This Cat’s Bizarre Behavior Turned Out To Be Brought On By Diabetes
These past few weeks have been a total nightmare for Jessica Yergin and her family. Their beautiful cat, Prada, has been experiencing small tremors.
The family deiced to bring Prada to their local veterinarian, Lisbon Road Animal Hospital, in hopes of finding some answers for their beloved companion.
However, with no ability to replicate the tremors, a diagnosis would be tough to make.
In order to help the family in any way, the vet suggested that they attempt to capture Prada’s tremors on camera and come back for her wellness check, which would be on July 7th.
After the visit with the veterinarian, they called to schedule another appointment and asked for a new vet tech as the other one shrugged off the situation as if it was not a top priority.
They were able to get a video of Prada’s tremors, and the family then waited patiently for a call that would never come.
“After giving the office over the weekend and a few days to get back to us, we called back and found out some chilling news – Prada had a blood glucose level of over 500 and was diabetic,” Prada’s family explained.
“With this information, I have no idea why the office decided that we didn’t need to know about it immediately, taking five full days to tell us news that most people would consider being an emergency situation.”
GoFundMe; pictured above is Prada
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After arguing back and forth with the vet, they were able to get Prada in the next day, and they had more bloodwork done as well as an ultrasound.
“It was found that Prada had an additional infection that required surgery, and she was scheduled for that procedure the following Tuesday,” Prada’s family said.
“As Prada is only a 5lb cat, it was theorized that the infection had caused diabetes and that surgery and medication would resolve it. So with our full trust in the veterinarian, Prada went in for surgery.”
After the surgery, the family had high hopes that everything would be looking up.
Unfortunately, that was not the case. Prada had to be transported over an hour away as their current vet was not open for 24 hours.
It’s been a rough situation for Prada and her family.
“Unfortunately, the level of care needed to save Prada came at a massive cost to our family. We were quoted $6,246.70 to $8,228.00 for her treatment,” her family continued.
“Thankfully, she stabilized quicker than expected, and the end cost was $4,761.46 for her stay. This does not include the $2,503.60 already spent over the last three weeks at Lisbon Road Animal Hospital, or the special foods and medications that they suggested that she didn’t end up ultimately needing, gas for three separate 2-hour round trip drives, and the medications and diabetic supplies that have to be purchased at a normal pharmacy for her.”
With the medical expenses being so high, the family is looking for help throughout this process as it is unknown what will also happen in the future.
You can check out their GoFundMe page for more information.
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