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This past Saturday (two days ago) we took Cootie to the vet so that he could get a blood glucose curve to see if the 2 units 2x a day was enough insulin. He had to stay at the vet all day and they drew his blood once an hour, through his ear. We picked him up around 5pm and they said that we need to up his dose to 4 units 2x a day. I have to take him back in on Sept. 8th for the day so that they can do another curve. The vet said I can feed him either wet or dry food, as long as it’s the kind for diabetic cats (Low car, high protein), but today I asked my husband to go out and get some wet food because we’re almost out of dry. My main reason for this is that cootie has a “cavity” which hurts him, and he has a hard time chewing his food. The vet won’t fix his tooth though until the diabetes gets under control, which makes me a bit angry because I don’t want Cootie to be in pain! But whatever. Cootie also gained 6 ounces last week which is great, the vet said that’s a very good sign. He’s acting normal and seems to be happier now that we (I say “we”, but there is no “we” involved. It is just ME) have been giving him the insulin, so that makes me happy. He is still really good when I give the shots. The only thing he is starting to do now is when I am trying to find the skin and tent it, he tries to roll on his back LoL! It’s funny, but makes me kind of hard to tent. I just hope he can go into remission eventually, the insulin and glucose curves are expensive! Have already spent about $550 in a week and a half!

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