Re: 4/28 Merlin AMPS/374 - Dental Today **Update**
Thank you all for your well wishes. They helped tremendously. I have read quite a bit on Tanya's website already. Great information.
Merlin has a few things going on that concerned the surgeon hence no dental work today. Looks like Merlin falls into the Stage 3 category for CKD. He also has some sort of infection going on in his sinuses which could be caused by a broken tooth and he has a small wart size tumor on the top of his paw. The doctor says that it is definitely not benign (which right now is the least of our concern).
So right now and for the next week, the doctor wants to focus on two things; clearing up the infection and lowering the BG numbers even more. He has requested me to stay on his current diet (no changes), give him Clavamox to clear up the sinus infection and he would like for me to give 1U BID for one week and then perform a BG curve on Sunday (at home) and call him on Monday with the results. After looking at the SS numbers, he feels that 1U is safe and he would like me to administer consistent doses during this trial. He does not want me to test at all until the blood glucose curve on Sunday. Then on Monday, we will determine if there needs to be any more changes or go for one more week doing the same. After two weeks, then we will go from there and possibly make some diet adjustments, blood work and whatever else. He just would like to try this to see if this helps with the CKD indicators alone. BJ on the health forum suggested Friskies Special Diet (low in phosphorous) in which I have given that to him before so I may just get a few more cans of that.
And one more thing...I found out that Merlin is one year older than what I thought according to the vet's record.
So dental work in the near future is out of the question until blood work results improve.