MommaOfMuse
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Yep that is right Max is OTJ. After a week of insulin and great care of Claudia, and then continuing his journey to our house and continuing his great care and a diet change to all wet canned food. Max is now officially OTJ.
Not only is he OTJ but since he now has his furever home, we decided he needed a furever name, that reflected the regal, elegant gentleman that he is becoming. So his new name is Fenix (pronounced Phoenix) Maxwell Dickerson. Or as he purrfurs Lord Fenix Maxwell. We gave him the name Fenix for the mythical bird that rises out of the ashes to become more beautiful than before.
For the newbies to the site that may be wondering how we got here. This is the background on Max. All of Max's history is unknown but what we do know about him is that he lost his first home after Katrina, spent some time in a sanctuary before going to NOAH in the Boston area where he was adopted by an elderly woman, then she had to go to a nursing home, and Max was sent to a Vet to be either adopted or PTS the following day. That is where Claudia, Venita and I got involved. Claudia contacted Venita, who in turn contacted me. After several fast and furious emails it was arranged for Claudia to snag him from the Vet's office, she kept him for a week and started him on Lantus. He then flew out to Nebraska to live with us. We started him on the same 9-lives cat food that all the rest of our bunch was eating, within 24 hours he was giving me low 100s (down from the 485 at dxed) within a week he was down to the low 70s to low 60s depending on when I tested him. Now after nearly 2 weeks of no insulin, I feel safe in declaring him truely broken
The two things that I really wanted to stress that made the biggest difference in Max was the switch to a low carb/high protein wet food, and HOME TESTING. Without home testing I could have very easily caused him to Hypo or out right killed him. Since he was so new to me, I probably would not have caught subtle personality changes and thus not caught a hypo early. But because I was home testing I knew when to give him insulin and when to withhold the shot.
For those worried about pricking the ears, Max had no reason to trust me to do this to him, and yet he purred through the whole process. So if I can do it on a cat that barely knows me, then anyone can with a cat that knows, trusts, and loves their caretaker. His ears are just as pretty as the first day I laid eyes on him. Now while not all kitties can come off the insulin, it is possible for some. So to the newbies, hang in there, it is doable. If it wasn't after losing my first FD kitty, I certainly wouldn't have volunteered to take on another one. And had I not I would have missed having this handsome boy in my life.
Mel
Not only is he OTJ but since he now has his furever home, we decided he needed a furever name, that reflected the regal, elegant gentleman that he is becoming. So his new name is Fenix (pronounced Phoenix) Maxwell Dickerson. Or as he purrfurs Lord Fenix Maxwell. We gave him the name Fenix for the mythical bird that rises out of the ashes to become more beautiful than before.
For the newbies to the site that may be wondering how we got here. This is the background on Max. All of Max's history is unknown but what we do know about him is that he lost his first home after Katrina, spent some time in a sanctuary before going to NOAH in the Boston area where he was adopted by an elderly woman, then she had to go to a nursing home, and Max was sent to a Vet to be either adopted or PTS the following day. That is where Claudia, Venita and I got involved. Claudia contacted Venita, who in turn contacted me. After several fast and furious emails it was arranged for Claudia to snag him from the Vet's office, she kept him for a week and started him on Lantus. He then flew out to Nebraska to live with us. We started him on the same 9-lives cat food that all the rest of our bunch was eating, within 24 hours he was giving me low 100s (down from the 485 at dxed) within a week he was down to the low 70s to low 60s depending on when I tested him. Now after nearly 2 weeks of no insulin, I feel safe in declaring him truely broken
The two things that I really wanted to stress that made the biggest difference in Max was the switch to a low carb/high protein wet food, and HOME TESTING. Without home testing I could have very easily caused him to Hypo or out right killed him. Since he was so new to me, I probably would not have caught subtle personality changes and thus not caught a hypo early. But because I was home testing I knew when to give him insulin and when to withhold the shot.
For those worried about pricking the ears, Max had no reason to trust me to do this to him, and yet he purred through the whole process. So if I can do it on a cat that barely knows me, then anyone can with a cat that knows, trusts, and loves their caretaker. His ears are just as pretty as the first day I laid eyes on him. Now while not all kitties can come off the insulin, it is possible for some. So to the newbies, hang in there, it is doable. If it wasn't after losing my first FD kitty, I certainly wouldn't have volunteered to take on another one. And had I not I would have missed having this handsome boy in my life.
Mel
