moar cat drugs
Oct. 11th, 2015 10:26 amTo Chaos's laundry-list of conditions (geriatric, hypothyroid, arthritic, impending kidney failure, heart murmur) we can now add "diabetic."
His back legs have been weak for years but over the past couple of months they've gotten drastically worse. So we took him out to the vet yesterday, and she ran some tests, and, yep. Diabetes.
So now, in addition to the morning pills to supplement his nuked thyroid, morning anti-inflammatory syringes for arthritis (temporarily stopped while we rebalance everything else), kidney-cleaning powder mixed in with food, and joint-strengthening cat treats twice a day, he now gets insulin injections every morning and night.
But, y'know, he's still Chaos the happy cat, super-friendly and pleased to see people. All he wants in the afternoon/evening is for me to lie down on the couch so he can come sit on my chest and purr at me while I pet his head. So I guess we'll be keeping him.
Dammit, cat.
His back legs have been weak for years but over the past couple of months they've gotten drastically worse. So we took him out to the vet yesterday, and she ran some tests, and, yep. Diabetes.
So now, in addition to the morning pills to supplement his nuked thyroid, morning anti-inflammatory syringes for arthritis (temporarily stopped while we rebalance everything else), kidney-cleaning powder mixed in with food, and joint-strengthening cat treats twice a day, he now gets insulin injections every morning and night.
But, y'know, he's still Chaos the happy cat, super-friendly and pleased to see people. All he wants in the afternoon/evening is for me to lie down on the couch so he can come sit on my chest and purr at me while I pet his head. So I guess we'll be keeping him.
Dammit, cat.