Yesterday’s Condo
Yesterday's recap:
284 - amps (14uL)
254 - +1
371 - pmps (14uL & 1.5uR)
326 - +1
223 - +2
193 - +3
218 - +4
259 - today's amps (14L & 0.5R)
194 - +1
Today is moving day, over to High Dose. So here we are.
When walking against a very strong wind, and slanted forward extremely to be able to more forward, it is wise to keep in mind that the wind could stop at any second resulting in a fall, face first, into the ground.
That being said, Shadoe seems to have hit some sort of plateau, or we are at/near her fitting dose on Lantus. Ironically, I am switching her over to Lev as soon as this last cart of Lantus is done. We have maybe 10days left thereabouts.
Presently, Shadoe's going through some sort of turmoil, but I don't know what.
Before her dx, and while she was first on Caninsulin, she had urine 'accidents' intermittently. Before dx were in all sorts of places, and after dx, they were mostly just in front of the LB, with the last being on Nov05/09. After starting on Lantus, I don't recall any, but in the last few days, she has had two, just in front of the LB.
Her appetite has gone way done from a few months ago, eating over 4 cans of fooding voraciously, down to 3 cans and then 2 cans, and now, the last week, there are some days that she eats very little from the auto feeder. Yesterday, an accident in front of the LB, and she ate maybe 1 can through the day and a bit of another in the evening.
Her numbers are finally looking better and stable at a lower level (touch wood). So after days of leaning forward and moving up a dose by 1u every 6 cycles, I am now staying at this dose, 14u, because with a bit of R, she gets down to good numbers. If I see a pink ps, I will go with a bit more R, but this morn, I gave less. She's sitting nicely with a high blue, so I hope to see her normal flat surf through the blue zone.
Now, that's how I see things, but Shadoe likely sees it all a bit differently. It does not seem that she is comfy with it all or there are other things going on.
Near the end of next week, we are doing an u/s to see what's up inside, and also making arrangements for a dental clean/fixerup soon after or when able to get it scheduled with the vet. I am very happy that the nice vet does all the dental stuff at Shadoe's vet office; she has been there for years, and is the one who helped my quickly when Shadoe had her p-titis attack in Jan. The young vet with whom I seem to be stuck for Shadoe knows nothing about teeth and said 'oh Dr Vihos does all of that stuff, so we will get her to schedule in Shadoe'. The young vet doesn't know much about FD either, so I have been educating her, starting with screaming that I wanted to have the IAA and IGF-1 tests done. I had to take them the info and tell them to call and make the arrangements. They now know that I can't be shooed out the door to be sure.
Her +2 is still a nice blue, so now we see if the Lantus does its part now and surfs. Shadoe's nice a purry after her test, had a bit to eat, then stretched out on her pillow for a nap.
At the moment, life is good in Shadoeland.
Yesterday's recap:
284 - amps (14uL)
254 - +1
371 - pmps (14uL & 1.5uR)
326 - +1
223 - +2
193 - +3
218 - +4
259 - today's amps (14L & 0.5R)
194 - +1
Today is moving day, over to High Dose. So here we are.
When walking against a very strong wind, and slanted forward extremely to be able to more forward, it is wise to keep in mind that the wind could stop at any second resulting in a fall, face first, into the ground.
That being said, Shadoe seems to have hit some sort of plateau, or we are at/near her fitting dose on Lantus. Ironically, I am switching her over to Lev as soon as this last cart of Lantus is done. We have maybe 10days left thereabouts.
Presently, Shadoe's going through some sort of turmoil, but I don't know what.
Before her dx, and while she was first on Caninsulin, she had urine 'accidents' intermittently. Before dx were in all sorts of places, and after dx, they were mostly just in front of the LB, with the last being on Nov05/09. After starting on Lantus, I don't recall any, but in the last few days, she has had two, just in front of the LB.
Her appetite has gone way done from a few months ago, eating over 4 cans of fooding voraciously, down to 3 cans and then 2 cans, and now, the last week, there are some days that she eats very little from the auto feeder. Yesterday, an accident in front of the LB, and she ate maybe 1 can through the day and a bit of another in the evening.
Her numbers are finally looking better and stable at a lower level (touch wood). So after days of leaning forward and moving up a dose by 1u every 6 cycles, I am now staying at this dose, 14u, because with a bit of R, she gets down to good numbers. If I see a pink ps, I will go with a bit more R, but this morn, I gave less. She's sitting nicely with a high blue, so I hope to see her normal flat surf through the blue zone.
Now, that's how I see things, but Shadoe likely sees it all a bit differently. It does not seem that she is comfy with it all or there are other things going on.
Near the end of next week, we are doing an u/s to see what's up inside, and also making arrangements for a dental clean/fixerup soon after or when able to get it scheduled with the vet. I am very happy that the nice vet does all the dental stuff at Shadoe's vet office; she has been there for years, and is the one who helped my quickly when Shadoe had her p-titis attack in Jan. The young vet with whom I seem to be stuck for Shadoe knows nothing about teeth and said 'oh Dr Vihos does all of that stuff, so we will get her to schedule in Shadoe'. The young vet doesn't know much about FD either, so I have been educating her, starting with screaming that I wanted to have the IAA and IGF-1 tests done. I had to take them the info and tell them to call and make the arrangements. They now know that I can't be shooed out the door to be sure.
Her +2 is still a nice blue, so now we see if the Lantus does its part now and surfs. Shadoe's nice a purry after her test, had a bit to eat, then stretched out on her pillow for a nap.
At the moment, life is good in Shadoeland.
