Meows from Mudpie!
Unfortunately my tushie troubles continued this week so on Wednesday I was hauled out into the freezing cold to the vet.
I've actually lost nearly 2 pounds since November which is really good news, but the vet said it's still not enough. She shaved my bottom and Mommy said she's never heard such language coming out of me as she did at that moment! The vet was shaving, the tech was holding onto me, and Mommy was feeding me a squeezie, but I was still letting it rip! (It's a good thing I don't go outside. Now that it's elebenty below zero I would need to wear undies!)
Mommy was convinced my anal glands were the problem again, but the vet said they didn't appear to be impacted. She gave Mommy some ointment for my red bottom and told her to get some Miralax because she thought I was constipated. She also wanted to do more bloodwork and a fructosamine test to see how well my diabetes was being controlled.
Then Wednesday night I started acting like I might have a UTI! I was peeing small amounts in my litter box, and then even followed Mommy down to the basement and squatted down there! Thursday morning she woke up to two large puddles on the bathroom floor...I wasn't even trying to use my litter box anymore. I'd never done anything like that before. Mommy had some HomeoPet UTI drops leftover from Mo last year, so she started adding those to my squeezies until she heard from the vet.
Friday afternoon the vet emailed with my results - she told Mommy to STOP the insulin because my bloodwork and fructosamine tests were NORMAL! At this time, I'm NOT diabetic! We think my diabetes was caught quickly, so after a couple months of insulin and a diet change to mostly wet food, I appear to be in remission! It may not last, but that's where we are right now. She wants to recheck me in a month, and also do a urinalysis. Mommy started crying.
Unfortunately my bloodwork still shows elevated kidney values so the vet wants me to try a renal diet. Mommy isn't sure how she feels about that because I've just started accepting Fancy Feast after rejecting wet food my whole life. I'll give it a try but Mommy is also researching supplements she can start adding to my food.
So that's the Mudpie Medical Report! Some good news, some not so good news, but Mommy and I will face everything together, just as we always have!
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Meows from Mudpie!
Mommy likes to joke that 10 years ago she adopted a slice of Mudpie.
Now I'm the whole pie!
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Meows from Mudpie!
Meows from Mudpie!
What a week.
We got a second opinion on our furnace and the diagnosis was terminal, so a new one will be installed on February 5th. The good news is that thanks to advice Mommy received from the amazing Miss Ellen at 15andMeowing, it won't be costing us a dime. What an amazing blessing! (Miss Ellen, I'm sending you a million tortie kisses from a couple hundred miles away!)
Now the bad news. I've spent most of the week in the potty. In and out, in and out. At first Mommy thought I had a touch of diarrhea. I love a taste of cheese now and then, but if I have too much it makes me a little squirty (if you catch my drift). It usually clears up in a day though. Then she started wondering if I was constipated because the poops became small, formed little balls, multiple times per day.
Friday afternoon she had an "AHA!" moment when she saw that my bottom was leaky and very, very stinky...it must be a recurrence of my anal gland issues! The only difference is I didn't get a red, swollen lump like the other times. In fact, I've been quite flat "down there" lately.
She started putting some fiber powder in my squeezie in hopes that clears things up. If not, I'm sure I'll be going you-know-where to be horribly violated, although the vet is never able to get anything out when she tries to express my glands.
Please send purrs that my cute little tushie straightens itself out!
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