Dying cat

Reply #30 – March 17, 2009, 06:59:55 PM

She had developed diabetes and so my wife has been giving her insulin shots every 12 hours for several years. The issue she had 18 months ago was more challenging to resolve because she was a diabetic cat. We paid all the vet bills over the years to keep her around and paid for the insulin and special food and all that stuff needed to keep her blood levels as "normal" as possible.
She had recently developed teeth problems which called for the need to remove some rotting teeth or else that combined with diabetes could cause more problems. So, my wife took her to the vet for a fairly routine procedure of having the decaying teeth removed. The vet had suggested this so she followed their suggestion.
Our cat was fine, she had recovered from that near death thing 18 months ago. However, she was diabetic. I guess there is also a risk with any cat going under anesthesia and perhaps the diabetic blood levels make for a precarious balance of variables that just did not sustain. So, one day she was at our house purring and rolling on her back letting us pet her belly and the next day she was dead at the vet.