Musti update

[kribu]

No picspam yet, gah. Too much work. Grrr.

Took the pee (not Musti) to the vet today - not good news. Far too high glucose and protein levels, so it looks like she's got diabetes. Although the vet said he'd need a blood test to be entirely sure, but he has to think yet whether it's very important to take one or not, as getting a proper blood test from a cat apparently requires general anaesthesia, and he'd rather not do that with a cat Musti's age just for that reason alone.

But anyway, he seemed reasonably certain it's diabetes. Plus the bladder infection's still there and thus stronger antibiotics are needed - ones that need to be injected into the muscle. So we're to take her in for daily injections for at least 7-10 days now, starting tomorrow.

Go fresh air and exercise, I suppose. ;-)

And once the antibiotics treatment's over, we can see if it's any better. Gah.

My poor little Musti. I just hope she'll get better with all this, but it looks like she just seems to get every problem around.

Right, back to work. Three days left...

Comments

[firefly-124.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Poor Musti! *scritches* her and {{hugs}} you.

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Poor Musti indeed. She's already all fed up with being tortured - don't think she'll take too kindly to daily injections (and all the lugging). Ah well, it's for her own good.

[ayerf.livejournal.com]

*huggles Musti*

*hugs you too*

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Thanks. She's currently fast asleep in mum's bed, in complete ignorance of what lies ahead...

[melusin-79.livejournal.com]

Poor little thing. Hope the anti-biotics sort her out

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Poor little thing indeed - she's such a good kitty, too. I dearly hope it'll help!

[duniazade.livejournal.com]

Poor darling Musti - I hope she'll be better after all that!

I don't know if it's handy for you, but homeopathy works well on cats and it's easy to administer.

On the sunny side, only three days of work left...

*hugs*

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I really hope it'll help.

Hm, I wouldn't know where to start with homeopathy, really. Must admit I know very little of that sort of stuff... what were you thinking about, more exactly?

Yes, only three days. Of nothing left but long full sentence lines, which don't go too fast. *weeps a bit*

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor baby. And poor you, too. *hugs* to both.

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Thanks. *hugs* too

Not looking forward to the forecast thaw and rain - and even worse if it'll then freeze again at night. That won't make the trip any easier!

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry to hear that Musti isn't getting any better. Not what you needed to hear with everything going on at work. Well, I hope the new meds will help. *hugs*

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Not what I needed to hear, indeed. :-/

Ah well. She's still acting quite normally and not showing any signs of suffering, so I'm still hopeful that it's all in a treatable stage.

Thank you.

[beffeysue.livejournal.com]

Poor Musti... and poor you. So sorry, but perhaps the new antibiotics will improve things. I hope so.
*hugs*

[kribu.livejournal.com]

This is definitely the down side to having pets - when they start getting old and having all sorts of problems. :-/

Thanks. I do hope they'll help.

[septentrion1970.livejournal.com]

Dear, I hope Musti will get better. The poor beast would deserve it after all that ordeal.

[kribu.livejournal.com]

She certainly would, yes. The poor thing. :-/

[dreamy-dragon73.livejournal.com]

Poor Musti! I hope she'll get better *huggles you both*

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm getting a bit down here - looks like every time something shows signs of improvement, there's a new problem found with her. :-/

[sc010f.livejournal.com]

Oh dear . . . *hugs you* *pats the cat*

I'm so sorry. I do hope that work lets up and the kitteh gets better soon!

*hugs you some more*

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Just two days of this work left, at least, and I've got permission to work from home next week too, which at least means being able to drag Musti to the vet every day.

*hugs too*

[geminiscorp.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I do hope you have good weather for the next 10 days or so. I don't want any of you to catch a cold!! Poor Musti and poor you. *hug to you both*

[kribu.livejournal.com]

I seem to be stuck with a permanent cold (a very stuffed nose for months now), so it won't matter much. ;-)

It's mostly ice I fear - with so much snow, and forecast for rain, and nights will still probably be freezing... ah well, just have to be careful.

[ubiquirk.livejournal.com]

Oh, kitty! Big hugs for her. And for you because I know this must be so difficult.

[kribu.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's definitely difficult. :-/ Still, as long as there's hope it's treatable... she's not that old yet, after all.