GregFurBall
Member Since 2012
previous condo
Good morning LL-
Its been quite a while since I've posted. It is hard to believe it has been almost 6 months since Fur Ball has had any insulin. We are ever so grateful for the board and all the support in getting him this far.
Fur Ball went to the vet on Tues. He had a couple lumps we were concerned about. The one on his behind is no big deal but when they aspirated the one on his throat it is a mast cell tumor that they need to remove. The vet is hopeful this is benign but we need to make sure. We also need to (finally) get his dental done (which we were hoping to wait until Aug but since he is going under for the tumor we are doing it all at once). The poor guy is going to have to have a good number of extractions so I'm definitely nervous about this. I have been reading up on the notes here on the board (Sienne's post has been most helpful - information on dentals) but I'm not looking forward to this process. I do have a call into the dental vet and will be asking a lot of questions. I do know they use Buprenex for pain and the estimate is showing Diprivan, Antirobe (Clindamycin) Suspension, and Hetastarch as the pharmaceuticals. They will be doing X-rays once he's sedated and have warming beds to keep his temps stable. I still am not liking this process. Scheduled it for next Friday do we can be with him over the weekend while he recovers.
At least his lab wor looked a lot better (last test was in Sept 2012 when he was dx'd) and the vet was impressed by his numbers. I tested his BG Monday and it was 82. He was so nervous at the vets and ended up sitting in the sink for most of the exam (peed in the box to and fro as well). After being there 45 min they took him back to draw blood and were gone for like 15 min. The tech said she had a difficult time getting his blood drawn. We got his lab results yest and his glucose was 161. I'm guessing vet stress contributed to that. I checked him 2 hrs after we got home and he was down to 53.
Another bummer is that our diet plan has obviously not been going as well as hoped. He's back up to 18.38. Which is another reason we were hoping to wait until Aug for his dental so we could get some weight off him. Oh well.
Hopefully everyone is doing well. I should have time to get to condos today.
Karen
Good morning LL-
Its been quite a while since I've posted. It is hard to believe it has been almost 6 months since Fur Ball has had any insulin. We are ever so grateful for the board and all the support in getting him this far.
Fur Ball went to the vet on Tues. He had a couple lumps we were concerned about. The one on his behind is no big deal but when they aspirated the one on his throat it is a mast cell tumor that they need to remove. The vet is hopeful this is benign but we need to make sure. We also need to (finally) get his dental done (which we were hoping to wait until Aug but since he is going under for the tumor we are doing it all at once). The poor guy is going to have to have a good number of extractions so I'm definitely nervous about this. I have been reading up on the notes here on the board (Sienne's post has been most helpful - information on dentals) but I'm not looking forward to this process. I do have a call into the dental vet and will be asking a lot of questions. I do know they use Buprenex for pain and the estimate is showing Diprivan, Antirobe (Clindamycin) Suspension, and Hetastarch as the pharmaceuticals. They will be doing X-rays once he's sedated and have warming beds to keep his temps stable. I still am not liking this process. Scheduled it for next Friday do we can be with him over the weekend while he recovers.
At least his lab wor looked a lot better (last test was in Sept 2012 when he was dx'd) and the vet was impressed by his numbers. I tested his BG Monday and it was 82. He was so nervous at the vets and ended up sitting in the sink for most of the exam (peed in the box to and fro as well). After being there 45 min they took him back to draw blood and were gone for like 15 min. The tech said she had a difficult time getting his blood drawn. We got his lab results yest and his glucose was 161. I'm guessing vet stress contributed to that. I checked him 2 hrs after we got home and he was down to 53.
Another bummer is that our diet plan has obviously not been going as well as hoped. He's back up to 18.38. Which is another reason we were hoping to wait until Aug for his dental so we could get some weight off him. Oh well.
Hopefully everyone is doing well. I should have time to get to condos today.
Karen
