MindyC
Member Since 2019
Well...this is certainly not a place I thought I'd have to come back to. I was here in 2010 when Max was first diagnosed with diabetes. We had a stressful and crazy 6 weeks on Lantus and he went OTJ. I haven't a clue what profile name or email address I used back then, so here is the new one.
Max is 17yo, and was also diagnosed with chronic kidney failure in 2016. When I took him to the vet last week, a return of the diabetes was not what we expected. He was vomiting and had diarrhea, I expected an infection and possibly that we'd get the news it was time to let him go. Instead, one of his kidney values returned to normal and his sugar was sky-high. The vet was as surprised as I was! So here we are again, trying to get life sorted into a pattern in which we can reliably test and shoot at 12hr intervals. This time the vet has prescribed Novalin-N, and we're starting with 2U's twice a day.
I also have 11yo and 9yo human kids (my youngest was only 6 months when Max was first diagnosed!), and we're moving into soccer season. Life gets a little hectic then since I am also a referee and on the local soccer org's board. I am trying very hard not to coach this season too. My husband is a high school teacher, and is currently rehearsing for a play in the local community theater. Thankfully that performance will be done before soccer starts! I am a museum exhibit designer and project manager, working part to full-time for a small exhibit company about 30 minutes from home.
Ultimately I don't know that I believe we'll get Max's sugar under control. Since starting insulin he seems to be feeling better, though we are still on antibiotics for whatever infection was causing the diarrhea. He has been living in a dog crate with a litter box attached for the last few days to mitigate the mess, though he has spent quite a bit of time out of the crate today. Obviously we're only a few days in, but I'm expecting the vet to increase his dose when I talk to him later this week. We've only managed to get below 300 once so far.
I think that covers the bases for getting started. We're going on vacation in a month, and I have some concerns about how to handle that, but we need to see if we can even get his sugar settled a bit before I get to that.
Max is 17yo, and was also diagnosed with chronic kidney failure in 2016. When I took him to the vet last week, a return of the diabetes was not what we expected. He was vomiting and had diarrhea, I expected an infection and possibly that we'd get the news it was time to let him go. Instead, one of his kidney values returned to normal and his sugar was sky-high. The vet was as surprised as I was! So here we are again, trying to get life sorted into a pattern in which we can reliably test and shoot at 12hr intervals. This time the vet has prescribed Novalin-N, and we're starting with 2U's twice a day.
I also have 11yo and 9yo human kids (my youngest was only 6 months when Max was first diagnosed!), and we're moving into soccer season. Life gets a little hectic then since I am also a referee and on the local soccer org's board. I am trying very hard not to coach this season too. My husband is a high school teacher, and is currently rehearsing for a play in the local community theater. Thankfully that performance will be done before soccer starts! I am a museum exhibit designer and project manager, working part to full-time for a small exhibit company about 30 minutes from home.
Ultimately I don't know that I believe we'll get Max's sugar under control. Since starting insulin he seems to be feeling better, though we are still on antibiotics for whatever infection was causing the diarrhea. He has been living in a dog crate with a litter box attached for the last few days to mitigate the mess, though he has spent quite a bit of time out of the crate today. Obviously we're only a few days in, but I'm expecting the vet to increase his dose when I talk to him later this week. We've only managed to get below 300 once so far.
I think that covers the bases for getting started. We're going on vacation in a month, and I have some concerns about how to handle that, but we need to see if we can even get his sugar settled a bit before I get to that.
