Charlie'sMom22
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Yesterday
Increased to .5u this morning. He's been getting worse as the day has gone on. Under the bed/laying in the corner on the hard floor all day. Barely moving. Coat and expression look ragged. All the exact same behaviors he had when he was stuck in high BG back in May. I'm worried his BG is going to spiral out of control again if I don't do something.
@Wendy&Neko if you have a minute, could you please take a look at his spreadsheet back at his first p-itis event on 5/29 and how he very quickly climbed up in BG/high dosing requirements, and let me know what you think I should do? Does this look like the start of insulin resistance/toxicity to you? Given his history, I'm wondering if there's any way I can do a bigger increase for the next one to get ahead of it? Or faster?
On a lighter note, His microbiome results came back and they're also very bad (report attached in case anyone is interested). Looks like the antibiotic shot he got in early october wiped out everything and allowed some harmful strains to flourish. The fact that he's been on an incomplete diet of just boiled chicken certainly hasn't helped. But every time I've tried to introduce a new food or supplement he's ended up in the ER. I have no idea what to feed him anymore. He can't have carbs, fat, fiber, phosphorus, sodium--and those are just the things I know of. He was doing okay on his chicken & completer but they changed the formula without warning, which is what started this entire descent into gastrointestinal hell.
I hope everyone is having a better day than I am!
Increased to .5u this morning. He's been getting worse as the day has gone on. Under the bed/laying in the corner on the hard floor all day. Barely moving. Coat and expression look ragged. All the exact same behaviors he had when he was stuck in high BG back in May. I'm worried his BG is going to spiral out of control again if I don't do something.
@Wendy&Neko if you have a minute, could you please take a look at his spreadsheet back at his first p-itis event on 5/29 and how he very quickly climbed up in BG/high dosing requirements, and let me know what you think I should do? Does this look like the start of insulin resistance/toxicity to you? Given his history, I'm wondering if there's any way I can do a bigger increase for the next one to get ahead of it? Or faster?
On a lighter note, His microbiome results came back and they're also very bad (report attached in case anyone is interested). Looks like the antibiotic shot he got in early october wiped out everything and allowed some harmful strains to flourish. The fact that he's been on an incomplete diet of just boiled chicken certainly hasn't helped. But every time I've tried to introduce a new food or supplement he's ended up in the ER. I have no idea what to feed him anymore. He can't have carbs, fat, fiber, phosphorus, sodium--and those are just the things I know of. He was doing okay on his chicken & completer but they changed the formula without warning, which is what started this entire descent into gastrointestinal hell.
I hope everyone is having a better day than I am!
. He can have a few carbs, why not fiber?
I don't have any answers for you, but I hate that you're both going through this. I hope others are able to give you some advice. 
I got a probiotic blend and fecal transplant pills from animalbiome at my IM vet’s recommendation. I believe the probiotic does have the s. Boulardii in it because it says it can help “outcompete” the strains that are too high in numbers. 
he gets max dose of gaba and Cerenia daily already. Bupe helped the night of the flare’s onset but caused side effects with the second dose. I had stopped the ondansetron but maybe I should give it for another day or two? The IM vet and I both thought this was a fiber-induced GI flare at first (it happened right after a meal with the new fiber in it) but now I’m not so sure. 
