Gracie's Yesterday
11/29 Recap:
AMPS: 238 9th cycle c1u lev
+3: 264
+5.5: 224
+7.5: 193
+10: 140
PMPS: 154 10th cycle c1u lev
+2: 103
+3: 80
+4: 91
+5: 106
+7: 134
+10: 113
Happy Hump Day!! Sending more prayers out to Jill and Mike. And to dear MJ....so much sympathy and love.
Gracie is having some "interesting" cycles on her lev now. I think she is nadiring at about +15 from the previous cycle and then she gets her lev rise at about +4 of her current cycle and then onsets after +7 of her current cycle. It's pretty goofy but that looks like the pattern right now. Long and short...she is getting green nadirs and was down to 53 this morning on her 11th cycle. Last night she slept with her sweet little paws wrapped around my neck and her tiny nose nestled into my collarbone area....purr purr purr ....zzzzzzzzzz. Sweet baby girl. She and Tobes are both napping now.....they were absolutely wild last night before bedtime but that's good because then they sleep through the night.
If anyone is still interested in the presentation I gave to our vets yesterday, here is the link:
Presentation
When it opens, then click on "download original" in the upper right hand corner and you'll see it as I presented it. The google doc does not have the colors, etc. Also, on the original document, on the bottom right, there are three icons next to a % (which is the zoom). If you click on the far right one....it will show it one slide at a time as in a real powerpoint presentation.
Yesterday afternoon, Mike and I had to run over to our former vet's clinic to get some herbs for Gus that only they carry. The young receptionist there is the daughter of the CVT who has worked for Dr. M for 20+ years. Anyway, she told me that her 8 year old kitty was dxd with FD two weeks ago.....eats dry food, of course. I asked if they were hometesting, etc. She said her mom was doing it all because she couldn't bear to do it and then she went and got her mom the CVT. She told me that with 8 cats and the dogs, that she doesn't have alot of time. She said she hometested him a couple times but mainly just gave him 1u of lantus bid. I told her that she, of all people, should know better. I also told the daughter (who is in her early 20s) that Baby is her kitty and she needs to learn how to deal with his FD and how to test/shoot him. I told her I would help her and get her into FDMB but she also needs to very, very slowly move him from dry food to canned but she MUST monitor him because his numbers can drop suddenly. She said they can't feed him separately from the other cats and they all get dry. So....I just gave her my phone numbers and said when she is ready for help, I am here for her but that if she managed his FD correctly with the help of LL and moving him to low carb canned food slowly, there was the possibility he could get off insulin but as long as he was on dry....unlikely. I also told them both again how dangerous it was to be shooting him without testing him. AND.....that it would benefit all her cats to get them on low carb canned food. So...we'll see. Mike and I left just shaking our heads.
I'm working from home today and also still dealing with DM issues. Too long a story to address here. Hope you all have a great day.
11/29 Recap:
AMPS: 238 9th cycle c1u lev
+3: 264
+5.5: 224
+7.5: 193
+10: 140
PMPS: 154 10th cycle c1u lev
+2: 103
+3: 80
+4: 91
+5: 106
+7: 134
+10: 113
Happy Hump Day!! Sending more prayers out to Jill and Mike. And to dear MJ....so much sympathy and love.
Gracie is having some "interesting" cycles on her lev now. I think she is nadiring at about +15 from the previous cycle and then she gets her lev rise at about +4 of her current cycle and then onsets after +7 of her current cycle. It's pretty goofy but that looks like the pattern right now. Long and short...she is getting green nadirs and was down to 53 this morning on her 11th cycle. Last night she slept with her sweet little paws wrapped around my neck and her tiny nose nestled into my collarbone area....purr purr purr ....zzzzzzzzzz. Sweet baby girl. She and Tobes are both napping now.....they were absolutely wild last night before bedtime but that's good because then they sleep through the night.
If anyone is still interested in the presentation I gave to our vets yesterday, here is the link:
Presentation
When it opens, then click on "download original" in the upper right hand corner and you'll see it as I presented it. The google doc does not have the colors, etc. Also, on the original document, on the bottom right, there are three icons next to a % (which is the zoom). If you click on the far right one....it will show it one slide at a time as in a real powerpoint presentation.
Yesterday afternoon, Mike and I had to run over to our former vet's clinic to get some herbs for Gus that only they carry. The young receptionist there is the daughter of the CVT who has worked for Dr. M for 20+ years. Anyway, she told me that her 8 year old kitty was dxd with FD two weeks ago.....eats dry food, of course. I asked if they were hometesting, etc. She said her mom was doing it all because she couldn't bear to do it and then she went and got her mom the CVT. She told me that with 8 cats and the dogs, that she doesn't have alot of time. She said she hometested him a couple times but mainly just gave him 1u of lantus bid. I told her that she, of all people, should know better. I also told the daughter (who is in her early 20s) that Baby is her kitty and she needs to learn how to deal with his FD and how to test/shoot him. I told her I would help her and get her into FDMB but she also needs to very, very slowly move him from dry food to canned but she MUST monitor him because his numbers can drop suddenly. She said they can't feed him separately from the other cats and they all get dry. So....I just gave her my phone numbers and said when she is ready for help, I am here for her but that if she managed his FD correctly with the help of LL and moving him to low carb canned food slowly, there was the possibility he could get off insulin but as long as he was on dry....unlikely. I also told them both again how dangerous it was to be shooting him without testing him. AND.....that it would benefit all her cats to get them on low carb canned food. So...we'll see. Mike and I left just shaking our heads.
I'm working from home today and also still dealing with DM issues. Too long a story to address here. Hope you all have a great day.
