Ella & Rusty & Stu(GA)
Member Since 2010
yesterday: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=120707
Hi Everyone,
I posted this morning, but my post is nowhere to be found. So here's the story of our somewhat traumatic day. Rusty got a dosecrease this morning to a fat 1.25 units (up a drop: 2.00mm on the digital calipers, Terumo syringe). He just was not getting out of those higher numbers. In the late morning we left for his vetty appointment (annual checkup). He was using the small litterbox just when we went over a huge rut in the road and the litterbox flipped onto it's side, throwing Rusty out. The poor kitty! He is so proud of his litterbox habits and is always so careful. I felt bad for him. Some of the dry litter got into his fur, but Edward combed it out. So we arrived at the vet's. She thought he was in excellent condition and that his breathing sounded OK (i.e., OK for him). But then came the nail clipping (howls), the anal gland expression (loud howls), the blood draw (OK), and the urinalysis draw (unsuccessful because he had emptied his bladder in the car). He was not a happy camper. On the way out we set down his carrier in front of the adoption cage (which contained 2 cute kittens). Rusty growled at them! They seemed puzzled. He was totally out of sorts for the rest of the day, but is his usual affable self this evening.
When we got home he ate like a horse. I picked up the lab results this afternoon and see that everything is within normal range except MCHC (38.7 g/dL; normal range is 29.0 - 37.5; last year his number was 35.6). I have to look up to see what MCHC is. The other thing that was high was EOS (0.98 K/uL; last year it was 0.72). I don't know what this is, either. I'll get all of his values on the labs tab of his spreadsheet tomorrow.
The big thunderstorm that has been threatening all day is upon us. I'm going to shut the computer down. bbl, maybe. Sorry I didn't get to condos today. After I got Rusty home I had to go out grocery shopping, then to pick up his lab reports, then home to make "cimmamum" cookies for a "ChrisMoose" party we are going to tomorrow afternoon (6 months after Christmas).
Hope all is well in LL,
Ella & Rusty
Hi Everyone,
I posted this morning, but my post is nowhere to be found. So here's the story of our somewhat traumatic day. Rusty got a dosecrease this morning to a fat 1.25 units (up a drop: 2.00mm on the digital calipers, Terumo syringe). He just was not getting out of those higher numbers. In the late morning we left for his vetty appointment (annual checkup). He was using the small litterbox just when we went over a huge rut in the road and the litterbox flipped onto it's side, throwing Rusty out. The poor kitty! He is so proud of his litterbox habits and is always so careful. I felt bad for him. Some of the dry litter got into his fur, but Edward combed it out. So we arrived at the vet's. She thought he was in excellent condition and that his breathing sounded OK (i.e., OK for him). But then came the nail clipping (howls), the anal gland expression (loud howls), the blood draw (OK), and the urinalysis draw (unsuccessful because he had emptied his bladder in the car). He was not a happy camper. On the way out we set down his carrier in front of the adoption cage (which contained 2 cute kittens). Rusty growled at them! They seemed puzzled. He was totally out of sorts for the rest of the day, but is his usual affable self this evening.
When we got home he ate like a horse. I picked up the lab results this afternoon and see that everything is within normal range except MCHC (38.7 g/dL; normal range is 29.0 - 37.5; last year his number was 35.6). I have to look up to see what MCHC is. The other thing that was high was EOS (0.98 K/uL; last year it was 0.72). I don't know what this is, either. I'll get all of his values on the labs tab of his spreadsheet tomorrow.
The big thunderstorm that has been threatening all day is upon us. I'm going to shut the computer down. bbl, maybe. Sorry I didn't get to condos today. After I got Rusty home I had to go out grocery shopping, then to pick up his lab reports, then home to make "cimmamum" cookies for a "ChrisMoose" party we are going to tomorrow afternoon (6 months after Christmas).
Hope all is well in LL,
Ella & Rusty
