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I have very wide feet. When I was a child, I wanted a surgeon to remove my little toes all the way back including the metatarsal, so I could wear shoes without pain. It took me until maybe my twenties to stop wanting that surgery.
March 17th, 2007
For those following along at home:
Duchess is in remission (from diabetes) again. On Wednesday I brought her in fasting and unmedicated, and she had a blood glucose of 58. She doesn't eat well at the vet's, but they pulled out the kitty treats and she cooperated. They gave her no insulin at that time. Two hours later her glucose was 109. Urine dip showed no sugars at all. Fructosamine level confirmed the whole picture.
Discontinuing insulin. We will re-check in a month.
(I think it's a myth that cats ever stabilize. For Duchess' sake I'm just glad she seems to be such a borderline case. She may do well over the long term.)
Duchess is in remission (from diabetes) again. On Wednesday I brought her in fasting and unmedicated, and she had a blood glucose of 58. She doesn't eat well at the vet's, but they pulled out the kitty treats and she cooperated. They gave her no insulin at that time. Two hours later her glucose was 109. Urine dip showed no sugars at all. Fructosamine level confirmed the whole picture.
Discontinuing insulin. We will re-check in a month.
(I think it's a myth that cats ever stabilize. For Duchess' sake I'm just glad she seems to be such a borderline case. She may do well over the long term.)
I finally got my sorry butt in gear and brought Little Girl to the vet this morning. Basically she looks healthy as a stoat, so I hadn't been too worried, but I figured when I had a moment to breathe I should do it.
(Heh: moment to breathe. When I made the appointment I didn't know I was soon to get special attention from the Patron Saint of Chaos.)
Little Girl is basically fine, modulo getting some vaccinations and getting her ears swabbed out, but her TEETH! Her teeth are nasty. She needs those cleaned right away. She's in stage 2 or maybe even 3 periodontal disease, going by the beautiful full-color poster in the exam room, and we'll be lucky if there are no extractions. If her blood work shows she's okay for anesthesia, that'll be done as soon as I get back from San Diego.
Poor kitty.
(Heh: moment to breathe. When I made the appointment I didn't know I was soon to get special attention from the Patron Saint of Chaos.)
Little Girl is basically fine, modulo getting some vaccinations and getting her ears swabbed out, but her TEETH! Her teeth are nasty. She needs those cleaned right away. She's in stage 2 or maybe even 3 periodontal disease, going by the beautiful full-color poster in the exam room, and we'll be lucky if there are no extractions. If her blood work shows she's okay for anesthesia, that'll be done as soon as I get back from San Diego.
Poor kitty.
