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November 7, 2005

The ongoing tale of Junior

For the last several weeks, Junior (our silver Norwegian Forest Cat) had been drinking water like a fiend and peeing like a proverbial race horse. After reading a bit online, and realizing that there was almost no chance of this being a good thing, I made an appointment at our local Vets.

So it was with only a little surprise that we learned Friday night that Junior has developed diabetes.

So tomorrow night I come home early and we take the cat, the insulin, and the needles to the vets to learn to dose him; a procedure he'll need twice a day, every day. He'll likely spend a fair bit of time at the vets over the next few months, as we adjust the dosage; which translates directly to our spending a fair bit of money at the vets over the next few months, as we adjust the dosage.

Hopefully, once we get the dosage dialed in, he'll stop flooding his litter box, but it's too much to hope that his scatological habits will improve enough for him to resume life outside his cage.

So traveling is going to get more tricky - we'll have to find a trusted pet-sitter who's comfortable administering insulin. Fortunately, some friends on the island had a cat in a similar situation, and our neighbor is the office manager for the local animal hospital and (according to her husband, who I commute with on the ferry) is comfortable assisting with simple procedures (like shots).

Dawnise took the news relatively well - I kept reinforcing that it's not a painful condition and, if treated reliably, needn't shorten or reduce the quality of Juniors life.

Posted by dberger at November 7, 2005 8:01 AM

Comments

Posted by: Amanda at November 7, 2005 7:43 PM