Amy&TrixieCat
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Yesterday
After being on insulin for over 3 years, Trix received her last shot of juice on the morning of 4/22 last year. I can't believe it has already been a full year! Trix's journey to OTJ was not typical, and to be honest, not happy. We didn't taper down the juice and have a traditional OTJ trial. Instead, she suddenly went OTJ after a nasty bout with pancreatitis. The reason I stopped shooting was because she wasn't eating, and because she was giving me solid green numbers despite feeling horrible. As she started to recover, her numbers basically stayed in the normal range, and if they popped out of range, the would come back down several hours after she ate....basically she was a rare OTJ bouncer bouncing off her own insulin!! It took me a couple months before I was ready to "commit" to the idea of her being OTJ - I was afraid that if I called it "official", she'd suddenly need to go back OnTJ. But that hasn't been the case! Between her supposed kidney issues and her non-traditional road to OTJ, Trix keeps me guessing....not always in a good way, but I wouldn't trade it or her for anything. Because her path to OTJ was so sudden and non-traditional, I do continue to test her daily, just to be sure nothing changes there...and if it does, I'll be able to be right on top of it.
Trixie's eating was still odd for most of yesterday, so I decided to restart the AB, just in case there is something going on with her teeth/mouth. As I mentioned yesterday, this eating issue was a bit different for her...usually when she doesn't feel well, she's gingerly and tentative about eating. But that's not how she's been these last few days; instead of being tentative, she would start very enthusiastically, but after just a couple bites, she would stop abruptly. Not her typical pattern, and that's what was making me wonder about her teeth. Aside from this odd eating issue, she - for the most part, seemed completely fine....very spunky, bright-eyed, snuggly, etc.
I say "for the most part" because she did seem "off" the last couple evenings, shortly after we did fluids. I have seen this before, but not consistently....I wonder if there is something about the fluids that is making her even more uncomfortable. She has completely absorbed the previous fluids before we administer the next round, so I don't think that's it. But sometimes I do have a tough needle stick...I don't know if that bothers her for a while after we do them or what. Last night was definitely a tough one.
Anyway, I restarted the AB last night. When I gave her the last snack of the day right before I turned in around midnight (about 5 hours after the meds), I felt like she was eating more normally....hopefully she actually was, and it wasn't just wishful thinking. She's off to a pretty decent start today....rather animated and vocal Mannie Fuds Dance and a good/typical/normal first round of breffis. After breffis and her gelcap, she was looking for adventure and "playing" with some 'nip toys (which, for her, means scooting them a bit with her paw and rubbing her face on them). We'll see where things go from here.
It's just been a very weird couple days with her, and last night my anxiety spiked from it....I had all sorts of plans for the evening, but I just couldn't bring myself to do any of them. Ugh. Some day I'll learn how to cope!
It's a work day...time to get moving. Have a great day, L&LL!
Amy
After being on insulin for over 3 years, Trix received her last shot of juice on the morning of 4/22 last year. I can't believe it has already been a full year! Trix's journey to OTJ was not typical, and to be honest, not happy. We didn't taper down the juice and have a traditional OTJ trial. Instead, she suddenly went OTJ after a nasty bout with pancreatitis. The reason I stopped shooting was because she wasn't eating, and because she was giving me solid green numbers despite feeling horrible. As she started to recover, her numbers basically stayed in the normal range, and if they popped out of range, the would come back down several hours after she ate....basically she was a rare OTJ bouncer bouncing off her own insulin!! It took me a couple months before I was ready to "commit" to the idea of her being OTJ - I was afraid that if I called it "official", she'd suddenly need to go back OnTJ. But that hasn't been the case! Between her supposed kidney issues and her non-traditional road to OTJ, Trix keeps me guessing....not always in a good way, but I wouldn't trade it or her for anything. Because her path to OTJ was so sudden and non-traditional, I do continue to test her daily, just to be sure nothing changes there...and if it does, I'll be able to be right on top of it.
Trixie's eating was still odd for most of yesterday, so I decided to restart the AB, just in case there is something going on with her teeth/mouth. As I mentioned yesterday, this eating issue was a bit different for her...usually when she doesn't feel well, she's gingerly and tentative about eating. But that's not how she's been these last few days; instead of being tentative, she would start very enthusiastically, but after just a couple bites, she would stop abruptly. Not her typical pattern, and that's what was making me wonder about her teeth. Aside from this odd eating issue, she - for the most part, seemed completely fine....very spunky, bright-eyed, snuggly, etc.
I say "for the most part" because she did seem "off" the last couple evenings, shortly after we did fluids. I have seen this before, but not consistently....I wonder if there is something about the fluids that is making her even more uncomfortable. She has completely absorbed the previous fluids before we administer the next round, so I don't think that's it. But sometimes I do have a tough needle stick...I don't know if that bothers her for a while after we do them or what. Last night was definitely a tough one.
Anyway, I restarted the AB last night. When I gave her the last snack of the day right before I turned in around midnight (about 5 hours after the meds), I felt like she was eating more normally....hopefully she actually was, and it wasn't just wishful thinking. She's off to a pretty decent start today....rather animated and vocal Mannie Fuds Dance and a good/typical/normal first round of breffis. After breffis and her gelcap, she was looking for adventure and "playing" with some 'nip toys (which, for her, means scooting them a bit with her paw and rubbing her face on them). We'll see where things go from here.
It's just been a very weird couple days with her, and last night my anxiety spiked from it....I had all sorts of plans for the evening, but I just couldn't bring myself to do any of them. Ugh. Some day I'll learn how to cope!
It's a work day...time to get moving. Have a great day, L&LL!
Amy
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HAPPY ANNIFURSARY, TRIXIE! 
I used to see people who opened half a dozen cans to try and get kitty to eat and thought they were nuts - kitty will eat when it wants to, it won't starve itself - now I understand! Sending healthy appetite vines for Trix