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Mellow Yellow, Not Always Mellow...

She'll never try that again!!!

A few days ago, mom decided to BRUSH MY TEETH!!!!!!! I may only have teeth mostly on one side, but I immediately tried to bite the crap out of her finger. She probably would have lost it if it wasn't for that stupid rubber finger brush thing. Mom was a bit surprised. She knew I was probably going to be grumpy about it. She was not expecting my immediate and vicious response. I gave her the "Don't EVER try that again" look. What was she thinking??? I could tell she was a little nervous about a midnight revenge attack while she would be sleeping. But I didn't do it. Yet.

Trances

Whenever mom is on the bed or the couch, I have to walk all over her and purr. Then sometimes I go into one of my trances: I stand with my nose 1/2 inch away from her, make biscuits with my paws, and purr. My eyes get that far away look, I just am frozen there for several minutes making biscuits. Eventually I suddenly stop and walk away like nothing ever happened. Occasionally I'll "trance" on a spot of bedding, but usually it's a spot on mom's sleeve or hair. Of course mom had to take a picture of me doing this, like it's cute or something.

I'm now on 2u of insulin 2xday. Mom will do a curve Friday, she has a feeling I'm just about where I need to be with my insulin dosing. I've picked up a tiny amount of weight, and my fur is looking much better. Not that clumpy dehydrated fur. I had an infection in my nose for weeks, causing me bloody sneezes. I'm happy to report that antibiotics cleared it all up. So I'm doing well. Now I'm just parked in the doorway waiting for mom to sit on the couch so I can cuddle... then give her one of my "love nips" when she's not paying attention... hehehe...

My Update

Last week I got my thyroid hormone levels tested again. Turns out I'm on the perfect dose of medication, my levels are back to normal. Yay! But I have lost a little more weight. I'm down to 9.0 pounds. Because of the weight loss and because I have been so thirsty lately, I got another blood glucose curve. The results: Hi, Hi, Hi! My insulin dose is now increased to 1 unit twice a day. Mom has been concerned about my weight loss. My doctor says that I should naturally begin to pick up weight as I get my diabetes under control again.

In other news, mom went away a flyball tournament with the whippets last weekend. My brother kitties all got a giant buffet to snack on. What did I get? Back to the hospital to board for a few days. No free for all buffet for me! Whatever... But I did get to show my grumpy side to the technicians. I sure scared the new one, hehehe. But the others knew my antics and were prepared for my swats and love bites. That was annoying. Maybe I'll seem tougher when I pick up some weight. They all love me and let me wander around the hospital at night when it was slow. I get lots of extra TLC. I got lots of treats too!

I'm back at home now. My sis Nitro was on the winning team. We're both 11 years old now, I don't know how she does it. I prefer to be on the napping team.