Oliver is now on 8 units of insulin in the morning and 7 at night and seems to be doing ok on this high dosage. I’ll have to take him back to the vet for more blood tests next week. He’s pretty settled in our new digs. We’ve been here for a full week now and he’s pretty comfortable though it requires a much bigger jump to get up onto this bed than my old futon.

It’s good now I’ve finally moved, been a busy few days…
Tues: Vet visit
Weds: Moved all my furniture and a heap of my stuff to my sister’s garage. I can recommend Busby Carriers if you’re moving.
Thurs: Tidying up, and moving more stuff.
Fri: Got the carpets cleaned. Recommend Jae for that.
Sat: More cleaning. Poetry Slam @ London Bar with Tim.
Sun: Farewell lunch with Cip & co @ GBs.  He is off to climb mountains in the South Island, Canada, and South America.
Mon: Final inspection and handover of keys to the old flat
Tues: Nothing much, dinner @ Kiwi Country Noodles and TV. Phone and internet started working.
Weds: Went and saw “In the shadow of the Moon” at the Rialto. Had a couple of beers afterwards.
Thurs: Tonight … just another quiet night at home.

Oliver’s diabetes still isn’t under control. Took him in on Monday morning for yet another round of tests and when I picked him up in the afternoon learned his glucose is still too high, though it is measurable. The vet who was filling in (Chrissie/Jenny?) didn’t want to make a change, so for now he is staying on 6 units and Mike is going to call me sometime about the options. She suggested

1. change him to a new type of synthetic insulin and try and find the right dose on that (that’s her preference)
2. increase his dose to 7 or 8 units (most cats only need about 2 units so this is getting quite high)
3. try and change his diet, though she thought his current diet of k/d biscuits with the odd Wiskas single is ok

Here’s me giving Oliver his insulin shot this morning:

I need to shave now.

You know you’re a vet clinic regular when they start giving your pet gifts. This blanket/mat thing was given to Oliver when I paid for his last visit on Wednesday.

Was very annoying, I left work early and took Oliver in for his appointment on Tuesday only to be told he needed to go in the whole day. Then I had to take him in early on Wednesday and pick him up again too.

His glucose levels are still high, so he’s been bumped up to 6 units (mls?) of insulin. They say it is quite normal to take a while to find the right dosage level and that it would be really bad if we went over and he went into hypoglycemic shock. I suggested to my sister that they’re deliberately keeping him sick for the business, not seriously though.

And no Oliver hasn’t slept on his new mat, he was on either the floor or my bed last night.

Oliver followed me down the stairs and back up this morning, something he hasn’t done since he collapsed two weeks ago. His last blood tests showed improvements. So, hopefully he is getting better. He almost seems to want his insulin injections. He hassles me when they are due. I wonder if he actually feels the better when he can absorb his glucose?

My new Panasonic DMC-TZ5 arrived today.  10x optical zoom; 28 – 280 mm focal length (35mm equiv); 9.1 Megapix; in a compact 245g camera.  Should hopefully meet my goals “light to take tramping, wide-angled enough to capture landscapes and fast enough to snap fantails.”  Need to buy a SDHC card for it now.

Oliver was in at the vet’s again.  His glucose levels are still high, so his insulin dose has been up’ed to 4 units morning and night.  His creatine levels have come down though, from 400something to about 185, his urea levels too, so his kidneys are in a better shape.