DD & Tinkerbell
Member Since 2009
First I want to thank Venita for coming once again to my aid. I am as usual forever in her debt.
I also want to thank FDMB for allowing me to post a dog issue on their cat site: Jessi has Pythiosis and to also thank all of you who have offered suggestions and support in that post & via PMs.
What's interesting is that since Jessi's surgery & learning about this horrible monster, Pythium Insidiosum, a week ago I put every living creature here (2 dogs, 2 horses, a whole bunch of cats, and me) on a daily dietary supplement of Food Grade Diatomacous Earth (DE). Various websites make various claims about the "miracles of DE", which I usually take with a grain of salt. I bought a big $12/bag of DE on a hunch at the local Tractor Supply when DBF's cousin who works there mentioned that in one of their stores the employees did an experiment where 10 them decided to add this to their daily diet; w/in days 7 of the 10 were passing parasites they didn't even know they had!
The point: one of the DE websites mentioned that it helps with diabetes. Tawny's #s today may be a fluke, or may be a result of DE being added to her food (1 tsp) once a day. She has never (that I can remember or find in my log) had a green in the morning and a green in the evening. Her SS is not up to date but here is the last few days' of #s:
12.26.12: amps 80 BCS dose 6u (down from 6.5u)
pmps 77 (BCS dose is now new dose of 6u) (DE 1 tsp)
+1 - 88
+2 - 110
12.25.12: amps 229 / 6.5u
pmps 185 / 6.5u (DE 1 tsp)
12.24.12: amps 140 / 6.5u
pmps 168 / 6.5u (DE 1tsp)
12.23.12: amps 244 / 6.5u
pmps 128 / 6.5u (DE 1 tsp)
12.22.12: amps 86 / 6.5u
+1 - 160
pmps 306 (DE 1/2 tsp)
12.21.12: amps 125 / 6.25u
pmps 328 Started DE 1/2 tsp supplement in food
12.20.12: amps 239 / 6.25u
pmps +12.75 (worked late) 167 / 6.25u
12.19.12: amps 248 / 6.25u
pmps 239 / 6.25u
12.19.12: amps 248 / 6.25u
pmps 239
12.18.12: amps 181 / 6.25u
pmps 251
12.17.12: amps 100 / 6.25u
pmps +12.5 (worked late) 220 / 6.25u
12.16.12: amps 377 (she hadn't been this high in like, forever) / 6.25u (definitely RBC off 12.15.12's +9.5 of 41)
pmps 159
12.15.12: amps 169 / 6.25u
+9.5 - 41 / fed LC
+9.75 - 50
+10 - 51
+10.5 - 51
+11 - 66
pmps 69 BCS 6u (have to sleep sometime)
+.5 - 93
Now if I could just get those #s into her SS! (working on it...)
It will be interesting to watch now to see if this is just a normal progression of doing what we do here & to see if the feeding of the DE ultimately appears to have possibly made a difference. I will work harder on getting her #s into her SS so we can watch more clearly.
The DE does not appear to have made much difference with Tinkerbell so far however.
Not very scientific, I know, but kind of interesting I thought anyway.
Desi
I also want to thank FDMB for allowing me to post a dog issue on their cat site: Jessi has Pythiosis and to also thank all of you who have offered suggestions and support in that post & via PMs.
What's interesting is that since Jessi's surgery & learning about this horrible monster, Pythium Insidiosum, a week ago I put every living creature here (2 dogs, 2 horses, a whole bunch of cats, and me) on a daily dietary supplement of Food Grade Diatomacous Earth (DE). Various websites make various claims about the "miracles of DE", which I usually take with a grain of salt. I bought a big $12/bag of DE on a hunch at the local Tractor Supply when DBF's cousin who works there mentioned that in one of their stores the employees did an experiment where 10 them decided to add this to their daily diet; w/in days 7 of the 10 were passing parasites they didn't even know they had!
The point: one of the DE websites mentioned that it helps with diabetes. Tawny's #s today may be a fluke, or may be a result of DE being added to her food (1 tsp) once a day. She has never (that I can remember or find in my log) had a green in the morning and a green in the evening. Her SS is not up to date but here is the last few days' of #s:
12.26.12: amps 80 BCS dose 6u (down from 6.5u)
pmps 77 (BCS dose is now new dose of 6u) (DE 1 tsp)
+1 - 88
+2 - 110
12.25.12: amps 229 / 6.5u
pmps 185 / 6.5u (DE 1 tsp)
12.24.12: amps 140 / 6.5u
pmps 168 / 6.5u (DE 1tsp)
12.23.12: amps 244 / 6.5u
pmps 128 / 6.5u (DE 1 tsp)
12.22.12: amps 86 / 6.5u
+1 - 160
pmps 306 (DE 1/2 tsp)
12.21.12: amps 125 / 6.25u
pmps 328 Started DE 1/2 tsp supplement in food
12.20.12: amps 239 / 6.25u
pmps +12.75 (worked late) 167 / 6.25u
12.19.12: amps 248 / 6.25u
pmps 239 / 6.25u
12.19.12: amps 248 / 6.25u
pmps 239
12.18.12: amps 181 / 6.25u
pmps 251
12.17.12: amps 100 / 6.25u
pmps +12.5 (worked late) 220 / 6.25u
12.16.12: amps 377 (she hadn't been this high in like, forever) / 6.25u (definitely RBC off 12.15.12's +9.5 of 41)
pmps 159
12.15.12: amps 169 / 6.25u
+9.5 - 41 / fed LC
+9.75 - 50
+10 - 51
+10.5 - 51
+11 - 66
pmps 69 BCS 6u (have to sleep sometime)
+.5 - 93
Now if I could just get those #s into her SS! (working on it...)
It will be interesting to watch now to see if this is just a normal progression of doing what we do here & to see if the feeding of the DE ultimately appears to have possibly made a difference. I will work harder on getting her #s into her SS so we can watch more clearly.
The DE does not appear to have made much difference with Tinkerbell so far however.
Not very scientific, I know, but kind of interesting I thought anyway.
Desi
