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06/08/11--00:16: Urracá fails to be a good patient (chan 1887373)

So yesterday Urracá spent the day at the vets to get his blood sugar curve done. That didn’t work. – it was a fail on all fronts actually. Vet said he’s a bad patient and not a good candidate for … Continue reading →


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06/08/11--23:43: one good glucose reading (chan 1887373)

I got a blood sugar reading of 9.7 this morning at 4 am when Urracá was throwing up all over the floor and I thought I might as well measure his blood sugar as I was out of bed anywayz… … Continue reading →


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07/04/11--13:12: Rainy season in Denmark (chan 1887373)

I almost expected to see the termites start swarming out from under the roof… like they do in Panama -  but no I’m not dreaming of the old days in Panama… just experiencing the NEW Danish summer weather.. Denmark used … Continue reading →


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07/18/11--07:02: say goodbye (edit: nooo, not yet) (chan 1887373)

      EDIT: I chickened out, I canceled his appointment, his bloodsugar was suddenly better last night… got all the way down to 8.8 which is finally below the 9 it’s supposed to be, so I had to give … Continue reading →


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Urraca

Sleepy cat

playing ded

08/07/11--05:14: Adventures in glucose control – 1 (chan 1887373)

As always, when I find stuff hard to deal with emotionally… I obsess in spreadsheets…  yeah, I’m weird that way, bear with me.. So… this is how Urraca’s blood sugar behaves…. vertical lines are mealtimes & insulin injections (every 12 … Continue reading →


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glucose rollercoaster

09/27/11--14:23: noodely day (chan 1887373)

Today was full of noodely appendages…. and not in a good way either. I nearly got tangled up in an enormous pile of cables on the sidewalk going to work… I should have known it was a sign. After all … Continue reading →


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cable noodles

weedy noodles

wire noodle ends

wire noodles

wirenoodleiness

10/14/11--15:32: All is well in the Striposphere (chan 1887373)

Here’s a long overdue update on taming the glucose monster: we’re doing fine! The alpine landscapes that have now calmed to rolling hills… (as seen in figure 1.) The horizontal lines are the limits we’re trying to stay between.. Too … Continue reading →


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glucose landscape

Stripospheric developments

10/15/11--15:28: old photos (chan 1887373)

I was looking through some old photos and I found the very first picture I have of Kitty… from back when she was just that skittish odd skinny cat that lived in the garden. I couldn’t get near her even … Continue reading →


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kitty3

sandi2

sandi

armadillo

eli

10/16/11--09:47: Limited flexibility (chan 1887373)

In this picture, Urracá is demonstrating one of the challenges of maintaining stripospheric hygiene. We started the dieting…   less fud makes a kitteh grumpy…   I probably shouldn’t make fun of his rotundness on the interwebs…. for my own safety. … Continue reading →


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Stripospheric difficulties

01/02/12--07:33: *ZAP* (chan 1887373)

charging….. and stand CLEAR !: *ZAPchz*  *!* -bip- – - biiiiiiiiii- – - OK, one more time charging….. CLEAR! **CHACKZ** *!@!* bip – bip – bip – bip - aaaand we have a heart beat! Teh blob is still alive! … Continue reading →


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Mandatory kitteh picture