HOMELIFE
Sylvester has diabetes | he's the white and black cat sprawled across the rug | Baby, his Manx companion is seated behind him | He's 8 to 10 years of age | Don't know since Bill got him at the Humane Society and they weren't too sure themselves | Now it's learning all about
how to treat feline diabetes and determining whether or not doing everything called for is actually feasible |
The literature suggests, properly treated, a cat with diabetes can live many years | The practical problem is that there is an extra expense to treating the cat, and for someone on a very low income, it might not be possible to take on the additional ongoing expenses |
Euthanizing Sylvester isn't the desired outcome | Maybe the vet can give us some pointers on doing this econmically |