UPDATE ON SPIRIT Good and bad

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

Helen Miles...

I'm very late to this, having been away for a while.

Many purrs and prayers for your little lad.

Helen M

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)

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

Chakolate...

I don't know if it's the same in cats as in humans, but spiking a fever
will almost always cause your blood sugar to go up - it's a real problem
for diabetics.

So maybe once you find the cause of the fever you'll also get rid of the
high blood sugar?

He had a full blood panel drawn result in a few days < on my knees
praying for good results >

polonca12000...

Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for really good results,
Polonca and Soncek

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.

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

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.

I have to be strong. I feel like I have been dragged behind a moving truck
for a hundred miles. I am sorry it took so long to update but I had to pass
out 30 minutes of sleep does not do it. I still did not rest well and I am
feeling it.

Spirit is in the family room. When we brought him home he walked out of
his cage into the kitchen and demanded lunch. He is more responsive
after the vet. He still is weak and is lying about but is still getting up
and about. I have to keep Ka'Shay away from him she won't leave him alone.
I want my Spirit back to his old self.

Annie Wxill...

Hi Matthew,
I hope you get your wish and Spirit has a speedy and complete recovery from
whatever is hurting him. At least diabetes is treatable, if that is what it
is.
Annie

Karen...

The high blood sugar could be due to an infection or pancreatitis. I
hope he shows improvement soon.

Matthew...

the vet thought about the pancreas also but the tell tale signs were not
present ???? . They did a full blood panel and the results will be back
in a couple days. I see my regular vet on Monday I will let him do another
full examination I trust him with my life and theirs completely

I was thinking when he said fever 104.1 there had to be a infection
somewhere. IMO in a cat if there is a fever there is an infection just
like us

I am hoping the high blood sugar is just a byproduct.

On another note it has been over a month since Rumble stopped his diazepam
and almost 3 months since his last insulin shot.

2 diabetic cats in the same house within the same year what are the odds
( I don't want to know ) ;-)

Matthew...

Does diabetes in cats have the same cause as diabetes in humans? Have you
been giving sugary treats to your cats? If so, it's probably not a good
thing to do. I've never had a cat (or d*g) get diabetes so I don't know for
sure, but I know I've never given sugar to any animal, not even a horse. I
won't eat sugar (in any form including honey, etc.) myself, either.

( I don't want to know ) ;-)

Karen...

Higher than you think, but I'm really suspicious when a fever is
involved so be careful about looking for sluggishness and throwing up
etc. in case that subsides and the insulin is unneeded. You don't want
to throw Spirit into a hypo if the BG goes down because the infection
gets better.

Sam...

So glad to hear that he's at least *some* better. Purrs that you can
get his fever under control and control the diabetes, if that's really
what it is. Your trusted vet can give you a better feel for what's
happening and how to treat it.

meeee...

Purrs and hugs to you and Spirit. He is a gutsy little cat and hopefully you
got to the illness in time. We are thinking about you.