Ana & Frosty (GA)
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Good evening, all
I had a tough week and basically spent all day today in bed. It was raining so the perfect day to do so. So I am posting late, but non-the-less, HAPPY CATURDAY, everyone!
So I had cut back Frosty's dose significantly because he was starting to go hypo. And he is now trending higher, although he did have some low 100s occasionally at night on this dose.
I am thinking I will continue the q3 hours curve tonight (since I'll be up after sleeping all day), and then tomorrow I'll do a q2 hour curve, and if he's still running above 150, go up to 2 units.
I had decreased his food to 1.5 cans FF BID instead of 2 due to his vomiting. He seemed OK for a few days, but then he did threw up overnight last week. It was about 8 hours after he ate, and it was still food.
I finally got a call back from our IM vet, and I talked about the vomiting. She also reminded me that when he had his abdominal US as a workup for Cushing's, his stomach was very distended and full of food. That day, his US was probably 5-6 hours after he ate. So putting it all together.... his stomach does not seem to be emptying properly, which is causing the vomiting.
The question is - why? Unfortunately, since Frosty is very anxious (steroid psychosis?) he was not cooperating with the ultrasound. They also didn't shave his belly due to his skin tears, so the test was limited. What it did show, apart from the stomach, was a pancreas full of cysts.
She also told me she has no experience what so ever with hypophysectomies, but she is concerned that Frosty has a serious GI issue, such as small cell lymphoma, or IBD, that is causing the vomiting. She said (and I completely agree) that if he is to undergo brain surgery, he needs to be absolutely healthy.
She recommended getting another abdominal ultrasound to try to figure out what is going on, to look for any bowel thickening, and look at the pancreas again. If we can rule out something serious, then it could just be delayed gastric emptying, and he could get some meds to help him move food along.
But basically, brain surgery right now is out of the question.
He has been OK over the last couple of days, so I am stalling making an appointment. But I think I should, especially since we are going away on 2 weeks and with my luck, he's gonna start throwing up the day before we leave. I wanna get on top of this earlier rather than later, so that if it is something serious, there is more to be done. But it's been intermittently happening, so I think that there probably IS something wrong with his GI tract.
I had a tough week and basically spent all day today in bed. It was raining so the perfect day to do so. So I am posting late, but non-the-less, HAPPY CATURDAY, everyone!
So I had cut back Frosty's dose significantly because he was starting to go hypo. And he is now trending higher, although he did have some low 100s occasionally at night on this dose.
I am thinking I will continue the q3 hours curve tonight (since I'll be up after sleeping all day), and then tomorrow I'll do a q2 hour curve, and if he's still running above 150, go up to 2 units.
I had decreased his food to 1.5 cans FF BID instead of 2 due to his vomiting. He seemed OK for a few days, but then he did threw up overnight last week. It was about 8 hours after he ate, and it was still food.
I finally got a call back from our IM vet, and I talked about the vomiting. She also reminded me that when he had his abdominal US as a workup for Cushing's, his stomach was very distended and full of food. That day, his US was probably 5-6 hours after he ate. So putting it all together.... his stomach does not seem to be emptying properly, which is causing the vomiting.
The question is - why? Unfortunately, since Frosty is very anxious (steroid psychosis?) he was not cooperating with the ultrasound. They also didn't shave his belly due to his skin tears, so the test was limited. What it did show, apart from the stomach, was a pancreas full of cysts.
She also told me she has no experience what so ever with hypophysectomies, but she is concerned that Frosty has a serious GI issue, such as small cell lymphoma, or IBD, that is causing the vomiting. She said (and I completely agree) that if he is to undergo brain surgery, he needs to be absolutely healthy.
She recommended getting another abdominal ultrasound to try to figure out what is going on, to look for any bowel thickening, and look at the pancreas again. If we can rule out something serious, then it could just be delayed gastric emptying, and he could get some meds to help him move food along.
But basically, brain surgery right now is out of the question.
He has been OK over the last couple of days, so I am stalling making an appointment. But I think I should, especially since we are going away on 2 weeks and with my luck, he's gonna start throwing up the day before we leave. I wanna get on top of this earlier rather than later, so that if it is something serious, there is more to be done. But it's been intermittently happening, so I think that there probably IS something wrong with his GI tract.
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I cried. Even older, neglected kitties can learn to feel love with proper care. 
