House of Pain

Mom and I are pretty pathetic lately.  Mom has been sick all weekend and I got some bad news after a recent trip to the vet.  Mom told her friend Heather that I've been eating and drinking a lot more than usual (and we all know how much I like to eat).  Heather has two cats and said that is a common symptom in diabetes.  She freaked mom out enough to get me tested.  When we got to the vet, the first thing they did was weigh me.  I weighed in at 14 lbs.  Mom said "That can't be right".  She re-weighed me...yep, I lost 4 lbs since Dec. I think Mom was jealous. :)

Anyway, the celebration didn't last long.  Later that day my blood test came back...I'm positive for diabetes.  A normal score is under 120...back in Dec when I got my teeth yanked, my score was 108.  On Friday it was 531.  Meowch.  The first thing we are going to do is change my diet to a more protein-based one vs. carbs.  Mom has to monitor my blood sugar levels and keep a close eye on me.  If I get worse, I'll have to get insulin shots from her twice a day.  Neither of us want that.  I'm already fearful of the blood sugar checks.  She bought this glucometer and it appears that she is going to prick my ear to get a blood sample. Um, what?

In other news, Citikitty arrived in the mail.  To prepare me for toilet training, Mom has moved my litter box to the basement bathroom.  I hate it down there!  To show her how much it "pissed" me off, I peed in my bed (which I have never used) right in front of her.  I wish I could've taped her reaction...at first she thought I was going to snuggle up in it.  But after a few seconds of me just staring at the wall, I think she realized I wasn't just "sitting".  Her praise quickly turned into "bad kitty!".  She now has two nicknames for me... "P Diddy" and (one I think is very rude) "Diabete Kitty".

The best part of peeing right in front of her was watching her take a picture of me doing it.  She thought she was capturing a precious moment in my bed, when really I was giving her good reason to clean the rug.