shelaghc
Member Since 2017
Jester and I went to the vet today to see how he's doing.
It's been a particularly stressful week - between all the worries about Bastian (my civvie that may have a tumor in his mouth), being unemployed and running out of money, and extra concerns over Jester.
While his numbers were pretty good at his last checkup, it's been very difficult to get him to eat more than two cans of FF daily. Plus he looked like he was losing weight again. On top of that, I've been having problems finding a section of skin to give him his shots.
I've been reluctant to start checking his BG - mostly because I've been so stressed out. (And I had a melt down Friday morning when Jester wouldn't eat anything at all for nearly an hour - finally got him to eat when I gave him some of his old Friskies with gravy.)
But this morning I was a bit relieved when he ate nearly whole can of FF between two feedings.
So at the vet's today, they weighed him. Sure enough, he's lost weight - back down to almost where he was when he was first diagnosed.
And his BG was down to freakin' 51!
Out came the sugar water - two fat syringes that they got most of into him. I was told no insulin at all tonight or even tomorrow morning. And the dosage will go down to 1U with another visit this Friday.
I even got permission to feed him the higher carb Friskies mixed in with the FF.
The vet told me that, after Jester started back on insulin to watch his eyes - if they're dilated, no insulin. But that seems a bit precarious. And it really is time for me to teach myself how to test Jester myself. It's so scary how low his BG was at that visit. And now I know why he wasn't feeling like eating.
btw, When I told the vet you folks all test your cats using human meters, he was a little surprised - then asked if there's a conversion. I think I should give him the url for this site. *g*
It's been a particularly stressful week - between all the worries about Bastian (my civvie that may have a tumor in his mouth), being unemployed and running out of money, and extra concerns over Jester.
While his numbers were pretty good at his last checkup, it's been very difficult to get him to eat more than two cans of FF daily. Plus he looked like he was losing weight again. On top of that, I've been having problems finding a section of skin to give him his shots.
I've been reluctant to start checking his BG - mostly because I've been so stressed out. (And I had a melt down Friday morning when Jester wouldn't eat anything at all for nearly an hour - finally got him to eat when I gave him some of his old Friskies with gravy.)
But this morning I was a bit relieved when he ate nearly whole can of FF between two feedings.
So at the vet's today, they weighed him. Sure enough, he's lost weight - back down to almost where he was when he was first diagnosed.
And his BG was down to freakin' 51!
Out came the sugar water - two fat syringes that they got most of into him. I was told no insulin at all tonight or even tomorrow morning. And the dosage will go down to 1U with another visit this Friday.
I even got permission to feed him the higher carb Friskies mixed in with the FF.
The vet told me that, after Jester started back on insulin to watch his eyes - if they're dilated, no insulin. But that seems a bit precarious. And it really is time for me to teach myself how to test Jester myself. It's so scary how low his BG was at that visit. And now I know why he wasn't feeling like eating.
btw, When I told the vet you folks all test your cats using human meters, he was a little surprised - then asked if there's a conversion. I think I should give him the url for this site. *g*
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