Mel&Chunk
Member Since 2024
Updates: Preshot 320, +2: 328, +4: 291, +6: 315. +9: 290. Preshot 286, +3: 237, +6: 195. +9: 197. No vomiting since last dose of insulin!
Hi there!
I joined this group when Chunk was diagnosed, and haven't been an active poster on here but I've gotten a lot of great tips from it so thank you in advance. I'm going to give you a quick summary, and where we're at now, and appreciate all of the help I can get over the next 24 hours.
Summary about Chunk: Diagnosed almost 2 years ago, has been on Prozinc since diagnoses. Never been DKA. Most recent dosage was 2.5 units/twice a day. Domestic Long hair, 13 pounds currently. Diet is Fancy Feast pate, 1.5 cans twice a day. Flavors: Chicken pate, beef pate, or chicken and liver depending on what he'll eat (he's picky and switches constantly). Mealtime is rolling around the floor with him for half an hour while convincing him to be interested in finishing his food, but hey it works! As for testers, we've done curves at home and reported directly to our vet for dosage adjustments every 2 months, but other than that none until recently. Last vet visit before his latest stunt suggested us to go up to 3, but i opted not too as his levels were very controlled and he seemed to be doing good! Also, he hates tests and he gets extremely traumatized going to the vet.
About my Husband and I: Very demanding careers but we've managed to be available at all dose times over the last two years. We're starting to get very tired and feel bad that we haven't been able to do more like testing or financially with specialists but we've pretty much given up our personal lives happily to give Chunk the best shot he can get. Having a diabetic cat is starting to affect our jobs and our bosses view of us so it's becoming a struggle when emergencies happen. We're trying our best to keep ourselves afloat and Chunk and will continue to do so for as long as we can. I sometimes feel like a failed pet owner because I haven't had as much time like some of you to dedicate to this and I respect you all so much.
Sunday-Friday: Sunday evening we decided to do a test to check if he maybe should be moved to 3, and his BG was 143 an hour before shot time so I'm pretty happy we did not blindly jump the units. We gave him his normal dose 2.5 and he had his first hypo episode ever 7 hours into his curve. He mainly laid down, his legs were tremoring, difficulty seeing. Luckily since I've read a decent amount of these boards, we found honey very quickly. tested him an hour after administering honey and his sugar got up to 100. we called the emergency vet hotline (vet is closed) and asked if it was okay to come in the next day and skip his evening dose for now, they suggested giving him 1.5 that evening and the next morning so we did. Brought him to the vet and his BG was 60. Vet advised that he could be in remission and to stop insulin until next vet visit on Saturday. We asked vet if we should continue to test at home through it to stay vigilant and she advised it may stress the cat out so to hold off and just keep an eye on any out of the ordinary symptoms. Chunk was fine until Friday, where he seemed disinterested in eating so we opted to keep his food out to let him graze as he wanted. He threw up at 9pm that night. Called emergency vet again and they advised to bring him in the next day, but to bring him to the ER that night if he threw up again, which he did not.
Today: BG is 444, bloodwork and urinalysis was done but I unfortunately do not have a copy. Everything seemed mild or normal, some ketones were present so they advised hospitalization. We are on a very limited budget, and he is traumatized for the vet. I want to stress a few things: this clinic means we see a new vet every visit, first hypo episode but his third time having ketones in the urine since diagnosis. For occurence 1&2 we managed at home with every other day vet visits with anti nausea, appetite stimulant, antibiotics (if needed) and fluid injections. He does not at all seem as sick as the other 2 occurrences, and again he gets traumatized by the vet. He was only slightly dehydrated but is otherwise pretty normal. Money aside, my husband and I feel confident that if he is hospitalized he has worst chances at getting better due to his stress levels. We want to leave that for absolute necessary conditions, and vet explained it was more of a to be on the safest side suggestion to avoid him getting like he had before. We were sent home with the same mix of medicine, nausea, appetite stimulant, and fluid injections. Advised to do 1 unit dosing for Prozinc and bring him back Monday.
Now: Vet suggested 24 hour monitoring for the next day for best results. We're cracked up on caffeine and ready to go. It's 1:38pm currently. Our current plan is appetite stimulant at 4, start food at 5 and shot at 5:30 if everything goes well. We'll test him before his shot and then every two hours from that point on.
We can take all of the tips and advice you have to offer, so please advise if you have experience!
Hi there!
I joined this group when Chunk was diagnosed, and haven't been an active poster on here but I've gotten a lot of great tips from it so thank you in advance. I'm going to give you a quick summary, and where we're at now, and appreciate all of the help I can get over the next 24 hours.
Summary about Chunk: Diagnosed almost 2 years ago, has been on Prozinc since diagnoses. Never been DKA. Most recent dosage was 2.5 units/twice a day. Domestic Long hair, 13 pounds currently. Diet is Fancy Feast pate, 1.5 cans twice a day. Flavors: Chicken pate, beef pate, or chicken and liver depending on what he'll eat (he's picky and switches constantly). Mealtime is rolling around the floor with him for half an hour while convincing him to be interested in finishing his food, but hey it works! As for testers, we've done curves at home and reported directly to our vet for dosage adjustments every 2 months, but other than that none until recently. Last vet visit before his latest stunt suggested us to go up to 3, but i opted not too as his levels were very controlled and he seemed to be doing good! Also, he hates tests and he gets extremely traumatized going to the vet.
About my Husband and I: Very demanding careers but we've managed to be available at all dose times over the last two years. We're starting to get very tired and feel bad that we haven't been able to do more like testing or financially with specialists but we've pretty much given up our personal lives happily to give Chunk the best shot he can get. Having a diabetic cat is starting to affect our jobs and our bosses view of us so it's becoming a struggle when emergencies happen. We're trying our best to keep ourselves afloat and Chunk and will continue to do so for as long as we can. I sometimes feel like a failed pet owner because I haven't had as much time like some of you to dedicate to this and I respect you all so much.
Sunday-Friday: Sunday evening we decided to do a test to check if he maybe should be moved to 3, and his BG was 143 an hour before shot time so I'm pretty happy we did not blindly jump the units. We gave him his normal dose 2.5 and he had his first hypo episode ever 7 hours into his curve. He mainly laid down, his legs were tremoring, difficulty seeing. Luckily since I've read a decent amount of these boards, we found honey very quickly. tested him an hour after administering honey and his sugar got up to 100. we called the emergency vet hotline (vet is closed) and asked if it was okay to come in the next day and skip his evening dose for now, they suggested giving him 1.5 that evening and the next morning so we did. Brought him to the vet and his BG was 60. Vet advised that he could be in remission and to stop insulin until next vet visit on Saturday. We asked vet if we should continue to test at home through it to stay vigilant and she advised it may stress the cat out so to hold off and just keep an eye on any out of the ordinary symptoms. Chunk was fine until Friday, where he seemed disinterested in eating so we opted to keep his food out to let him graze as he wanted. He threw up at 9pm that night. Called emergency vet again and they advised to bring him in the next day, but to bring him to the ER that night if he threw up again, which he did not.
Today: BG is 444, bloodwork and urinalysis was done but I unfortunately do not have a copy. Everything seemed mild or normal, some ketones were present so they advised hospitalization. We are on a very limited budget, and he is traumatized for the vet. I want to stress a few things: this clinic means we see a new vet every visit, first hypo episode but his third time having ketones in the urine since diagnosis. For occurence 1&2 we managed at home with every other day vet visits with anti nausea, appetite stimulant, antibiotics (if needed) and fluid injections. He does not at all seem as sick as the other 2 occurrences, and again he gets traumatized by the vet. He was only slightly dehydrated but is otherwise pretty normal. Money aside, my husband and I feel confident that if he is hospitalized he has worst chances at getting better due to his stress levels. We want to leave that for absolute necessary conditions, and vet explained it was more of a to be on the safest side suggestion to avoid him getting like he had before. We were sent home with the same mix of medicine, nausea, appetite stimulant, and fluid injections. Advised to do 1 unit dosing for Prozinc and bring him back Monday.
Now: Vet suggested 24 hour monitoring for the next day for best results. We're cracked up on caffeine and ready to go. It's 1:38pm currently. Our current plan is appetite stimulant at 4, start food at 5 and shot at 5:30 if everything goes well. We'll test him before his shot and then every two hours from that point on.
We can take all of the tips and advice you have to offer, so please advise if you have experience!
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