Ginger under the weather

For the past few weeks Ginger has been peeing on our couch and while we thought for a while it was behavioral, it became clear last Tuesday, when she pee'd on Katie and didnt seem to know what she was doing, that it wasnt. We took her to the Vet yesterday who initially thought it was a urinary tract infection. Last night we started Ginger on medication but a long night of throwing up later it was clear the medication was not working. This morning we took her back to the vet and a urine test showed elevated glucose leading the vet to think diabetes. They kept her for observation and blood tests. This afternoon when we went back for her we discovered that the glucose was normal in her blood but she has low phosphates which looks like thyroid problems and may mean surgery. We brought her home and have to keep a close eye on her through Monday. Her tail is very grey which is apparently a sign of the imbalance. We will be taking her back Monday for more tests and a determination of whether we need to get her thyroid surgery.

You would be correct in thinking that none of this is cheap. Just to send the bloodwork to the U.S. for further tests includes a $65 Biological shipping fee. That is before you pay the lab fee's etc. We have to get another urine sample tomorrow and poor Ginger has been looking at us with big sad eyes all day after several hours of being poked and prodded by the vet. Keep a good thought for Ginger, she is a cat but in the ten months since we got her she has become part of the family and someone we care a lot about.

We did have some time to watch the Horns and the 28-24 win over the sixth ranked Okie State Cowboys. Texas continues to make Scott's Saturday's fun and he looks forward to the weekly call to Gary to talk about the game and the Horns. It is still raining every day down here and our roads have huge sinkhole size potholes that are as big as our little car and make driving down Selkirk an adventure especially at night and in the dark. The flooded road also means you cant see the pothole because the whole street is under water. They cant fix the road until the rain stops and the water recedes. We are definitely ready for the end of rainy season.