At nighttime, they roam around the house, searching for a new hiding place. At dawn, they yawn and stretch, pretending they slept all night. At noon, they bask in the sunshine that streams through windows. In the evening, they settle down in their favorite chairs. It's just another day in the life of a cat.

So much has happened that I don’t know where to begin.  But, I will try to catch up on things.

I’m still working at the acupuncture clinic and I don’t know how much longer it will be.  I have so many things to do at home now that I really don’t feel like I can spare that one day a week away. 

Mr. Creme is doing fine.  His weight is good and for now he is stabilized on his insulin intake.
He’s so used to getting his injections that he waits for it after he eats.  The Zobalin B12 pills are working well to keep his legs strong too.  For a 13 year old cat, he looks good.

Ellie still has that congestion.  The Veraflox we tried didn’t work.  Then we started her on Doxycyline.  In a few days, the congestion improved.  We gave her the Doxy twice a day for 10 days.  Then just a few days later, the congestion was back.  Mucous in her nose, etc.  The doctor said we could put her back on Doxy.  This time for 20 days, twice a day.  She improved, but not like the first time.

She was losing weight so we took her to the vet to have a blood panel done.  The vet called and gave us the news, she has diabetes, like her brother, Mr. Creme.  That was last Friday, July 5.  We started her on 2 units of insulin.  She also gets the Zobalin for her legs.  If they were to get worse than they are now, she’d not be walking at all.

So far, in just a week, she seems to be improving.  Her appetite is very good.  She’s still on the Doxycyline too. 

The doctor also said that Ellie’s heartbeat seems arrhythmic, like three heartbeats.  She thought the Terbutaline may have caused it since it can cause a fast heartbeat.  We were to keep her off of the Terbutaline for a few days and bring her back to the vet.  But, Ellie was so congested one night that she wouldn’t eat.  We couldn’t give her insulin unless she ate.  So we decided to give the Terbutaline since that’s the only thing that opens her passages so she can smell her food.  Hopefully the Doxycyline will keep the congestion at bay and we won’t have to use the Terbutaline.  We’re also hoping that it is not a heart condition.  We won’t know until we take Ellie back to the vet.

One morning I was on the cat patio cleaning and checking things.  I noticed some drops of blood on the floor.  Charlie went around to each cat to see if he could find out which cat had blood on them.  We thought maybe someone had cut a paw.  He found Lexi and she had a bloody nose.  He brought her in and her nose was still dripping.  We called the vet and had to wait for them to call us back.  While we waited, we cleaned her nose and tried to get the bleeding stopped.  It stopped.  We took her to the vet the next day.  They did some tests.  The doctor called back and said that Lexi had high blood pressure.  It was 230.  A cat’s BP is similar in numbers to a person’s.  They only use the bottom number though. 

The doctor wanted to get Lexi on blood pressure meds as soon as we could.  It was Amlodipine.  She called the prescription in to the drug store and I picked it up on my way home from work.  The pills are tiny and she gets 1/4 in the evening.

After a few days, we took Lexi back to have BP checked.  It was down to 140, an improvement obviously.  Tests showed that Lexi’s thyroid was still fine on the medication she’s on.  That medication is supposed to help keep her blood pressure down too, but it doesn’t so we will keep Lexi on meds for now.  We’ll also ask the doctor if the Veraflox that Lexi was on, could cause the high blood pressure.  She’s not on it now.

Stay tuned.......
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