I’m losing hope and don’t know what to do anymore. In May 2019, some time after coming home from college, I noticed that one of my cats, Sara, seemed very sick. She was lethargic, her eyes and nose were running, and just seems completely lifeless. My mother takes care of my cats while I’m away (I have year round housing on campus) and I told her that we needed to take Sara to the vet as soon as it opened. She stayed there for a few days and we found out that she had diabetes. Not only that but if she hadn’t come in for testing sooner, she could’ve died within the next week or two. But I was optimistic because we knew the problem and had something to work with.
The vet started her on vetsulin and said to give her 5 units twice a day. She was eating and drinking ravenously, and peeing all of the time, a few weeks passed by and the vet told my mom to increase to 7 units twice a day and that as long as she’s eating she’s good.
I remember I had gone back to school in June that same year because of work and came home to visit again in July. One night, I found Sara laying on the floor looking completely lifeless. My mother and I took her to the emergency vet and she relayed to me that this wasn’t the first time something like this has happened.
That night we found out Sara had pancreatitis, a uti, cataracts, and obviously the diabetes. We were also told that her heart and bladder were enlarged, she had a fever that they didn’t know what was causing it at the time. They managed to get her fever down but I was left shocked.
I didn’t understand how after seeing the vet two months ago, all of these things could have happened to her, or if these things were missed or looked over by the vet.
I was furious. I started looking on this website on how I could save my cat. There were days/nights I’d notice my mom would completely forget to give Sara her insulin or would give it to her over an hour or two later after she’d eaten. I’m sure that’s happened even more times when I haven’t been home. I looked into different vets, the best diabetic foods for Sara, home testing, everything and anything. My requests and pleading went unheard because my mom couldn’t understand listening to a forum over a vet we’ve gone to for over 20 years or more, and I had to go back to school.
It’s been a year now. My first pet, my cat, my best friend and family who I’ve had for 10+ years now, who I watched be born, never got better. She was slightly overweight when we found out she was diabetic, she is now virtually skin and bones, she might be almost 6 pounds max. Her coat is dull and her eyes are sunken and have lost their brightness. She still eats like she’s starving and drinks water as if she hasn’t in weeks. Urinates probably twice an hour. Her insulin dosage was put up to 10 units which I don’t understand. And I found out maybe 2-3 months ago that she now also has cancer.
I can’t help but feel like this all could have been avoided if I stayed home from college, if we had gone to a different vet, if my mother had listened to me. It doesn’t make sense to me that instead of getting better, she got worse.
Sara is constantly looking for food, jumping on tables for it, sitting in the kitchen incase something drops, crying for food every hour of the day, it could be 3am. She also urinates outside of and around her litter box multiple times a day.
I recently got her two new litter boxes, low entry with high corners, the cat attract litter, wee wee pads to place under the box, rocco and roxie stain and odor elimination and the natures miracle odor to stop the peeing outside the box but nothing is working. While my mom is at work she is confined to the bathroom which I know doesn’t help, because 1. She was originally in my mother’s room (it’s a large space) during the day but was peeing outside the box and my mom got sick of it and moved her to the bathroom, and 2. My other cat (younger male/neutered) has become kind of a bully, bites her and chases her, especially when Sara cries for food early in the morning or around feeding time. He’s a huge rag doll with a very unpredictable temper wise so they’re separated during the day. (I feel horrible even about this because I can tell he’s starting to become depressed)
Sara is not the same cat she was. Won’t even play or sleep in the bed anymore, she sleeps in the kitchen. She acts like a feral cat and behaves like she’s mentally unstable and my parents will yell at her for these things which she can’t control! She literally cant walk through the kitchen without being yelled at to get out!
I’m posting this because I’m going back to school soon and have completely lost all hope. My mother and father have talked about giving Sara up to a place that would treat her until she dies, the vet has asked about putting her to sleep because he’s surprised she’s lived this long and it’s being considered, but I’m not ready to give up on her. She has cancer, yes, but the diabetes is obviously still not under control.
My mom is saying that there’s no point in changing her diet or doing at home testing now that we know Sara has cancer which I think is crazy.
I finally got her to buy the fancy feast pate but is their any low carb dry food that can carry her through the day? Or is one can in the morning and one at night enough? My mom usually feeds them around 6-7am and then again at 7-8pm. That’s also when Sara would be getting her insulin.
I don’t know how long my cat has to live, but what I do know is that I want her to pass away happy and in the home she grew up in from a baby, most importantly, as the cat she used to be. Loving, shy, playful, strong and independent.
I know how long this is but I am beyond desperate. Any advice you could give me, I would really appreciate it. I’m desperate
The vet started her on vetsulin and said to give her 5 units twice a day. She was eating and drinking ravenously, and peeing all of the time, a few weeks passed by and the vet told my mom to increase to 7 units twice a day and that as long as she’s eating she’s good.
I remember I had gone back to school in June that same year because of work and came home to visit again in July. One night, I found Sara laying on the floor looking completely lifeless. My mother and I took her to the emergency vet and she relayed to me that this wasn’t the first time something like this has happened.
That night we found out Sara had pancreatitis, a uti, cataracts, and obviously the diabetes. We were also told that her heart and bladder were enlarged, she had a fever that they didn’t know what was causing it at the time. They managed to get her fever down but I was left shocked.
I didn’t understand how after seeing the vet two months ago, all of these things could have happened to her, or if these things were missed or looked over by the vet.
I was furious. I started looking on this website on how I could save my cat. There were days/nights I’d notice my mom would completely forget to give Sara her insulin or would give it to her over an hour or two later after she’d eaten. I’m sure that’s happened even more times when I haven’t been home. I looked into different vets, the best diabetic foods for Sara, home testing, everything and anything. My requests and pleading went unheard because my mom couldn’t understand listening to a forum over a vet we’ve gone to for over 20 years or more, and I had to go back to school.
It’s been a year now. My first pet, my cat, my best friend and family who I’ve had for 10+ years now, who I watched be born, never got better. She was slightly overweight when we found out she was diabetic, she is now virtually skin and bones, she might be almost 6 pounds max. Her coat is dull and her eyes are sunken and have lost their brightness. She still eats like she’s starving and drinks water as if she hasn’t in weeks. Urinates probably twice an hour. Her insulin dosage was put up to 10 units which I don’t understand. And I found out maybe 2-3 months ago that she now also has cancer.
I can’t help but feel like this all could have been avoided if I stayed home from college, if we had gone to a different vet, if my mother had listened to me. It doesn’t make sense to me that instead of getting better, she got worse.
Sara is constantly looking for food, jumping on tables for it, sitting in the kitchen incase something drops, crying for food every hour of the day, it could be 3am. She also urinates outside of and around her litter box multiple times a day.
I recently got her two new litter boxes, low entry with high corners, the cat attract litter, wee wee pads to place under the box, rocco and roxie stain and odor elimination and the natures miracle odor to stop the peeing outside the box but nothing is working. While my mom is at work she is confined to the bathroom which I know doesn’t help, because 1. She was originally in my mother’s room (it’s a large space) during the day but was peeing outside the box and my mom got sick of it and moved her to the bathroom, and 2. My other cat (younger male/neutered) has become kind of a bully, bites her and chases her, especially when Sara cries for food early in the morning or around feeding time. He’s a huge rag doll with a very unpredictable temper wise so they’re separated during the day. (I feel horrible even about this because I can tell he’s starting to become depressed)
Sara is not the same cat she was. Won’t even play or sleep in the bed anymore, she sleeps in the kitchen. She acts like a feral cat and behaves like she’s mentally unstable and my parents will yell at her for these things which she can’t control! She literally cant walk through the kitchen without being yelled at to get out!
I’m posting this because I’m going back to school soon and have completely lost all hope. My mother and father have talked about giving Sara up to a place that would treat her until she dies, the vet has asked about putting her to sleep because he’s surprised she’s lived this long and it’s being considered, but I’m not ready to give up on her. She has cancer, yes, but the diabetes is obviously still not under control.
My mom is saying that there’s no point in changing her diet or doing at home testing now that we know Sara has cancer which I think is crazy.
I finally got her to buy the fancy feast pate but is their any low carb dry food that can carry her through the day? Or is one can in the morning and one at night enough? My mom usually feeds them around 6-7am and then again at 7-8pm. That’s also when Sara would be getting her insulin.
I don’t know how long my cat has to live, but what I do know is that I want her to pass away happy and in the home she grew up in from a baby, most importantly, as the cat she used to be. Loving, shy, playful, strong and independent.
I know how long this is but I am beyond desperate. Any advice you could give me, I would really appreciate it. I’m desperate
