.
OT
The new girl that was hired by my vet who I was training for the last 2 weeks is 23 with 2 babies that were conceived while she was on birth control pills. REALLY! She doesn't believe in abortion. I couldn't understand this at first but this week i found out that she is a 23 year old that has gone to hell and back in her short lifetime and after what was done to her as a child, i think she needs those babies. She takes care of them, is going to college online, is working for vet and being a wife. And... she is nice, nice, nice and appreciates everything she has. Yesterday she told me she was driving down to Atlanta with her husband and kids for the long holiday weekend to meet the mom who was taken out of her life when she was 2. A couple of years ago she learned the truth about her life... and that her dad 'took' her when she was 2, the mother never had a choice. She was told that her mom abandoned her. She spent her childhood been beaten and abused by her father and step mom.I asked if she was angry and she told me that she had been for a while but 'what's the point?. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. The things that happen to us and the people that come into our lives. I love my kids and I love my life. Even though my dad and his wife beat me I forgive them. they are crazy. but I have my own family now. If anyone ever tries to hurt one of my babies I will end up in jail"....this girl is one of my heros ♥, now one of my friends, and I know it's off the subject but it made me wonder...why did this happen to Alex? Why to any of our cats?
I have an answer about Alex..maybe not the answer but an answer....I never knew before what a funny and incredible little cat Alex is before all of this happened. I was so much closer to Jackson. If Alex hadn't gotten diabetes I would never have gotten to see the strength he has, the fortitude, the fight and the love. He is an incredible cat. A trooper. Unless he feels really crappy, he meets me at the door when i come home even though he's semi hobbling on his back hocks.The Xobaline has worked to a degree but he never got back on his toes. At least not yet. I wouldn't have known how much I love him. I mean, I always loved him, but I didn't know how much. He is worth the time and attention that I realized he will need from me ...forever. No one else can take care of him unless they can smell him. And they can't.
Sorry this was so long but I guess I'm emotional today. Yesterday was the anniversary of my dad's passing and although it was a long time ago, I still feel it every July 4th weekend when I see the flicker of the candle that I light in his memory.
Alex ate a big breffis and all p's are in order. he and Jackson ate a huge breffis and are taking their naps. I-)
Happy Caturday Everyone! (Alex & Jackson hope to see all kitties at Luna's party later)
PS..Jackson started tapezole today also :roll:
yesterday
Alex is a little acetone this morning again. His numbers aren't awful-when I fed him this morning he was at 290- but he has been over 300 for over 3 hours in one cycle and that's enough to start the 'tone action' going in my boy. This has really given me a good shaking up this morning, although it's not anything I wasn't aware of..it's something that is more 'set in stone' for me then ever. First of all, thank goodness my nose is so sensitive. I'm happy i can smell things i like and don't like even when the scent is faint (I wonder if there is a job that will pay me for this)?, I can always catch the ketones before they get bad. AND I'm thankful that Alex is crazy different in that he starts to smell when he's only trace, where most cats don't until they are in pretty bad shape(so anyone new that might be reading this, DO NOT think that your cat can't have ketones if he doesn't smell like acetone. HE MOST CERTAINLY CAN!!! My cat is abnormal.) I am also very aware that I can never trust anyone but me to take care of Alex. I hope that I'll be doing it for a long time to come and I don't mind. He and Jackson are my heart. But when I smell acetone on him, no one else does. Not his vet. not his vet tech. no one. And this was even when he has been really smelly. So I have no choice.
OT
The new girl that was hired by my vet who I was training for the last 2 weeks is 23 with 2 babies that were conceived while she was on birth control pills. REALLY! She doesn't believe in abortion. I couldn't understand this at first but this week i found out that she is a 23 year old that has gone to hell and back in her short lifetime and after what was done to her as a child, i think she needs those babies. She takes care of them, is going to college online, is working for vet and being a wife. And... she is nice, nice, nice and appreciates everything she has. Yesterday she told me she was driving down to Atlanta with her husband and kids for the long holiday weekend to meet the mom who was taken out of her life when she was 2. A couple of years ago she learned the truth about her life... and that her dad 'took' her when she was 2, the mother never had a choice. She was told that her mom abandoned her. She spent her childhood been beaten and abused by her father and step mom.I asked if she was angry and she told me that she had been for a while but 'what's the point?. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. The things that happen to us and the people that come into our lives. I love my kids and I love my life. Even though my dad and his wife beat me I forgive them. they are crazy. but I have my own family now. If anyone ever tries to hurt one of my babies I will end up in jail"....this girl is one of my heros ♥, now one of my friends, and I know it's off the subject but it made me wonder...why did this happen to Alex? Why to any of our cats?I have an answer about Alex..maybe not the answer but an answer....I never knew before what a funny and incredible little cat Alex is before all of this happened. I was so much closer to Jackson. If Alex hadn't gotten diabetes I would never have gotten to see the strength he has, the fortitude, the fight and the love. He is an incredible cat. A trooper. Unless he feels really crappy, he meets me at the door when i come home even though he's semi hobbling on his back hocks.The Xobaline has worked to a degree but he never got back on his toes. At least not yet. I wouldn't have known how much I love him. I mean, I always loved him, but I didn't know how much. He is worth the time and attention that I realized he will need from me ...forever. No one else can take care of him unless they can smell him. And they can't.
Sorry this was so long but I guess I'm emotional today. Yesterday was the anniversary of my dad's passing and although it was a long time ago, I still feel it every July 4th weekend when I see the flicker of the candle that I light in his memory.
Alex ate a big breffis and all p's are in order. he and Jackson ate a huge breffis and are taking their naps. I-)
Happy Caturday Everyone! (Alex & Jackson hope to see all kitties at Luna's party later)
PS..Jackson started tapezole today also :roll:
yesterday
and was worried that he might have thyroid or kidney disease so when I took him in to have his cyst checked I had his blood panel done. His t4 came back high. Vet didn't want him on tap right away...wanted to see if it might turn around because Jackson also gained a pound since his last visit which is odd. But he's still was drinking enormous amounts a week later so vet said to start him on half a tap once a day to start and see what happens...which I did today. Hope it helps and that he doesn't gain more weight. ( I wanted to start him right away but I could see where his concern was re: Jackson. However, all this drinking a week later and a bg today of 81 wasn't flying right with me. enough is enough.)
