Brenda and Morris
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Yesterday: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4800
Good morning LLanders!
Yes, that was my Morris this morning, using up another of his 9 lives....he's got a couple left but that's about it. confused_cat Fortunately, he is very good at knocking things over and waking me up when he goes into hypo territory. Of course I knew what to do but just for a minute there I panicked. He walked behind the toilet and got stuck because the trash can was in his way on the other side and he was too disoriented to back up. He knocked over the toilet brush container, which woke me up. He was wobbly on his feet and kinda limp when I picked him up...head kinda shaking from side to side. Tested and got a 26...actually thought it would have been lower since he's been 35 with sign of trouble.
Gave a 1/2 can of medium carb FF, which brought him up to 50 in 15 min., then followed with 1/2 can of low carb to be safe, which brought him up to 61 in another 1/2 hour. Since between 8 and 9 is his nadir, I felt pretty safe going btb at that point and this morning PS he was 148. No more messin' around....I shot the .50. :?
Had our visit with the new vet this morning...I had a good feeling about her overall, only a couple of things struck a sour note. She is dead set against feeding raw for one, which conflicts with what Jojo told me (that it would be the best thing for him if he's got IBD). The other thing is, although she uses glargine (Lantus) for her diabetic kitties, she doesn't recommend home monitoring with a meter. She says that she monitors fluid intake to judge regulation. :-Q When I showed her the Tilly protocol, she said "Oh, yes, that's what we use", but how can that be if they don't home monitor?? grr_red
However, I made it clear before I even made the appointment that I didn't want or need help with the FD so we didn't go into it any further.
Her tentative diagnosis is IBD and her treatment plan will be based on that. She put him back on the metronidazole and requested that I pick one food and stick with it...she doesn't care if it's raw, dry, FF or whatever, just feed only one food for a week. If all else fails, and as a last resort, she would use steroids, either prednisolone orally or Depo-Medrol shot. I said we would have to discuss that at the time after I run it by my "group". :YMHUG:
Oh, and she says he doesn't need a dental...his teeth are yellow, yes, like any 15 year old cat's but she doesn't feel he needs a dental right now.
And another thing she wants to explore is accupuncture @-) ....checking with an associate who treats with holistic approaches to see if there might be anything in that area that can help him. I have an open mind but am leery of that....will see what she says.
That's it for now...thanks everyone for your concern. :YMHUG:
Good morning LLanders!
Yes, that was my Morris this morning, using up another of his 9 lives....he's got a couple left but that's about it. confused_cat Fortunately, he is very good at knocking things over and waking me up when he goes into hypo territory. Of course I knew what to do but just for a minute there I panicked. He walked behind the toilet and got stuck because the trash can was in his way on the other side and he was too disoriented to back up. He knocked over the toilet brush container, which woke me up. He was wobbly on his feet and kinda limp when I picked him up...head kinda shaking from side to side. Tested and got a 26...actually thought it would have been lower since he's been 35 with sign of trouble.
Gave a 1/2 can of medium carb FF, which brought him up to 50 in 15 min., then followed with 1/2 can of low carb to be safe, which brought him up to 61 in another 1/2 hour. Since between 8 and 9 is his nadir, I felt pretty safe going btb at that point and this morning PS he was 148. No more messin' around....I shot the .50. :?
Had our visit with the new vet this morning...I had a good feeling about her overall, only a couple of things struck a sour note. She is dead set against feeding raw for one, which conflicts with what Jojo told me (that it would be the best thing for him if he's got IBD). The other thing is, although she uses glargine (Lantus) for her diabetic kitties, she doesn't recommend home monitoring with a meter. She says that she monitors fluid intake to judge regulation. :-Q When I showed her the Tilly protocol, she said "Oh, yes, that's what we use", but how can that be if they don't home monitor?? grr_red
However, I made it clear before I even made the appointment that I didn't want or need help with the FD so we didn't go into it any further.
Her tentative diagnosis is IBD and her treatment plan will be based on that. She put him back on the metronidazole and requested that I pick one food and stick with it...she doesn't care if it's raw, dry, FF or whatever, just feed only one food for a week. If all else fails, and as a last resort, she would use steroids, either prednisolone orally or Depo-Medrol shot. I said we would have to discuss that at the time after I run it by my "group". :YMHUG:
Oh, and she says he doesn't need a dental...his teeth are yellow, yes, like any 15 year old cat's but she doesn't feel he needs a dental right now.
And another thing she wants to explore is accupuncture @-) ....checking with an associate who treats with holistic approaches to see if there might be anything in that area that can help him. I have an open mind but am leery of that....will see what she says.
That's it for now...thanks everyone for your concern. :YMHUG:
