Re: UPDATE ON SPIRIT Good and bad
- From: "Matthew" <Iamacatslave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:42:15 GMT
"Christina Websell" <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you Christina My family might say different ;-)
"Matthew" <Iamacatslave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I want to start off and say thank you for all the purrs for him.
Sometimes I wonder how I would make it thru the day or remain sane with
out my friends in these cat groups.
Ok the good news is he is home and still with us. I was scared out of
my mind that I was going to have to put him down today. All the symptoms
he was showing were telling me kidney failure. I was not going to let
him suffer ( This is my greatest fear)
I've been praying and thinking about Spirit all day. I was too busy to
post early but I had a little read of the group ;-)
It's good news that your fears weren't realised and he was able to come
home with you.
OK here is the bad news he is showing signs of being diabetic. THAT IS
THE 2ND CAT IN LESS THAN A YEAR and only the third I have ever
encountered in all my years.
His glucose was 319 he had a fever of 104.1
Actually, Matthew, compared to the fact you thought you might have to say
goodbye today, that is not really bad news, is it? because it can be
controlled with medication that you are able to afford.
He had a full blood panel drawn result in a few days < on my knees
praying for good results >
Purrs sent for good blood results.
It was not my regular vet. I go back to him on Monday. This vet thought
it might have been pancreatic but did not show any follow up signs. He
said it might have been the start of kidney failure but hopefully we got
it in time.
I wonder if there are two things going on here? I can't see that diabetes
could give you a fever? Maybe what made him seem ill was his fever (for
whatever reason he might have it) and the diabetes just showed up as a
sideline, so to speak.
So here is the deal 1.5 cc of omyicillin 2x a day till it is out for
the fever 1 unit of insulin 2x a day. which his lucky since I have all
of rumble's stuff still. Monday he goes back to be checked by my vet and
another glucose test to be done.
Lots of luck with this.
They want me to put him on Purina diabetic hard food since that is all
Spirit will eat. So to this is all over and I get him regulated like I
did rumble NO MORE TREATS.
Is he fat? Diabetes can be related to obesity - definitely in people - so
why not in cats?
<gentle snip>
<tears are still flowing from frustration and fear>
Try not to panic any more. You have done the right thing in getting him
seen by a vet and his treatment is now in progress. He has his
antibiotics and his insulin. You should see an improvement soon.
You are such a nice man, Matthew. You care about your cats so much and
you treat your DH and family nicely ;-)
I have real hope that Spirit will be ok.
Tweed
I am hoping that the high sugar level is a result of the fever; IMO which
usually when there is a fever there is infection. I am hoping that this is
just a byproduct.
He weights 15.2 pounds today. I say about 1.5 - 2 pounds over the vet says
he is fine but needs to be maintained. Rumble weight is 11.2 and I think
he needs to gain a pound to fit a optimum profile. Phantom is the fat boy
19+ can stop him from eating even if you lock him in a room. He goes to
the other dishes and licks the bowls but does not free feed much. Spirit
is the real only free feeder he only eats wet food when the urge hits him.
When I took him off of dry food he refused to eat for 4 days. I gave in
and feed him dry. I took him to he vet to make sure nothing was wrong with
him-- vet says stubborn streaks must run in the family ^-^
I can't help from panicking sometimes . I am awesome in a emergency I can
step up and be the crutch that everyone needs but deep down. I am crying
like a child praying I am doing the right thing. I do what needs to be done
when it needs to be done. I can't help and feel the way I do when someone
or something I love is in pain. I want to take that pain away and bear it
myself. After so much trauma in my life. A grief counselor told me once it
is like survivors guilt. I would rather it have been me or be me than see
anything I love suffer. She told me there was nothing to do about it some
people feel more compassion for others and either I can repress it and push
what I love away and act like a fool or I could live with it be happy
that I actually care about others and live my life the best way I can. I
took those words to heart. Sometimes tears flow, gentle words come easy or
the hard a@@ that you don't screw with comes out when you screw with
something I love.
.
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