Miss China's being a good girl today...she knows I have to take DM to the cardiologist so she's surfing nice and safe for mama!!
Hoping we get better news from the cardiologist than we got from the GP yesterday...DM's A1C is up to 7.5 and her kidney function is a lot worse....she went from a 3 to a 4 on the scale they use for kidney function and at 5 they start dialysis (except mom's GP doesn't believe in putting an 86 year old on dialysis so it wouldn't happen)
Just what I need....a diabetic cat and a mom who won't give up her potato chips and ice cream....I guess there's one good thing about it though....I buy the groceries so if I don't buy her the chips and ice cream, she can't eat them!!
We're off to see the wizard!! Hope you're having a great Tuesday!
Yo Deputy China, We're both on the beach, but we've got our eyes on those surfing kitties.
~ Rusty
Hi Chris, I'm sorry that your DM got not- so- great news about her kidney function and hope that she'll be able to cope without her ice cream and potato chips (not easy, I'm sure). Also hoping for a good report from the cardiologist. Sending a bouquet of vines.
Looks like China was saving her best for tonight!!
Yo Rusty....I decided to go for a swim....been a long hard day today so figured a dip in the lagoon would do me good! Happy to hear the news about your vetty visit!! We have important work to do so we can't be getting sick!
The cardiologist seemed pretty pleased with DM....he said that with as little heart muscle as she has left, she's actually doing really well but of course it's important to keep her as healthy as possible so he'd like to see those kidney values come down too.
She has occasional episodes where she's SOB, but she's been much worse than she is now so we're all pretty happy
On Friday, she's going back to PT to get some more strength back in her legs....wish there was some way to keep her in PT all the time!! She goes, she improves greatly and then they discharge her and she starts to weaken again. I'm just hoping her Medicare is going to cover it again this year....if they won't, she'll have to wait for the new year. I think this is her 4th time in therapy this year @ about 6 weeks each time
I did a little shopping too...found some lower carb bread (6 grams per slice instead of 20) and some baked chip-like things that are lower carb than the Lays she's used to...will just keep buying/offering her different (and better) choices until she finds things she likes instead of the bad foods she's been eating.....they also make lower carb ice cream novelties so we'll try those instead of the Blue Bunny
