[450] Emily

[Leslie Busino]

George,

I am having to force her right now.  She has not gone to the litter box at 
all.  She has no real favorites as long as it is wet food Fancy Feast 
Classic.  She sticks in the turkey and giblet and chicken and beef.  No 
fish.  She tends to get sick everytime she gets her teeth into something 
that might have fish in it.  So, I decided long ago that she must have an 
aversion to it.

The diabetes reared up in March but likely began around Christmas time.  I 
think you already know this part...?  Anyway, what is happening is her liver 
is enlarged a tad, her pancreas is effecting the upper organs.  She is so 
tired and I think may be in Ketoacidosis.  I am not pleased with the forcing 
at all.  She is in so much trouble right now with the diabetes.  Her numbers 
were 189 on Tuesday night, but 361 on Wednesday morning at the vet. 
Yesterday we calibrated our BG meters together and mine is only off by about 
15 ish or less.  Yesterday at 4:30 p.m. she was reading a beaut of 171. 
This morning after insulin, 250, which translates to more like 260+ on the 
docs metering.  She more than tolerates the shots.  She doesn't even flinch. 
She has been getting the BG tests for a few months now.  Luckily I was a 
quick study and got it on the first try with her so there was no 
frustration.  Quick and simple there.

Did your Sammy Cattus get this ill ever?  Pancreas involved etc?  Em's 
kidneys are fine.  No damage, so I am not sure how to deal with this.  Her 
balance is way off and that is just one of the signs of ketoacidosis.  She 
jumped off the counter to the table and wobbled big time when landing.  Same 
when she went for the floor.  How long was Sammy Cattus downed with the lack 
of food and water etc...when he was very ill?   I want to save her so very 
much.  It is just so difficult to watch and wait after all this time.  She 
is just so obstinate too.  Diet changes are not an issue for her.  She 
doesn't miss anything.  So with her liking the food she had and has, her 
disinterest in eating is truly genuine.  She won't even sniff.

Guidance from someone with a kitty who is a diabetic is huge!!  Thank you 
George.

Leslie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Andrews" <gandrews at ntplx.net>
To: "144.450 Mailing List" <450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 10:06 PM
Subject: [450] Emily


> Leslie,
>
> Sorry to hear about Emily. I will keep her in prayer and for you all.
>
> When Sammy Cattus got sick, we tried all kinds of stuff to get him to eat. 
> One thing that worked for him was a start with the water from Tuna fish. 
> Once we got him drinking, we added a very tiny amount of Tuna (thoroughly 
> mashed). Once he began eating it, we increased the thickness of the 
> slurry. We then began adding his regular cat food, increasing the 
> percentage of cat food until he was back to normal eating. Tuna is not 
> good on a long term basis as it lacks taurine. This worked for Sammy 
> Cattus. What are Emily's favorite foods? try to see if she will eat them.
>
> How are her blood sugars running? In conjunction with our vet, we worked 
> out an insulin dose schedule for him that was determined by his blood 
> sugar level. It really kept his diabetes in control. He was a big cat (20 
> lbs and rippling lean)and I thought I was going to get torn up between the 
> ear pricks and insulin injections! He quickly adjusted to the regimen and 
> did not even flinch when I gave him the injection. Of course he was eating 
> when I did that.  It all revolved around dinner time so he would tolerate 
> it all because of that. Nothing mattered much because he knew dinner was 
> coming and often a couple of treats for dessert.
>
> George
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