After Mr. Duke’s sister died of diabetes last week, we decided to be proactive and do a diabetes test and a general exam. He took the long ride to the vet late yesterday afternoon, crying the whole way from his carrier safely in the back of our little VW Jetta station wagon.
That’s Duke, under the towel, on the examination table at VCA Animal Hospital in Kaneohe. Ann Sakamoto, our regular vet, is on the left with her hands under the towel, while her assistant watches. Duke was a pretty good patient, but he did seem to appreciate being able to hide under the towel. Dr. Sakamoto had to lift the one end so that Duke could get in the picture.
The towel wasn’t to hold onto Duke, it was just to give him a nice, dark place to “hide”.
Anyway, besides a physical exam, Duke had to give up a bit of blood and some urine. Test results won’t be back until later this week.
did he cry on the way back home?
Nope. The cats seem to know that when they get back into the cat carrier, they’re going home!
He hardly fussed at all on the drive home. It’s always like that.
We lost our Cat of 14 years just after NYE.
Although she was sick already I believe it was due to fireworks.
Dr. Sakamoto at VCA was nice beyond words.
Its been 3 weeks and life sucks. I feel I’ve lost my best friend.
hooray that mr. duke is not diabetic!