Kitzunenotsuki
Member Since 2020
I just found out my 15 year old cat, Bella, had diabetes on Wednesday. She had been excessively urinating in and around the litter box. I saw a vet on Wednesday. She did a urinalysis inhouse and said there was blood and high levels of sugar in her urine. We also sent out a blood test and the blood test came back. I also ordered diabetic cat food. My cat was acting fine except for the problem with urination. The vet was even surprised
I was called as they were closing on Friday and the vet told me that her blood test confirmed she had diabetes and no other "scary" illnesses and said her glucose (?) levels were in the 500s. The food hadn't arrived yet so I ran to her office and she gave me a few leftover cans of food to "get her through the weekend." Her office had closed and she set up an appointment on Tuesday (office closed on Monday) to get her started with insulin.
Later that night, my cat wouldn't eat the canned food, which is new so I didn't think anything weird of it. Then she threw up a massive amount of food and laid down and couldn't function. The backside of her was wet so I think she had a problem standing to urinate just before the throwing up. She wouldn't eat chicken or drink and was lethargic so I called the emergency vet because by this time it was 10:30 at night. I thought I was taking her in to get an insulin shot.
She said my cat was severely dehydrated, had ketoacidosis, and she was at a 590 (which she said was 5 times too high), she was basically dying and I could hospitalize her, but that she was on death's door, so we decided to euthanize her.
I am upset because I feel like the first vet didn't do enough. Why didn't she give me insulin? Why didn't she tell me that, if she was closed, I needed to find another vet to give her insulin? If she could see how high her level was on her bloodwork, shouldn't she have known she needed immediate help? Why didn't she have a glucose meter? I guess I'm trying to see if this was normal procedure or if I have a right to be upset.
I was called as they were closing on Friday and the vet told me that her blood test confirmed she had diabetes and no other "scary" illnesses and said her glucose (?) levels were in the 500s. The food hadn't arrived yet so I ran to her office and she gave me a few leftover cans of food to "get her through the weekend." Her office had closed and she set up an appointment on Tuesday (office closed on Monday) to get her started with insulin.
Later that night, my cat wouldn't eat the canned food, which is new so I didn't think anything weird of it. Then she threw up a massive amount of food and laid down and couldn't function. The backside of her was wet so I think she had a problem standing to urinate just before the throwing up. She wouldn't eat chicken or drink and was lethargic so I called the emergency vet because by this time it was 10:30 at night. I thought I was taking her in to get an insulin shot.
She said my cat was severely dehydrated, had ketoacidosis, and she was at a 590 (which she said was 5 times too high), she was basically dying and I could hospitalize her, but that she was on death's door, so we decided to euthanize her.
I am upset because I feel like the first vet didn't do enough. Why didn't she give me insulin? Why didn't she tell me that, if she was closed, I needed to find another vet to give her insulin? If she could see how high her level was on her bloodwork, shouldn't she have known she needed immediate help? Why didn't she have a glucose meter? I guess I'm trying to see if this was normal procedure or if I have a right to be upset.
