katiesmom
Member Since 2013
I posted the other day about my Katie- the post is here, please read first- http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/back-after-3-years.162235/
At the traumatic vet visit yesterday, her glucose was 260, which I didnt think was too bad, considering the amount of stress she was under.
Her fructosamine result was 463. Indicating her sugar has been running high for a while, but only recently high enough to spill into her urine when I discovered it. Again she has been OTJ for 3 years.
I cannot do blood testing, only urine. Please see the previous post I mentioned and I explained why.
She went from no glucose in urine, not even a trace, to highest level the urine strip shows literally overnight. Since Saturday every urine test has been the same way, very high (brown on the strip).
Rest of bloodwork was okay. Her teeth do need cleaned, which is scheduled for next Tuesday. She is on Zeniquin once a day until then. She is ultra sensitive to antibiotics, most causing vomiting or diarrhea, and although Zeniquin is not for ideal for a pre-dental antibiotic, this is one she can take.
Vet said no insulin for now. Which I agree, until the antibiotics are done and her dental is done, to see if her glucose comes down on it's own.
What do you think?
I am just worried about DKA without insulin. She is always asking for food early, etc, but she has always been like that, she is a little pig. She has lost about a 1/3 lb in the last few months. Do you think I should increase her food slightly?
Any thoughts, opinions are appreciated.
But please dont beat me up about the blood testing. I have tried. Katie is just too aggressive. She bit me for the first time a couple weeks ago when I tried to help her get her nail free from a a snag. A real ferocious bite, requiring antibiotics. Yesterday when we got back from the vet, she walked around hissing at nothing, swinging her tail, panting, hyperventilating, and when she spotted me 10 feet away she ran at me growling and hissing, trying to attack me (which is another first). I am sure it looked hilarious, a grown woman running scared from a little kitty through the house. And if the circumstances weren't so serious, it would have been.
At the traumatic vet visit yesterday, her glucose was 260, which I didnt think was too bad, considering the amount of stress she was under.
Her fructosamine result was 463. Indicating her sugar has been running high for a while, but only recently high enough to spill into her urine when I discovered it. Again she has been OTJ for 3 years.
I cannot do blood testing, only urine. Please see the previous post I mentioned and I explained why.
She went from no glucose in urine, not even a trace, to highest level the urine strip shows literally overnight. Since Saturday every urine test has been the same way, very high (brown on the strip).
Rest of bloodwork was okay. Her teeth do need cleaned, which is scheduled for next Tuesday. She is on Zeniquin once a day until then. She is ultra sensitive to antibiotics, most causing vomiting or diarrhea, and although Zeniquin is not for ideal for a pre-dental antibiotic, this is one she can take.
Vet said no insulin for now. Which I agree, until the antibiotics are done and her dental is done, to see if her glucose comes down on it's own.
What do you think?
I am just worried about DKA without insulin. She is always asking for food early, etc, but she has always been like that, she is a little pig. She has lost about a 1/3 lb in the last few months. Do you think I should increase her food slightly?
Any thoughts, opinions are appreciated.
But please dont beat me up about the blood testing. I have tried. Katie is just too aggressive. She bit me for the first time a couple weeks ago when I tried to help her get her nail free from a a snag. A real ferocious bite, requiring antibiotics. Yesterday when we got back from the vet, she walked around hissing at nothing, swinging her tail, panting, hyperventilating, and when she spotted me 10 feet away she ran at me growling and hissing, trying to attack me (which is another first). I am sure it looked hilarious, a grown woman running scared from a little kitty through the house. And if the circumstances weren't so serious, it would have been.
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