Diario de Tepintzin

She can't quite revert from the diabetes. It's just barely there. We tried her without insulin for a week, but by Friday she was high again. We weren't able to test last night and when we did at 1 pm today we found that she was high so we gave her a unit of insulin. 6 hours later she was down to 68, so she reacts quickly to this and I know that within the week, even 1/2 unit twice a day will be way too much--but she'll still need a little help. Guess who's off to the vet next week when I have time during the day again?

This sounds bad but it really isn't. At 10, Badira had a thyroid problem and just after Steve and I got married in 2009 she almost died of diabetes, or the ketoacidosis connected with it. At 10 Dennis Murphy was grotesquely obese, pre-diabetic (though we didn't know it then) and beginning his fatal trip into renal failure. In contrast, at 10 Mei-Mei is "pre-diabetic" and that's all. She has a little wear and tear on her kidneys but the doc is happy overall with her blood panels. Knock wood and give a treat to the hjemnisse that she stays that way!

She and I had some nice afternoon mommy-kitty time though. I sat on the bed and read from Deuteronomy for a while before switching to Harry Potter. She played with the light reflected off the brass knight bookmark seki_raku brought me from England. This will all come to nought when we attempt to brush her teeth for the first time because she really needs it.

Steve just did an ear test (he's at home today) and Mei-Mei's glucose was 68, after half a unit (almost no) insulin. She's reverted! Glory alleluia!