Thanks so very much for sharing all that good information and advice with me, Heidi and Candace, and thanks also for your encouragement!
This is very early-onset diabetes. She had had another blood test not that long before, which gave a "high-normal" reading.
The vet loaned me ($60 to borrow, $30 back when/if I return it) a glucose-curve kit from the clinic to test Galaxy's blood when the two weeks is up (December 30). The techs showed me how to use it. There are little pin-prick needles to get a bit of blood from the ear, strips to soak that up onto, and the device to measure the sample.
I'm to get one reading just before she eats, then another two hours after eating.
If the reading is still high after the two weeks, I guess we'll talk about insulin and so forth. He did say that was quite expensive, but we'll do what's needed and possible. Hey, what is money for but to take good care of our cats with?
Last edited by phesina; 12-21-2019 at 05:44 PM.
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
-- Terry Pratchett (1948—2015), Sourcery
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