One of my cats, Argo, was diagnosed with diabetes last fall and this past weekend, her diabetes flared up. Both her and her sister, Beta, are about 7.5 years old and are truly wonderful cats. Argo has quite a bit of attitude and has no problem letting people know. She’s always doing something that brings a smile to my face. She loves to sit in my lap and hook her paw in the collar of my shirt to pull my face closer to hers. She has a complete disregard for anything in her way as Christina will attest. She truly is a great cat and I don’t how to respond to her sickness.

The vet initially suspected she had a tumor and that it was likely she wouldn’t make it though it was possible that she also had diabetes. I had done some research and felt it was diabetes. After some tests, he agreed with me and we placed her on a diabetic management diet which seemed to work. In the past week or so, Argo had started to act very odd and lethargic. She became almost completely unresponsive when handled and didn’t seem to have any energy at all. I took her to the vet yesterday and he promptly told me that she didn’t look good and it might be too late to save her. He proceeded to then take all kinds of X-Rays and perform numerous tests. She responded belatedly to an insulin shot. After all the tests came back, he decided it wasn’t anything but diabetes gone out-of-control. He keeps stressing that he doesn’t know if he can bring her back. I suspect he’s just trying to temper our emotions in case she doesn’t make it but from my perspective, he’s just making it worse.

Today, the vet suggested that she was getting better but it will require significant effort to bring her back. Effort meaning money, of course. While it’s not an insignificant sum of money, it’s not so much that I would suggest “No, that’s too much, let’s just let her go.” Perhaps if she wasn’t in a recoverable state or was suffering terribly, my decision would be reversed but that’s not the case. Of course I want to do anything to get her back to healthy! Get better Argo and come home to Christina, Beta, and I.