Amanda Guimarães
Member Since 2020
<3 thank you all for your help and consideration! He is 16.8 pre-shot, will have a 0.5 dose as suggested by the vet <3
I agree with your vet, that the dose of Prozinc should have been reduced to 0.5U. Thumbs up from me on that decision to reduce.@SashaV @jt and trouble (GA) was just contacted by the vet! 0,5 IE dose of Prozink, two times a day. Om seven days I will send the vets again a new glucose curve.
Not really. The advice is to give something for the cat to eat; if he doesn´t want to eat give honey (he didn´t! until I mixed honey into the food; than he got interested). Give extra food when the cat is normal again.
"Vid insulinkänning ges omedelbart något att äta. Om Sverino inte kan eller vill äta eller är medvetslös stryks
honung eller sirap på kindens insida. När Sverino piggnar till bör han/hon få ett extra mål mat. Om han/hon inte reagerar på
behandlingen bör du omedelbart kontakta veterinär!"
I agree with your vet, that the dose of Prozinc should have been reduced to 0.5U. Thumbs up from me on that decision to reduce.It is what our prozinc dosing protocol would have advised you to do.
@SashaV , you did a good job helping Amanda, even if you have not been here long and felt a bit uncomfortable guiding Amanda with the possible hypo situation.
@Pookie , good job too on helping Amanda, here and over in the Prozinc forum.
You both were available to help when Amanda needed it, suggested that she start a new thread here in Feline Health where there are more people to help out, and that is what made the difference today.
Amanda, everyone here is only trying to help, the best we know how. Sometimes we get really scared and worried for you and your cat, when we see low BG numbers that are so close to hypoglycemia, and we panic a bit. So please be patient with us and our responses.
My best advice for you, when you are feeling overwhelmed and stressed out?
Deep breathing exercises. Deep breath, hold, release, deep breath, hold, release........................
It may sound silly or stupid, but it really does help to calm us down when we focus on our breathing. At least it works for me.
If at all possible, try to get a "before bed" BG test every evening cycle. It looks like Severino bounced from the lows today so that is why he is so high at the PM pre-shot test.
I realize you will probably see this reply too late to test this evening, but that "before bed" test is a good one to get on an ongoing basis.
p.s. If you ever have a question about what we have said, please ask. There can be nuances that are lost in translation, between your native language and ours. So please, never hesitate to ask for clarification. OK?




@SashaV you were wonderful yesterday, I want to thank you so much again for your support <3
@Pookie thank you very much for your support!
@Deb & Wink I am so grateful for your review in here and for checking my vet´s advice! It´s much appreciated!
@Ann & Scatcats tack för rekommendationen! Texten som jag hade där är från rekommendationsbrev som jag fick av veterinären. Djursjuksköterskan nämnde druvsocker som ett alternativ. Tack att du skrev tydliga instruktioner nu; jag ska till apoteket senare idag och fixa det.
@Amanda Guimarães Här kan Ni kontakta direkt Era egna SLU's Kattdiabetes Doktorander som i alla fall funnits där sedan jag mailade direkt till dåvarande SLU Djurdiabetes Tove Fall hösten 2006. https://www.slu.se/fakulteter/vh/forskning/forskningsprojekt/katt/diabetes-hos-katt/ . Det är ju de som har Universitetsdjursjukhuset också ju![]()

Där VAR Du & Severino i SLU Docentens Facebokgrupp!Jag såg och läste, även blodproverna. Hög lever Alt (Alat, som är en aminosyra som Mega B-vitaminerna är enzymkonverterare för), Högt Protein, Höga Vita Blodkroppar Esonefila, Högt Kalium, och så något mer Högt, samt Fructosaminet på över 600. Ett bra Fructosamin skall ligga under 350, se min Signatur.
Du är på rätt väg. Och tidigare erfarenhet med Sötnos Gammelkatten på 20 år![]()
Ej Amanda, hvis du bor i Skåne så er du jo næsten dansk!!![]()