George is going to the vet! Update #7

[pomtzu]

Poor George - I hope his diabetes is easy to manage. It was a challenge with 2 dogs that I had years ago that were diabetic, even tho it was easy getting a urine sample twice a day to test. How can you get urine to test a cat???

Be sure that your friend keeps some Karo syrup around - just in case George's sugar takes a dive naturally, or he gets more insulin than needed. It saved the life of one of my diabetic dogs many times over, since she was almost impossible to regulate.

Prayers that George will be around for a good while longer.

[phesina]

So glad that George got his checkup.. and I'm glad it's not his kidneys too!

Prayers and healing energies and good wishes that George gets the right food and that his person is able to manage the insulin properly. How good that he agreed that the cost spread over George's lifetime so far is not all that much!

God bless you all, and may George keep on keeping on for a good while now..

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear that George has diabetes but I'm glad that his owner finally took him to the vet. Hopefully he can keep it under control and the food he's feeding him will help too. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent his way.

When my RB Pepper was diagnosed with diabetes, I had to cut up test strips and put them in the litterboxes and then I hoped that he would pee on a few of them. I had a chart that had the different colors it would turn and what each one meant. He was also put on a prescription dry food but I later found out that canned food is a lot better probably because it contains a lot less carbs than dry food.