Ana & Frosty (GA)
Member Since 2018
Yesterday’s post.
Man, the human meter is awesome. We are blue at pmps today! I’ve never felt so good about Frosty’s diabetes control
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What is considered the rental threshold on a human meter? @Wendy&Neko ? I know on a pet meter it’s 260-280 or so, but what about on a human meter? Like 230-250?
Frosty is still eating, and is very enthusiastic about the food, meowing, begging, and what Dan and I call “attacking” his food. He is eating slower than he used to, however, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He keeps making a habit of eating all of his meds but leaving 1/2 of the giant Vetmedin pill in the bowl. Then I have to try to trick him to take it. Today I wrapped it in cheese and he did eat it. Sometimes that doesn’t work. It’s a chewable treat-like medication, but he hates it bc i think he associates it with being sick and having it shoved in his mouth. My poor guy
I did find another skin tear on his left side yesterday. It wasn’t a huge gaping hole down to his muscle layer this time, but it looks like he pulled the fur and the top layer of skin out and it started bleeding. I found a pretty large scab with hair stuck in it. It didn’t look infected so I just put his onesie back on. I feel bad bc he’s still weak and having trouble walking, esp in his back legs, and the onesie does restrict his hind leg movement to an extent. He used to run around so fast that he would pop some of the clasps open . Now he hasn’t done that yet. He just tried to jump onto my lap and fell down I picked him up and put him on the desk. Now he’s sleeping. My baby 
His belly is starting to look a little smaller. I am not sure if it’s just the onesie, but it feels much softer and less taught. I’m probably gonna change him in into a shirt in a few days so I’ll be able to have a good comparison having not seen it well for a few days. It does feel much better though.
I started him on his benazepril tonight. I hope it doesn’t affect his appetite too much. He is to finish the last of the cerenia tomorrow, and next week I am planning to restart his Vetoryl. He obviously needs it because I think his skin got worse form the malnutrition and the excess cortisol levels he’s producing. But he’s not in pain and no infection so I’m not that worried about it.
I still haven’t heard from the vet about getting the vetmedin compounded into a smaller pill. Does anyone order it from the compounding pharmacy? Maybe I need to take matters into my own hands. The benazepril and the lasix pills are so tiny he doesn’t even notice them. But he hates vetmedin. Any advice is appreciated!
All in all, we are doing pretty well. Every day truly feels like a gift.
Man, the human meter is awesome. We are blue at pmps today! I’ve never felt so good about Frosty’s diabetes control
.What is considered the rental threshold on a human meter? @Wendy&Neko ? I know on a pet meter it’s 260-280 or so, but what about on a human meter? Like 230-250?
Frosty is still eating, and is very enthusiastic about the food, meowing, begging, and what Dan and I call “attacking” his food. He is eating slower than he used to, however, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He keeps making a habit of eating all of his meds but leaving 1/2 of the giant Vetmedin pill in the bowl. Then I have to try to trick him to take it. Today I wrapped it in cheese and he did eat it. Sometimes that doesn’t work. It’s a chewable treat-like medication, but he hates it bc i think he associates it with being sick and having it shoved in his mouth. My poor guy
I did find another skin tear on his left side yesterday. It wasn’t a huge gaping hole down to his muscle layer this time, but it looks like he pulled the fur and the top layer of skin out and it started bleeding. I found a pretty large scab with hair stuck in it. It didn’t look infected so I just put his onesie back on. I feel bad bc he’s still weak and having trouble walking, esp in his back legs, and the onesie does restrict his hind leg movement to an extent. He used to run around so fast that he would pop some of the clasps open . Now he hasn’t done that yet. He just tried to jump onto my lap and fell down
I picked him up and put him on the desk. Now he’s sleeping. My baby His belly is starting to look a little smaller. I am not sure if it’s just the onesie, but it feels much softer and less taught. I’m probably gonna change him in into a shirt in a few days so I’ll be able to have a good comparison having not seen it well for a few days. It does feel much better though.
I started him on his benazepril tonight. I hope it doesn’t affect his appetite too much. He is to finish the last of the cerenia tomorrow, and next week I am planning to restart his Vetoryl. He obviously needs it because I think his skin got worse form the malnutrition and the excess cortisol levels he’s producing. But he’s not in pain and no infection so I’m not that worried about it.
I still haven’t heard from the vet about getting the vetmedin compounded into a smaller pill. Does anyone order it from the compounding pharmacy? Maybe I need to take matters into my own hands. The benazepril and the lasix pills are so tiny he doesn’t even notice them. But he hates vetmedin. Any advice is appreciated!
All in all, we are doing pretty well. Every day truly feels like a gift.
