Excellent job, you two! I'm very proud of you, Cherryl
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I know needing to be there to test him this much puts you behind and you are busy. But they have the best chance of going into remission in the first six months and I feel that if members can step it up a bit during that time and kitty can either get really well regulated or even go into remission, it makes life easier down the road.
Personally, if he were my kitty, I'd try to keep him above 90 so he doesn't earn reductions too quickly. We've seen it all too often where the kitty came down the dosing ladder too fast and then came to a screeching halt and that was it. Some of them were able to do it all again, some not.
Here are a couple of SSs so you can compare. The first one is Lucy's and you can see she started down the dosing ladder fast, came to a halt, and then the dose had to go up higher than it was before she came down again and went OTJ. The second is OSHA's SS. She came down fast last summr, came to a screeching halt, and so far, has not come back down into solid greens and blues since.
Lucy's SS Scroll down to 10/9/08 and see how many reductions she had to 10/25/08; then keep scrolling and you'll see she went OTJ the next spring and is still in remission.
Osha's SS. Click on the 2016 tab and scroll to about 7/28; her dose is nowmup to 5.5u bid
The longer you are able to hold him at a dose where he is in normal numbers, the better for him. That doesn't mean doing it by keeping him carbbed up but we might need to employ some feeding strategies so he doesn't take those big drops. By managing the curve consistently with food, it can help flatten him out and bring the midcycle numbers up. Let me know when you are ready for that kind of info.
Ok So! I need him to stay above 90 - I wasnt sure what I needed him to do haha
I am most concerned about having appointments and having to leave the house. I have had ongoing dental since April of 2016, weekly - and I hate it. It is close to being over with, thank God, but I still have a month or so to go, maybe.
And vet visits are anywhere from weekly to monthly, depending on these animals and what they are doing.
As for my work, I will work around my work, somehow - but leaving the house for these appts scares me. The appts take anywhere from two to four hours, depending on how long I have to be at a place.
You can give info on what to do for Mouzer at any time you are ready. I am trying to soak it all in and follow through for Mouzer.
Also, Mouzer does have inflammation in his back gum area and I dont have the money for teeth cleaning or extractions - this inflammation is why depo-medrol shots were given and the vet did not even suggest cleaning or extractions. He has no bad teeth. This is Feline Stomatitis and not rotting teeth. I cannot afford full mouth extractions, or I would have done that already, with my current stomatitis kitty.
And I am mentioning this because it has now been said that Mouzer will not get regulated, as long as there is this issue. Being as this is feline stomatitis, this issue is never going away, full mouth extractions does not even give that promise, nor does teeth cleaning --- already had my one stomatitis kitty with teeth cleaning and the back four extracted and it has not done one thing for him and that one cost $750.
So, I dont know what to do about this. I do not want Mouzer to get those depo-medrol shots, as I cant help but believe they did cause his diabetes. The other stomatitis kitty doesnt have diabetes yet but my vet did say ECID - so, Mouzer was one to get it soon in the shot process. I just dont know what to do to help Mouzer with this, at this point, as far as stomatitis and not wanting those depo shots given to him - especially now that he is definitely diabetic.
I also do not trust any vet with this, especially my new vet. My current new vet doesnt even believe that depo-medrol can cause diabetes - and she is so incorrect. She says that a cat can have depo-medrol and prednisone for life and it would have no harmful affect on them - she is so far from correct on that, it is not funny.
So, I dont trust her - I dont think I am going to trust her with Mouzer's diabetes, let alone to let her do her 'no harmful' depo shots on him.
I just dont know what to do for Mouzer in this
