Much better

Last time we took Cagney in for a dental check-up and cleaning, it nearly killed her. This time, she’s happy and chirpy and doing just fine, thankyouverymuch.

Her blood sugar is a little wonky, but it usually is what with her having diabetes and all, but aside from that, she seems to be doing pretty well.

We’ve kept her in isolation over the past day and a half or so that she’s been home, mostly for the sake of keeping the peace since that “fresh from the vet smell” drives a couple of our cats over the edge and fights, very vicious fights, break out. We decided to avoid all that drama this time and let Cagney air out in the bedroom away from the other cats.

So far, so good. We’ll let her back out into the general population tomorrow and we’re anticipating very little in the way of conflict. At least nothing out of the ordinary.

Not a happy cat

About three years ago, our cat, Cagney, had to have some dental cleaning done. For this, the vet has to knock her out. Fair enough.

Unfortunately during that visit, the vet didn’t take any blood tests on Cagney first which should have been standard for a cat her age (10 at the time). After having trouble recovering from the anesthesia, we found out Cagney had uncontrolled diabetes. The vet, now our ex-vet, did what many vets do with diabetic cats and pumped her full of insulin. Too much insulin, it turns out. He sent Cagney into a coma from which she nearly died.

Three years later, and Cagney’s home from her latest dental cleaning done by a vet who understands feline diabetes. She’s a bit groggy and a little unsteady on her feet, but she’s in better shape than she was back then and we’re monitoring her blood sugar and overall catitude to make sure we don’t have to rush an “essentially dead kitty”, as her chart at the emergency vet said, to doctor again.