Heike & BInie
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Good evening,
Binie had a day in mostly higher pinks after seing green numbers on the libre yesterday. Now she is going down gently and at 2.5, we are already seeing yellow numbers again. Curious to see, how 1 IU is working out on the long run.
Today we went to the vet. She took blood to check her t4 and tsh as this was still not in balance and to check if there are still signs of inflammation and to check on her kidneys. I think monday or tuesday we will get results.
After the the two failed urine tests we discussed if we should take urine directly from the bladder or use the sample I collected this morning. The vet couldn't explain what I did wrong and didn't wanted me to waste money but was o.k. to give it another try. If that is not working we come again next week and she takes urine directly from the bladder. I was scared oft that because I read that a bladder rupture might occure but my vet explained to me, that this is very rare and she never had it in 30 years of working with cats. She sees the bigger problem in finding Binies bladder without ultrasound because Binie is chubby and it is hard for her to detect her bladder with her hands.
Finally she looked at Binies wounds. Last night Binie had another hour where she was licking her whole body wildly including the wound. Something is bothering her and I don't know what. The threads in her wound are hopefully absorbed so that shouldn't be such a problem anymore. I thought about fleas but couldn't find any. This whole body licking started when she took the antibiotics and it never stopped completely since then. So the wounds on her breast didn't look good to me today. But even though the vet was pleased. She said the tissue feels normal again and she thinks now only the skin is damaged because of the constant licking and the wounds are very superficial. So no steroids at the moment.
Even though I would love to find out what is bothering Binie and why she is licking herself so much. Sometimes she doesn't do it at all and sometimes she goes crazy for a full hour or so.
Just one more interesting thing: I told my vet about Binies early drops the last days and she says she sees this a lot in summer days. The insulin gets absorbed faster and the insulin from the cycle before and the new insulin are working at the same time, so it is acting almost like an increase. Humans have these problems too. So next summer I will have to make an investment and buy an AC for us. Thank god from tomorrow on it will be cooler for the next days, so things can come back to normal.
I hope everyone is having a good start in the weekend!
Good evening,
Binie had a day in mostly higher pinks after seing green numbers on the libre yesterday. Now she is going down gently and at 2.5, we are already seeing yellow numbers again. Curious to see, how 1 IU is working out on the long run.
Today we went to the vet. She took blood to check her t4 and tsh as this was still not in balance and to check if there are still signs of inflammation and to check on her kidneys. I think monday or tuesday we will get results.
After the the two failed urine tests we discussed if we should take urine directly from the bladder or use the sample I collected this morning. The vet couldn't explain what I did wrong and didn't wanted me to waste money but was o.k. to give it another try. If that is not working we come again next week and she takes urine directly from the bladder. I was scared oft that because I read that a bladder rupture might occure but my vet explained to me, that this is very rare and she never had it in 30 years of working with cats. She sees the bigger problem in finding Binies bladder without ultrasound because Binie is chubby and it is hard for her to detect her bladder with her hands.
Finally she looked at Binies wounds. Last night Binie had another hour where she was licking her whole body wildly including the wound. Something is bothering her and I don't know what. The threads in her wound are hopefully absorbed so that shouldn't be such a problem anymore. I thought about fleas but couldn't find any. This whole body licking started when she took the antibiotics and it never stopped completely since then. So the wounds on her breast didn't look good to me today. But even though the vet was pleased. She said the tissue feels normal again and she thinks now only the skin is damaged because of the constant licking and the wounds are very superficial. So no steroids at the moment.
Even though I would love to find out what is bothering Binie and why she is licking herself so much. Sometimes she doesn't do it at all and sometimes she goes crazy for a full hour or so. Just one more interesting thing: I told my vet about Binies early drops the last days and she says she sees this a lot in summer days. The insulin gets absorbed faster and the insulin from the cycle before and the new insulin are working at the same time, so it is acting almost like an increase. Humans have these problems too. So next summer I will have to make an investment and buy an AC for us. Thank god from tomorrow on it will be cooler for the next days, so things can come back to normal.
I hope everyone is having a good start in the weekend!
