Jaime & Mowgli
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So today I had a vet appointment to have Mowgli tested for Acromegaly and IAA. While I was there I figured I might as well add on a SpecfPL for Pancreatitis, a ProBNP for heart health in the event that he came back positive for Acro, and a comprehensive senior panel with urinalysis to check his Cobalamine & Folate as well as kidney readings.
So the vet arrived and we had a discussion about how Mowgli is doing since she last saw him, which is largely well. However, soon after she asked to verify her notes, especially the part about Mowgli's current insulin dose. When she prescribed the Lantus she told us to administer 1u yet I have upped his dose now to 13u without consulting her... Needless to say, she was flabbergasted! I tried to reassure her that I upped his dose methodically while testing his BG often. I discussed that part of the reason why I wanted to run more tests was due to his high dose requirements, and she seemed to understand. The IGF-1 and IAA test were new to the vet but she was open to sending the samples out to Michigan State for testing. She had never run the ProBNP test but thought it was a good idea to run it. Same with the SpecfPL.
She then brought up the idea of me visiting a feline specialist, to which I responded that I wanted to try to make it work with her instead of trying to find a new vet considering that she is the closest vet to us. And even though she had previously told me that she didn't have that much experience dealing with diabetic cats, I reassured her that as long as she was open to learning alongside of me about these possible underlying conditions, then I would be a happy client. She then proceeded to say that she needed to call her boss to discuss how much it would cost to run all these tests (she hinted that it could be a lot).
After a long wait she came back and told me that unfortunately they could not help me...Her boss was uncomfortable with how much insulin we are giving Mowgli, saying that they have never seen a cat need this much insulin...Furthermore, he did not like the idea of having to work with MSU to get the acro and IAA tests done. I tried to tell her that there's nothing to do apart from mailing the samples with a filled out form but to no avail. I even asked if they could take the blood sample and give it to me so I could mail it but she said absolutely not. She apologized for not being able to help me and urged me to be careful with the insulin dose. She even said that we don't need to keep increasing his dose since our average BG is around 300. She said that's pretty good!
Anyway, with all the stress that Mowgli went through with the car ride and barking dogs I decided we'd reward him by not testing him much today. The end and back to square one.
So today I had a vet appointment to have Mowgli tested for Acromegaly and IAA. While I was there I figured I might as well add on a SpecfPL for Pancreatitis, a ProBNP for heart health in the event that he came back positive for Acro, and a comprehensive senior panel with urinalysis to check his Cobalamine & Folate as well as kidney readings.
So the vet arrived and we had a discussion about how Mowgli is doing since she last saw him, which is largely well. However, soon after she asked to verify her notes, especially the part about Mowgli's current insulin dose. When she prescribed the Lantus she told us to administer 1u yet I have upped his dose now to 13u without consulting her... Needless to say, she was flabbergasted! I tried to reassure her that I upped his dose methodically while testing his BG often. I discussed that part of the reason why I wanted to run more tests was due to his high dose requirements, and she seemed to understand. The IGF-1 and IAA test were new to the vet but she was open to sending the samples out to Michigan State for testing. She had never run the ProBNP test but thought it was a good idea to run it. Same with the SpecfPL.
She then brought up the idea of me visiting a feline specialist, to which I responded that I wanted to try to make it work with her instead of trying to find a new vet considering that she is the closest vet to us. And even though she had previously told me that she didn't have that much experience dealing with diabetic cats, I reassured her that as long as she was open to learning alongside of me about these possible underlying conditions, then I would be a happy client. She then proceeded to say that she needed to call her boss to discuss how much it would cost to run all these tests (she hinted that it could be a lot).
After a long wait she came back and told me that unfortunately they could not help me...Her boss was uncomfortable with how much insulin we are giving Mowgli, saying that they have never seen a cat need this much insulin...Furthermore, he did not like the idea of having to work with MSU to get the acro and IAA tests done. I tried to tell her that there's nothing to do apart from mailing the samples with a filled out form but to no avail. I even asked if they could take the blood sample and give it to me so I could mail it but she said absolutely not. She apologized for not being able to help me and urged me to be careful with the insulin dose. She even said that we don't need to keep increasing his dose since our average BG is around 300. She said that's pretty good!
Anyway, with all the stress that Mowgli went through with the car ride and barking dogs I decided we'd reward him by not testing him much today. The end and back to square one.
