
Well my precious Gussy Cat was diagnosed with diabetes this month. His blood sugar has been all over the place and Sunday he ended up in the emergency room with hypoglicemia. He had to stay overnight at the hospital which was probably more painful for me than for him. He is home now and I'm trying to figure out what's going on with his glucose levels which requires testing his blood with a home meter.
This has been a stressful month for all of us - although Carma (Gus's sister) seems to be hiding her stress very well. I've had to learn how to give injections and how to home test Gus's blood glucose. Gus has had to learn how to be patient with me while I treat him like a pin cushion.
Even more difficult than injections was the emotional stress of removing dry cat food from Gus and Carma's diet. They love dry food - especially Carma, but as I have learned it is the equivalent of kitty crack. Cats cannot process dry food and they cannot process grains and all that other crappy filler used to cheapen cat food. My kitties now eat a diet of high protein, low carb wet food as well as real chicken and the occasional bit of raw fish.
Carma is really thriving on this diet. She has lost weight and runs and plays like a kitten. The vet told me if you want your cat to act three years younger - remove the dry food from their diet. He was right. My Carma Cat is almost like a different kitty now.
As for Gus, I'm still trying to get his blood glucose stable. It is my hope that his diabetes can be diet controlled, but it is still too early to know if that will be the case. Luckily he loves wet food so the change in diet was rather easy for him.
I would love my kitties even if they were out mauling and maiming young children at night (which to the best of my knowledge they do not do) so I will do anything to ensure they are healthy and well cared for. Even though this has been a difficult past few weeks, I made a committment to Gus and Carma when I adopted them that I would take care of them. I cannot imagine life without either so even if it requires knocking over banks to finance their health care - the kitties will live!