Maureen & Sammy
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Recap Yesterday (Saturday): AMPS=390 +4~208 +6.5~296 PMPS=364
Recall that Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday he was running below 150. Then the PM cycle Thursday spiked high again. I took him to the vet early Friday morning because he hadn't gone since Tuesday. The vet said it wasn't constipation but pain in pushing and put him on Tramadol. His first 1/4ml dose of Tramadol was Friday night. The instruction were twice a day and move to 1/2ml if necessary and get back to the doctor Tuesday. I was to continue MiraLax. Watch for wonkiness, dilated pupils and dysphoria. Luckily Cheerio, a civvie, graced us with his presence so it was it was easy to see dilation. Sammy is keeping to himself in the dining room and has growled if I picked him up. Since the oral syringes are in 1/2ml doses last night and since nothing had happened poo-wise I stopped trying to do 1/4ml and gave him what might be called a fat 1/4: the third little bar before 1/2ml which is the fifth bar. I also stopped sticking him. At six this morning there was what I might call regulation-size poo (or would if I didn't know he hadn't gone since Tuesday) in the Sammy-only LB and he was back on the chaise in the living room. However, I fell back to sleep and was 30 minutes late with the insulin. I gave him more of the Tramadol. I was afraid there for a while that he wasn't going to eat anything. He finally ate a shrimp and a bit of tuna fish (with the MiraLax in it). He just walked into the kitchen for water, looking very suspiciously at me, and went back to the dining room.I beginning to question the ethics of this situation. They're talking about him being on Tramadol the rest of his life. Can somebody look at his ss and see if we should stay at 2U?
Recap Yesterday (Saturday): AMPS=390 +4~208 +6.5~296 PMPS=364
Recall that Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday he was running below 150. Then the PM cycle Thursday spiked high again. I took him to the vet early Friday morning because he hadn't gone since Tuesday. The vet said it wasn't constipation but pain in pushing and put him on Tramadol. His first 1/4ml dose of Tramadol was Friday night. The instruction were twice a day and move to 1/2ml if necessary and get back to the doctor Tuesday. I was to continue MiraLax. Watch for wonkiness, dilated pupils and dysphoria. Luckily Cheerio, a civvie, graced us with his presence so it was it was easy to see dilation. Sammy is keeping to himself in the dining room and has growled if I picked him up. Since the oral syringes are in 1/2ml doses last night and since nothing had happened poo-wise I stopped trying to do 1/4ml and gave him what might be called a fat 1/4: the third little bar before 1/2ml which is the fifth bar. I also stopped sticking him. At six this morning there was what I might call regulation-size poo (or would if I didn't know he hadn't gone since Tuesday) in the Sammy-only LB and he was back on the chaise in the living room. However, I fell back to sleep and was 30 minutes late with the insulin. I gave him more of the Tramadol. I was afraid there for a while that he wasn't going to eat anything. He finally ate a shrimp and a bit of tuna fish (with the MiraLax in it). He just walked into the kitchen for water, looking very suspiciously at me, and went back to the dining room.I beginning to question the ethics of this situation. They're talking about him being on Tramadol the rest of his life. Can somebody look at his ss and see if we should stay at 2U?