Jerry 🦙💝🦙Jun 25, 2023

I have this cat laying with me. He doesn’t care about my problems at work. He doesn’t care about Meta and the fediverse. He doesn’t care that Fedia.io’s database is a ​

He, for some reason, just wants to lay right here. Purring softly. Twitching now and then as he dreams. Apparently feeling safe.

He’s 17. I give him insulin injections twice a day and he has a shaved spot on his back with a glucose meter glued to his skin. Yet he still trusts me.

When I adopted him 17 years ago, he was a wreck. He peed on my couches, pooped on my bed. But he grew out of that.

He and I play games, even still today. i will act scared to see him and back away, and he will start chasing me.

He knows how to ask me for what he wants. I feel like I understand him sometimes.

I’m really am super lucky he put on a show when I was looking for a rescue to adopt all those years ago. He’s been an awesome cat.

Show threadunicent 
@jerry My cats not quite as old as yours, but when you mentioned the diabetic sensor, I had to post a photo of my cat Sierra. He also has diabetes and a sensor on his side. You can see it a little in this pic. Also, his friend Brie the dog unfortunately passed away this spring, but other than that he is doing well. Crazy how big of an impact these animals can have on our lives.
Jun 25, 2023 at 7:22pmWeb
Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Jun 25, 2023

@unicent damn right. Thor is the second cat I’ve had with diabetes. My first was before the sensors we have today were around and we had to leave him at the vet for a day every few months so they could draw blood every hour to check how the insulin was working.

I’m sorry for the loss of Brie. But glad Sierra is doing well.