Have you ever experienced a feeling or a sense that something is wrong, and those feelings just will not go away? It feels eerie, like a sixth sense, nothing you can put your finger on, but it’s haunting you. Well, I have had those feelings from the time I was a child and have learned to pay close attention to them because they are usually right.
Scooter was a stray kitten that wandered into our back yard and would not leave. He was an adorable tabby with “four white socks” on his feet. He made friends with the dog and our other two cats, so we were finding it hard not to take him in. He was shy but very affectionate, and playful. After feeding him for about a week we inquired throughout the neighborhood trying to find his owner, we even made flyers to post on the light poles, but no one seemed to know where he belonged, so we decided to keep him. Scooter fit right in.
When he was about seven years old, a strange feeling came over me. Scooter seemed healthy, however, a gut feeling was telling me that something was wrong. Now he really did not show us any signs that I would consider unusual, his eating, and drinking was normal, but I made the appointment with the Veterinarian anyway.
The veterinarian checked him over and reported that scooter was healthy. Dr. Ross hadn’t found anything out of the ordinary, but in spite of his report, I insisted that he take a blood test, and with some reluctance he did. The results of the test were expected to be in some time the next day, and they were. The veterinarian called me with the report, he said that he was surprised that Scooter had blood sugars of 621, a number that is very elevated and dangerous for the cat. Scooter was a diabetic and would need to be treated with insulin. For six years Scooter received two shots of insulin a day, he was doing quite well until a malignant tumor growing on his kidneys took his life. We had a wonderful extra six years, because I listened, and took the correct actions on my feelings. My advice to you is that when you get those gut feelings listen and trust them because they are usually right.

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