GraceAndAngie
Member Since 2013
Hi everyone,
As it's afternoon now, I though I'd better start today's condo for Angie. I was posting in yesterday's condo still this morning for some reason.
Angie is back from the vet again. They gave her a miralax enema and it worked pretty well straight away bringing out a "good sized hard lump" - she was constipated after all (like I told them!). They also found that she had a mild UTI (Thanks to Carl for that suggestion). They gave her an anti-biotic injection to help with that. I will get the results of the pancreatitis test tomorrow morning.
The vet was very kind and didn't charge for today's consult or hospitalisation because she thought those things ought to have been done yesterday.
Angie is much more comfortable already, after her enema - she's moving around again, jumping up on the chairs (being naughty again :twisted: ) and her appetite is back. I'll try some pumpkin in her food early next time I have any concerns.
My convert-a-vet project hasn't gone so well so far. There is a bit of resentment for me altering her insulin dose on my own. They also thought that I reduced it too fast and that it might be best for her to go back on 0.5 IU twice a day for a while to "stabilise" her. I told them that I disagreed - particularly in light of her low numbers on a 0.1 IU dose. They let it go and said that it would be fine as long as I kept an eye on her BG. I think that's a bit rich coming from those that spaced us out to 2 monthly curves on 1 IU! Anyway - they think I'm amazingly capable to be able to get BG tests from her and call it a tribute to her trust for me. They didn't believe that home testing wasn't that hard.
Thanks so much for all the care and vines that you have been giving us in these few days. I was really worried for her and thought it could be something very serious (paws crossed on the pancreatitis).
As it's afternoon now, I though I'd better start today's condo for Angie. I was posting in yesterday's condo still this morning for some reason.
Angie is back from the vet again. They gave her a miralax enema and it worked pretty well straight away bringing out a "good sized hard lump" - she was constipated after all (like I told them!). They also found that she had a mild UTI (Thanks to Carl for that suggestion). They gave her an anti-biotic injection to help with that. I will get the results of the pancreatitis test tomorrow morning.
The vet was very kind and didn't charge for today's consult or hospitalisation because she thought those things ought to have been done yesterday.
Angie is much more comfortable already, after her enema - she's moving around again, jumping up on the chairs (being naughty again :twisted: ) and her appetite is back. I'll try some pumpkin in her food early next time I have any concerns.
My convert-a-vet project hasn't gone so well so far. There is a bit of resentment for me altering her insulin dose on my own. They also thought that I reduced it too fast and that it might be best for her to go back on 0.5 IU twice a day for a while to "stabilise" her. I told them that I disagreed - particularly in light of her low numbers on a 0.1 IU dose. They let it go and said that it would be fine as long as I kept an eye on her BG. I think that's a bit rich coming from those that spaced us out to 2 monthly curves on 1 IU! Anyway - they think I'm amazingly capable to be able to get BG tests from her and call it a tribute to her trust for me. They didn't believe that home testing wasn't that hard.
Thanks so much for all the care and vines that you have been giving us in these few days. I was really worried for her and thought it could be something very serious (paws crossed on the pancreatitis).
