Dyana
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Yesterday
I hope this works today. This computer is so slow.
Last night I went to the store and bought plain yogurt, canned 100% pumkin, and some what they call prawns here (large shrimp). J.D. licked up about a spoonful of the yogurt, and then didn't want anymore. At around +2.75, I put a glop of pumkin in a bowl and added about 1/2 can of beef FF and he ate some of that. He also ate a shrimp. At about 3:00am, which would be about +8, J.D. seemed to not be feeling well, and wouldn't eat any cat treats. I took him for a short walk outside, because he feels most comfortable in the deepest of the night for walking.
This morning at AMPS, he seemed a little more hisself and was purring a little and ate some of his treats and some food. I was hopeful, and knew it might be a looooong wait for a poo, since I figured he had emptied himself yesterday. Because he was 399, and possibly sick, I worried about his BG, and at +1.5 I gave him 0.05 or R. Then he pooed almost liquod.
I knew I would need to take him to the vet and patiently waited for my parents to get up...pacing the floor...
When we left for the vet at +2.75 he was 297, waiting in the waiting room at +3.5 (45 minutes later) he was 169.
The vet was very good. She seemed to know a lot (more than our regular vet, anyway) about diabetes. Right away, she said he needs a dental. She said she could refer me to someone. That we should go to a regular (vet) dentist, I guess she forgot that I wasn't from around here. Anyway, that's for the future, when we get home.
She examined him, and we went over his most recent blood work, discussed food, and my thoughts on what may have possibly caused this diarreha. She asked if I had any urine work (whatever the correct words are, I don't know) during his last exam, and I said no. I told her he gets bloodwork done twice a year. She said he should get urine work (again, what the terminology is, I don't know) done, too. That's a first I ever heard of that. Anyway, she suggested we do that, and I said go ahead. I told her that I had tested for ketones last night and the urine was not as clear as normal, and more yellow than normal. She asked if I wanted to watch, and I said no, but I was in the room. I told her that the last time they did a sterile sample at the ER that as soon as they had him on his back he peed in their face. He did it again to them :lol:
The urinalysis came back with blood in the urine. She will call me regarding whether the culture grows anything tomorrow (I think she said), and in the mean time he got Antirobe/Clintabs (which I think is Clindamycin), and something called Bio-Sponge Capsules which I'm supposed to sprinkle 1/4 capsule of the powder on his food twice a day. She also gave me some Metronidazole Tablets which I am supposed to wait for her phone call tomorrow, to start to give or not give.
Because he was falling so quickly at the vet, and I was worried about his not feeling well enough to eat enough, she said it was okay to give him some mirtazapine as we left the vet's office and to feed him when we got home.
He ate some food when we got home, and got his pills, and was last at 92, and under the influence of Mirtz.
Hopefully, this will do it. Crossed Fingers, and Knocking On Wood, and all that.
Meanwhile, my step mom is waiting patiently for J.D. to go up, so we can go shopping :roll: I need to get pee pads, J.D. has soiled all the ones I brought with me and used around his litter box to protect their carpet.
I hope this works today. This computer is so slow.
Last night I went to the store and bought plain yogurt, canned 100% pumkin, and some what they call prawns here (large shrimp). J.D. licked up about a spoonful of the yogurt, and then didn't want anymore. At around +2.75, I put a glop of pumkin in a bowl and added about 1/2 can of beef FF and he ate some of that. He also ate a shrimp. At about 3:00am, which would be about +8, J.D. seemed to not be feeling well, and wouldn't eat any cat treats. I took him for a short walk outside, because he feels most comfortable in the deepest of the night for walking.
This morning at AMPS, he seemed a little more hisself and was purring a little and ate some of his treats and some food. I was hopeful, and knew it might be a looooong wait for a poo, since I figured he had emptied himself yesterday. Because he was 399, and possibly sick, I worried about his BG, and at +1.5 I gave him 0.05 or R. Then he pooed almost liquod.
I knew I would need to take him to the vet and patiently waited for my parents to get up...pacing the floor...
When we left for the vet at +2.75 he was 297, waiting in the waiting room at +3.5 (45 minutes later) he was 169.
The vet was very good. She seemed to know a lot (more than our regular vet, anyway) about diabetes. Right away, she said he needs a dental. She said she could refer me to someone. That we should go to a regular (vet) dentist, I guess she forgot that I wasn't from around here. Anyway, that's for the future, when we get home.
She examined him, and we went over his most recent blood work, discussed food, and my thoughts on what may have possibly caused this diarreha. She asked if I had any urine work (whatever the correct words are, I don't know) during his last exam, and I said no. I told her he gets bloodwork done twice a year. She said he should get urine work (again, what the terminology is, I don't know) done, too. That's a first I ever heard of that. Anyway, she suggested we do that, and I said go ahead. I told her that I had tested for ketones last night and the urine was not as clear as normal, and more yellow than normal. She asked if I wanted to watch, and I said no, but I was in the room. I told her that the last time they did a sterile sample at the ER that as soon as they had him on his back he peed in their face. He did it again to them :lol:
The urinalysis came back with blood in the urine. She will call me regarding whether the culture grows anything tomorrow (I think she said), and in the mean time he got Antirobe/Clintabs (which I think is Clindamycin), and something called Bio-Sponge Capsules which I'm supposed to sprinkle 1/4 capsule of the powder on his food twice a day. She also gave me some Metronidazole Tablets which I am supposed to wait for her phone call tomorrow, to start to give or not give.
Because he was falling so quickly at the vet, and I was worried about his not feeling well enough to eat enough, she said it was okay to give him some mirtazapine as we left the vet's office and to feed him when we got home.
He ate some food when we got home, and got his pills, and was last at 92, and under the influence of Mirtz.
Hopefully, this will do it. Crossed Fingers, and Knocking On Wood, and all that.
Meanwhile, my step mom is waiting patiently for J.D. to go up, so we can go shopping :roll: I need to get pee pads, J.D. has soiled all the ones I brought with me and used around his litter box to protect their carpet.
