Midnight's Mom
Member Since 2017
Hi all,
I'm Sarah and I'm Midnight's mom. She has two fur brothers - Mercury & Mars. We lost our other boy (Mars' biological brother) Minx in January of this year due to tumors in his lungs. Although that was a traumatic and heart-breaking experience, it introduced us to pair of great vets at a new practice near our house. Midnight is 15, Mercury is 9, and Mars is 7. Midnight was diagnosed with feline diabetes 5/16/17. She is otherwise in great health, and a lot of her symptoms which we had previously attributed to old age and/or arthritis have started to improve after 10 days of insulin. Her hind legs are stronger and she is jumping again, she is more playful and enjoys our company more, she is drinking & peeing less, and her coat is improving in texture.
We have had a couple of scary moments in the first ten days, including one day when I had to shoot insulin blind, and a couple of near-hypo events. I'm thankful for the long-time members of this board for answers and support during those moments! Fortunately, our vets are supportive of home testing, are available over the phone for consultations, and are not pushing a particular brand of food. We're hoping she will be eventually able to go into remission/be diet controlled.
Here are some pictures of our fur-family from a few years back (Midnight, Mercury, Minx & Mars):
I'm Sarah and I'm Midnight's mom. She has two fur brothers - Mercury & Mars. We lost our other boy (Mars' biological brother) Minx in January of this year due to tumors in his lungs. Although that was a traumatic and heart-breaking experience, it introduced us to pair of great vets at a new practice near our house. Midnight is 15, Mercury is 9, and Mars is 7. Midnight was diagnosed with feline diabetes 5/16/17. She is otherwise in great health, and a lot of her symptoms which we had previously attributed to old age and/or arthritis have started to improve after 10 days of insulin. Her hind legs are stronger and she is jumping again, she is more playful and enjoys our company more, she is drinking & peeing less, and her coat is improving in texture.
We have had a couple of scary moments in the first ten days, including one day when I had to shoot insulin blind, and a couple of near-hypo events. I'm thankful for the long-time members of this board for answers and support during those moments! Fortunately, our vets are supportive of home testing, are available over the phone for consultations, and are not pushing a particular brand of food. We're hoping she will be eventually able to go into remission/be diet controlled.
Here are some pictures of our fur-family from a few years back (Midnight, Mercury, Minx & Mars):
two of mine are all black and all grey too. 
