Laura and Quincy
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Hopefully today is the start of another full green day for the Q-man.
Got pretty good news from the vet's today. All Quincy's lab work is back. The complete blood panel and urinanalysis results were all within normal levels, and the urine culture showed no signs of infection. Hooray! The one abnormal result was the folate/cobalamin test - it showed that Quincy was below normal limits. I don't have the exact number, though. I spoke with the vet directly, and he said Quincy was lower than he should be, but he didn't consider him to be critically low or that he was in danger of getting critically low. At first, he wanted me to bring Quincy in so he could give him injections of B-complex and B-12 there. I think that was in part because he didn't think Quincy needed routine treatment and also because of the pain issue. I really don't want to bring Quincy back, though, as it's such an ordeal, so we decided the vet would order me my own bottle of B-12 so I could do those shots at home, and that when Quincy comes back for his next check up (in about 10 weeks, if all is well), the vet would give him a B-complex shot while they're doing all the other bad things (e.g., blood draws). My vet said even the B-12 shot has some level of pain, but admitted than the B-complex one was the one that really smarts. I mentioned that I knew others who did B-12 shots at home without problem... I hope that's my experience too!
We didn't go over the dosing amount/frequency yet - will get that when I pick up the medicine. He mentioned something about starting with 0.1 cc 2x a week. I didn't go through it all, in part because I was on another call at work. Will find out soon enough I guess.
If anyone else has gone the B-12 and/or B-complex route with their kitties, would definitely appreciate any input you can share re: dosing amount, dosing tips (shoot the same as insulin?), whether it bothered your kitty, how long it took to notice any differences in GI issues, etc., would be helpful. I'll post on the general health board too.
I'm kind of glad we picked up a little deficiency, as it suggests something relatively benign that I can try that might actually help Quincy.
Last post: Sat 2/20
Got pretty good news from the vet's today. All Quincy's lab work is back. The complete blood panel and urinanalysis results were all within normal levels, and the urine culture showed no signs of infection. Hooray! The one abnormal result was the folate/cobalamin test - it showed that Quincy was below normal limits. I don't have the exact number, though. I spoke with the vet directly, and he said Quincy was lower than he should be, but he didn't consider him to be critically low or that he was in danger of getting critically low. At first, he wanted me to bring Quincy in so he could give him injections of B-complex and B-12 there. I think that was in part because he didn't think Quincy needed routine treatment and also because of the pain issue. I really don't want to bring Quincy back, though, as it's such an ordeal, so we decided the vet would order me my own bottle of B-12 so I could do those shots at home, and that when Quincy comes back for his next check up (in about 10 weeks, if all is well), the vet would give him a B-complex shot while they're doing all the other bad things (e.g., blood draws). My vet said even the B-12 shot has some level of pain, but admitted than the B-complex one was the one that really smarts. I mentioned that I knew others who did B-12 shots at home without problem... I hope that's my experience too!
We didn't go over the dosing amount/frequency yet - will get that when I pick up the medicine. He mentioned something about starting with 0.1 cc 2x a week. I didn't go through it all, in part because I was on another call at work. Will find out soon enough I guess.
If anyone else has gone the B-12 and/or B-complex route with their kitties, would definitely appreciate any input you can share re: dosing amount, dosing tips (shoot the same as insulin?), whether it bothered your kitty, how long it took to notice any differences in GI issues, etc., would be helpful. I'll post on the general health board too.
I'm kind of glad we picked up a little deficiency, as it suggests something relatively benign that I can try that might actually help Quincy.
Last post: Sat 2/20
