Pussy Problems

One of the two cats that my partner has, Scooter, was quite sick on the weekend. Waking up to loud howling, to our horror we found a cat laying on the floor, clutching to the carpet for his dear life, and not seeming to respond to anything visually.

We soon discovered be had gone suddenly blind - his pupils were completely dilated and he could not even see anything in front of his face. He had even been so distressed he had even wet himself.

It scared the hell out of me to see him in such a state, and of course we made an urgent dash to the Vet in the middle of the night.

On our way there, he started to calm down as I patted and talked to him in his travel case. He even got some of his vision back.. Thank Goodness! It seems like his body must have shut down while it was going through some sort of fit.. We hoped the Vet could find out more..

While at the Vet, his condition started to improve, but after describing his symptoms (and with some prods and pokes - like a thermometer up the bum!), we were told that we could be looking at a cat with severe diabetes and kidney problems.

We had to leave our poor little boy at the Vets, pending some blood tests.

Come Monday, we had confirmation that he in fact did have diabetes and would need to have 2 injections of Insulin a day for the rest of his life.

He was transferred to the Paddington Cat Hospital during Monday for further tests and the commencement of his treatment.

He stayed overnight, and come Tuesday afternoon I was in tears at work thinking he might be on his last legs. Finally my partner sent me an SMS saying that Scooter was allowed to come home.. My heart was relieved, to say the very least!

We went to pick him up at the hospital and were taught how to inject his Insulin, and on what his new diet will consist of.

Soon I was very happy to have him lazing about the house again.

His grumpy meows were sorely missed - the apartment was so quiet with him gone.

Scooter will be back at the Cat Hospital on Friday for more tests and to find out what is happening with his kidneys. Until then, I hope that everything is going to improve, as he has become one of my little boys that I adopted from my "marriage" and I love him so much..