Sweet Sheba

Well, we just found out that princess Sheba has diabetes. While we were gone back in the U.S. she was having accidents in front of the litter boxes. When we came home she had lost a lot of weight and just did not look like she was feeling good. We thought she was depressed because we were gone for so long, or that the other cats were bothering her. So, I put her in our room with her food and water, and noticed she was consuming large amounts of water. She would finish the whole bowl by morning. That seemed odd to me, and she was still urinating in front of the litter box. I took her to the vet on Friday, and told her what was going on. They did blood work and found that her glucose levels were high. From her symptoms and the blood work they said it was diabetes. We had either a choice to put her down or try the insulin shots. They said that not doing anything would be very painful for her to go through. We decided to do the insulin shots because all of her other blood work was good. She has been on the shots since Saturday, and has been doing fine.Right now I give her two shots a day, one in the morning and the other at night. I hope that within a week or so she gets back to feeling better. The vet said there is a possibility that she could go into remission after being on this insulin for a month. I just hope that will happen with her. We love her so much and don't want her to be in any pain. I have had Sheba for thirteen years!! We hope to get some more with her.