Gracie's 11/18 Condo
11/19 Recap:
AMPS: 320
+2: 325
+5: 340
PMPS: 249
+2: 236
+4: 154
+5: 96
+5.5: 87
+8: 56
+9: 58
+10: 53j
Happy Fursday!!! Our deepest condolences and prayers still to Dyana and Melinda. Our hearts break for them and their sudden loss of their babies. Cheering JuJu on in his OTJ Trial!!! Sending healing vines to all in need inc Webster.
Sorry to miss everyone yesterday.....work day for me and Mike had a bunch of stuff to do while LBG let him out. She's doing fantastic....feeling awesome. We took her to the vet on Tuesday for a liver enzyme recheck. Great news!! Her ALT is just about normal and all her other liver values down (they were normal but they have decreased). Dr. B just came back from a conference and met with the head NRT vet and discussed Gracie. He said he actually wonders if Gracie does not have any liver issue, based on the u/s, etc, but instead perhaps has a small, congenital hiatal hernia which could be the source of the vomiting and which could also raise her liver values. He believes this is also supported by the fact that she has responded so well to the water soluble liquid Vit E but did not respond to the normal liver support supplements like denamarin. We've stopped most of her supplements including the ursodiol and are now just giving her a couple things to support her pancreas. Dr. B taught me a maneuver to do for Gracie (kind of like a reverse Heimlich) which will help her if there is a small hernia (which might have also been the cause of the scarf/barf). All of her organs tested at a 10 and Dr. B said she thinks she looks phenomenal (even more so than usual). Next recheck is 3 mos unless there is a reason to do sooner.
We've been looking for another HC food to help her drops because the Cowboy Cookout just wasn't working and we were having to resort to too much karo. When I was at Petco the other day, I got a pkg each of Good Karma (19%) and Autumn Bounty (23%). The only difference in the two is the pumpkin in the latter which probably is the source of the carbs. We used the Good Karma pkg so decided, Tuesday night, to try the Autumn Bounty. Well.....it was way too much for her and, admittedly, we probably gave too much, and I think it put the solid brakes on her insulin so her bounce was horrific yesterday. We haven't seen her do that in ages and I do think it was the BIPO (caused by us) plus the bounce. Thankfully, she came back down last night. The Autumn Bounty has been tossed and I grabbed some more Good Karma last night on the way home from work. And we will use it judiciously. I got her into a good surf last night by cutting back as soon as I got the drop minimized.
She was funny last night, though. She LOVES the Good Karma so when I went to less carbs with some WN Core, she looked at her plate and then me as if to say WHAT??? I'm not eating this sludge. Baby loves GOOD KARMA!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: But she ate the Core ;-)
DM update: There was a mixup on the scheduling with the neck specialist and so she does not see him until Dec 1 for her fractured cervical vertebra. The hospital put her in a hard neck brace yesterday and released her home last night. The source of the high WBCs was MRSA; the vincamycin IV kickstarted the treatment but she has to continue a/bs at home. I spoke with her this morning and she was very glad to be home but felt weak. I really wish the specialist could see her before Dec 1; I told her I could call and see what I could do but she didn't want me to.
I'm working today (ick) but will be around tonight to catch up. Have a great day.
11/19 Recap:
AMPS: 320
+2: 325
+5: 340
PMPS: 249
+2: 236
+4: 154
+5: 96
+5.5: 87
+8: 56
+9: 58
+10: 53j
Happy Fursday!!! Our deepest condolences and prayers still to Dyana and Melinda. Our hearts break for them and their sudden loss of their babies. Cheering JuJu on in his OTJ Trial!!! Sending healing vines to all in need inc Webster.
Sorry to miss everyone yesterday.....work day for me and Mike had a bunch of stuff to do while LBG let him out. She's doing fantastic....feeling awesome. We took her to the vet on Tuesday for a liver enzyme recheck. Great news!! Her ALT is just about normal and all her other liver values down (they were normal but they have decreased). Dr. B just came back from a conference and met with the head NRT vet and discussed Gracie. He said he actually wonders if Gracie does not have any liver issue, based on the u/s, etc, but instead perhaps has a small, congenital hiatal hernia which could be the source of the vomiting and which could also raise her liver values. He believes this is also supported by the fact that she has responded so well to the water soluble liquid Vit E but did not respond to the normal liver support supplements like denamarin. We've stopped most of her supplements including the ursodiol and are now just giving her a couple things to support her pancreas. Dr. B taught me a maneuver to do for Gracie (kind of like a reverse Heimlich) which will help her if there is a small hernia (which might have also been the cause of the scarf/barf). All of her organs tested at a 10 and Dr. B said she thinks she looks phenomenal (even more so than usual). Next recheck is 3 mos unless there is a reason to do sooner.
We've been looking for another HC food to help her drops because the Cowboy Cookout just wasn't working and we were having to resort to too much karo. When I was at Petco the other day, I got a pkg each of Good Karma (19%) and Autumn Bounty (23%). The only difference in the two is the pumpkin in the latter which probably is the source of the carbs. We used the Good Karma pkg so decided, Tuesday night, to try the Autumn Bounty. Well.....it was way too much for her and, admittedly, we probably gave too much, and I think it put the solid brakes on her insulin so her bounce was horrific yesterday. We haven't seen her do that in ages and I do think it was the BIPO (caused by us) plus the bounce. Thankfully, she came back down last night. The Autumn Bounty has been tossed and I grabbed some more Good Karma last night on the way home from work. And we will use it judiciously. I got her into a good surf last night by cutting back as soon as I got the drop minimized.
She was funny last night, though. She LOVES the Good Karma so when I went to less carbs with some WN Core, she looked at her plate and then me as if to say WHAT??? I'm not eating this sludge. Baby loves GOOD KARMA!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: But she ate the Core ;-)
DM update: There was a mixup on the scheduling with the neck specialist and so she does not see him until Dec 1 for her fractured cervical vertebra. The hospital put her in a hard neck brace yesterday and released her home last night. The source of the high WBCs was MRSA; the vincamycin IV kickstarted the treatment but she has to continue a/bs at home. I spoke with her this morning and she was very glad to be home but felt weak. I really wish the specialist could see her before Dec 1; I told her I could call and see what I could do but she didn't want me to.
I'm working today (ick) but will be around tonight to catch up. Have a great day.
I'm glad she is doing so well! Other than the bouncy bounce
I can just imagine the look on her face when the fuds were the LC again! I hope your work day goes well. Good healing vines to your DM, and many hugs to you all!!!
