6/4 Ruby AMBG 142/+6 79/PMPS 70/+2 67/+4 58/+5 64

Morning Katherine , I'm so happy to hear Ruby ate so good this morning and gave you a nice big poop . I hope you both have a good day ♥:bighug::bighug::bighug:
Mangia Ruby Mangia (Eat in Italian):cat:
 
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This is a much better report on Ruby! I feel better about it. I checked in last night on yesterday's condo and was upset about it. But I decided not to make any comments because it was too late and I believed that Ruby would be back to feeling well today! Hooray for Ruby!

Why are you not giving her insulin? I saw you say something about seeing how she is doing without insulin, but I really didn't get the logic (maybe I was just tired since it was midnight when I read your condo.)
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
This is a much better report on Ruby! I feel better about it. I checked in last night on yesterday's condo and was upset about it. But I decided not to make any comments because it was too late and I believed that Ruby would be back to feeling well today! Hooray for Ruby!

Why are you not giving her insulin? I saw you say something about seeing how she is doing without insulin, but I really didn't get the logic (maybe I was just tired since it was midnight when I read your condo.)
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Thanks, Suzanne. I have been avoiding giving her insulin for several reasons, the big one being her unpredictable appetite. I don't want to be in a situation where she drops low and won't eat anything I put in front of her. That's what happened when she dropped to 37 and then went off the juice for 11 days. Being that she's running a little high, but not dangerously so, I might consider giving her a shot this evening to give her pancreas a nudge to go lower again, but only if she's still eager for food. I also wanted to see how her symptoms lined up with her BGs going up and down, and if the medications I am giving her are having some effect on the BGs as well. There could be no rhyme or reason to the BGs going up and down, but I wanted to see what her body did without the insulin being yet another variable in the picture.

Does that make some sense? I'm open to hearing your thoughts on it, as I fear I may not be acting very rationally right now.
 
I think that makes very good sense, especially since she seems to be staying below the kidney threshold. She's mostly been in the blues. You can see if the medications affect BG and you can see how her BG levels affect her behavior. See... you are being very rational! Thanks for the explanation.
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
I think that makes very good sense, especially since she seems to be staying below the kidney threshold. She's mostly been in the blues. You can see if the medications affect BG and you can see how her BG levels affect her behavior. See... you are being very rational! Thanks for the explanation.
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Thanks for being my gut check, Suzanne. :) Staying below renal threshold is key. I don't want to further damage her delicate little kidneys whose functions are mildly deteriorated according to the most recent ultrasound.
 
Great set of green check marks this morning. Now if only her BG was green too.
PerfumedCatMom said:
I don't want to be in a situation where she drops low and won't eat anything I put in front of her. That's what happened when she dropped to 37 and then went off the juice for 11 days.
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The 37 was from a 0.25 unit dose, which was too high a dose. There is always the drop dose if you want to give her tiny bit of support but not go back the 0.1 unit quite yet. It doesn't look like Ruby's pancreas is quite up to handling the job by itself. I am a little bit worried about those damaging those fragile healing beta cells by making them work too much too soon. Hopefully glucose toxicity is not also a factor.
 
+6 = 79! Did not expect this.

Wendy&Neko said:
I am a little bit worried about those damaging those fragile healing beta cells by making them work too much too soon. Hopefully glucose toxicity is not also a factor.
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OK, this is what I needed to hear. I didn't realize I could be damaging beta cells and didn't think that toxicity would be setting in with blue numbers, but you're right, of course. Thanks for the heads up, Wendy. But what should I do if she's still green at PMPS? Give her a drop to keep her steady against any future flare ups that might drive the numbers higher?
 
Our experience here is that the longer you can safely give a little insulin support, before removing it, the stronger the remission. Key on the words "safely give". You might want to try a drop when it makes sense to you, and you can monitor. Call it an experiment.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Our experience here is that the longer you can safely give a little insulin support, before removing it, the stronger the remission. Key on the words "safely give". You might want to try a drop when it makes sense to you, and you can monitor. Call it an experiment.
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Fair enough. :) I'm not even thinking remission right now. My experience in the last week is keeping my expectations low and realistic. Given her condition I only wish to quell Ruby's flares so that they don't make her BGs unmanageable. There will be other high numbers coming up, especially given that steroids might be in her future though she might be one of those lucky sugar kitties whose BGs might not be affected by them like your Neko. We will cross that bridge when we come to it. Thanks again, Wendy. :bighug:
 
Katherine, you are doing an incredible job, Ruby is one lucky kitty to have you take care of her, i cannot imagine the roller-coaster of decisions you have to take :bighug: We pray little Ruby keeps on improving, that you find out what is causing the flares and manage to treat them :bighug::bighug:
 
Marina & Chico said:
Katherine, you are doing an incredible job, Ruby is one lucky kitty to have you take care of her, i cannot imagine the roller-coaster of decisions you have to take :bighug: We pray little Ruby keeps on improving, that you find out what is causing the flares and manage to treat them :bighug::bighug:
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Thank you, sweet Marina. I see Chico's been having a very good couple of days with no blues. You must be so glad. :bighug:
 
Marina & Chico said:
Ohhh, active night ahead :nailbiting: hope she eats well to give you some ropes of control
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Getting Ruby to eat after that 58 was not easy. After I put the bowl in front of her she decided to hide under the couch. Guess who squeezed underneath the loveseat with a bowl of beef and MC tuna + duck to coax her cat to eat? :rolleyes: Fun way to spend a Friday night!
 
PerfumedCatMom said:
Getting Ruby to eat after that 58 was not easy. After I put the bowl in front of her she decided to hide under the couch. Guess who squeezed underneath the loveseat with a bowl of beef and MC tuna + duck to coax her cat to eat? :rolleyes: Fun way to spend a Friday night!
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Haha, what wouldn’t we do for them :rolleyes: we had some trouble with Chico’s appetite when we were giving rabbit. I bake the raw for 10-15 min just to kill bacteria and i clearly over baked that batch so he was not very excited, i have to say it made us nervous so i can feel your pain o_O
 
Marina & Chico said:
Haha, what wouldn’t we do for them :rolleyes: we had some trouble with Chico’s appetite when we were giving rabbit. I bake the raw for 10-15 min just to kill bacteria and i clearly over baked that batch so he was not very excited, i have to say it made us nervous so i can feel your pain o_O
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These cats can be so picky! I wouldn't ordinarily be nervous at all about a 58 at the point we've reached in her journey as a diabetic. I've been through it so many times with Ruby. Now things are different because her BGs have become so unpredictable. Keeping her green and safe seems to be difficult to achieve right now. I don't know. Let's see what new adventure tomorrow brings!
 
PerfumedCatMom said:
These cats can be so picky! I wouldn't ordinarily be nervous at all about a 58 at the point we've reached in her journey as a diabetic. I've been through it so many times with Ruby. Now things are different because her BGs have become so unpredictable. Keeping her green and safe seems to be difficult to achieve right now. I don't know. Let's see what new adventure tomorrow brings!
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Sometimes we are only left with one option: take it one step at a time, all we can do is be patient :bighug:
 
PerfumedCatMom said:
Getting Ruby to eat after that 58 was not easy. After I put the bowl in front of her she decided to hide under the couch. Guess who squeezed underneath the loveseat with a bowl of beef and MC tuna + duck to coax her cat to eat? :rolleyes: Fun way to spend a Friday night!
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I hope you aren’t feeling this today—-my body hurt reading it :rolleyes: & hopefully the food managed to be digested ok for her :bighug:. She’s been in such a good place with glucose. This is so time limited....now until diagnosis and a plan. Hang in there & be safe :bighug::bighug:.....now you probably need some acupuncture and a massage :p
 
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