I just got off of the phone with the doctor at the vet. Ali is doing okay, but has yet to give them a urine sample (even after they gave her fluids). The doctor was very surprised by the results she got from the blood tests though. Ali's sugar levels were very low. I'll try to explain why that is an important thing w/o confusing you...Ali got a shot this morning of 1 unit of insulin around 7AM. They took her blood for a test about 9AM to test her sugar levels and they were around 150. For a cat that has diabetes the level should be around 300 or above. Also, the "peek" affect of the insulin shouldn't be until six hours later, so the doctor is now thinking that Ali doesn't have diabetes anymore (this is not unusual for cats...they kind of grow out of it). She thinks that the reason Ali hasn't been feeling her best is because her sugar levels have been too low so her body tries to compensate and then throws her sugar levels up really high, so she's kinda been on a roller coaster with her sugar levels. Poor baby! Everything right now hinges on her giving them a urine sample so that they can see if she is spilling any sugar in her urine...if she spills sugar she still has diabetes, if she doesn't spill any sugar then she doesn't have it. I hope I haven't totally confused everyone. The doctor used very confusing terms that mean absolutely nothing to me, but I think I got the jist of what she was saying.

So here's hoping that Ali gives them a urine sample real soon. If she doesn't give them a sample by 6PM I have to go pick her up and bring home a kit for her to use which requires her to be locked in a room by herself.

I'm also not looking forward to seeing this vet bill. They've had to pull blood from her several times and do different tests. OY!! She is very worth it though!!