Nancy&Pepper (GA)
Member Since 2012
yesterday
Well, Pepper did decide to go down again. I was exhausted and didn't get up to test during the night, but he usually nadirs quite late in the pm cycle, so perhaps he didn't go much lower anyway. However, I had been planning to increase his dose this morning by .5u, so I went ahead and did it, since he usually doesn't stay low anyway and his numbers have been generally high. If that was a mistake, please someone let me know.
Also, I have started to notice that every time I give him sub-q fluids he goes much lower in the pm cycle (I gave fluids yeasterday). I added a note to Pepper's SS in the remarks column for each time I have given fluids since 11/01/12 (I had just been jotting it down in a notebook). Is it the fluids making him go lower? What does this mean? Is there something I should be doing that would help him go lower all the time?
One last thing - late last summer, Pepper's vet said Pepper's potassium was low and suggested giving potassium by adding it to his sub-q fluid bag. I did that for a while, then I admit I forgot to have it added to the last couple of bags. Then I read (I think at Tanya's comprehensive CKD site) that adding potassium to the bag can sting, plus I have read here that potassium levels should be monitored if supplements are given. No monitoring was done. Anyway, Next time i talk to the vet, I was going to ask about potassium, but i wondered what form of supplements people here have used, and how often they were monitored by the vet.
Thanks.
Well, Pepper did decide to go down again. I was exhausted and didn't get up to test during the night, but he usually nadirs quite late in the pm cycle, so perhaps he didn't go much lower anyway. However, I had been planning to increase his dose this morning by .5u, so I went ahead and did it, since he usually doesn't stay low anyway and his numbers have been generally high. If that was a mistake, please someone let me know.
Also, I have started to notice that every time I give him sub-q fluids he goes much lower in the pm cycle (I gave fluids yeasterday). I added a note to Pepper's SS in the remarks column for each time I have given fluids since 11/01/12 (I had just been jotting it down in a notebook). Is it the fluids making him go lower? What does this mean? Is there something I should be doing that would help him go lower all the time?
One last thing - late last summer, Pepper's vet said Pepper's potassium was low and suggested giving potassium by adding it to his sub-q fluid bag. I did that for a while, then I admit I forgot to have it added to the last couple of bags. Then I read (I think at Tanya's comprehensive CKD site) that adding potassium to the bag can sting, plus I have read here that potassium levels should be monitored if supplements are given. No monitoring was done. Anyway, Next time i talk to the vet, I was going to ask about potassium, but i wondered what form of supplements people here have used, and how often they were monitored by the vet.
Thanks.
