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we think pekoe has diabetes. i didn't even realize that was possible in cats, but we've been noticing a few unusual new behaviours and traits about him lately, and they're all symptoms of feline diabetes. oh, our little koe-koe, he's a good boy. i don't think we'll take him to the vet. we'll just keep watch to see if these symptoms persist, and if they do, we'll change his diet. he doesn't seem to be in pain or discomfort at all, just super thirsty and losing weight. my belief is, that since knowing for sure won't actually change anything (we won't decide to give him insulin injects every day), there's no sense in getting him tested.  interestingly enough, that's something we've talked about at prenatal class with informed decision-making - in regards to getting tests done. if the results won't impact the outcome, then don't bother with the tests. pekoe will live out his natural life, with or without diabetes, in our company. i don't think he'd expect anything else. it seems one key thing we can do is switch him over to a high protein, wet food diet (kibble has more carbohydrates). i'm sure he'll be fine, and that we have many years together ahead of us :)

yesterday was the international day of midwives, and megan arranged a community sing in the park. the song was recorded (video), and will be posted online later. one of the midwives suggested that they record my baby's heartbeat using the doppler and that can be cut into the video. so mico ran to get her doppler and we stood in the park listening to our boy's heart a-beating. it was pretty cool :)

you take the future and leave me with the past.