Deb and Tiger
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https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/7-20-tiger-amps-400-47-6-dose-tonight.292339/
Another trip to the ER last night as I suspected he was dehydrated. He didn’t eat well yesterday and still not drinking water. Since he gets his water from being added to food, I suspected the dehydration.
Bg on arrival at ER was 389. By +5 he was at 94 on their meter, alpha trac. He was 120 on the Libre. They immediately gave him a dextrose med. This brought him up to 135 on the Libre before we left.
The ER, tho not particularly busy seemed very disorganized last nite not their normal state we have experienced before. Hubby called it like “twilight zone”. They took him to the back and ushered us to a room, which is normal, but that is where normal ended. They kept him back there for 3 hours without being examined. I finally had to demand they bring him in with us while he waited since his libre was out of range and I was worried about him dropping. When they finally brought him in he was at 118. I had been told all this time he was being monitored but when I asked the doctor, who Finally came in, what their last reading was, she said 389! She had no idea he had dropped! They were not “monitoring” as they said, obviously. We had to tell them that he had fallen 269 points and they needed to take a reading!
Anyway she had most of the facts on him and reason for visit wrong. Needless to say we had lost trust in them. We told them to give him the fluids, and measure his BG and we would take him home, after she suggested we leave him to run tests and “monitor” him.
Their second BG test showed him at 94 and they administered a glucose med immediately. He got his fluids and we left.
When we got home, we gave a Zolfran and food. He ate the whole bowl of food and we went to bed. He snuggled on my shoulder and slept like a baby. I monitored him until +8 (4am) and fell asleep.
This morning he was perky and active and his BG was at 272. He ate most of his food and is now hiding upstairs, sleeping.
I am overwhelmed with all this low drops and bounces, especially on 3 hours sleep.
I am confused on handling his insulin as it appears to me that when he is not bouncing, any amount of insulin is too much. The teeth are healing and it has a big effect on his insulin. They are also effecting his eating and drinking too. I am at wits end as to how to proceed with his FD treatments. I do feel he may be going into remission and needing less and less insulin. He is not eating right because of the teeth, which is effecting his tummy problems. This makes it hard to control the drops with food carbs. It a viscous circle of drops and bounces and tummy troubles.
This morning I just froze on making a decision on his dose. So bad that I decided to just skip it. I know he needed some but couldn’t decide how mush. I can’t take another drop, more syrup, making his tummy worse! I almost think maybe to skip any insulin until his stomach/ teeth issues are resolved might be best. Also see where he lands if / when he clears the bounce.
I think I’m just loosing it….
Any advice and guidance would be welcomed, my mind is putty. Tigers situation doesn’t seem to be the same as the other kittys here and I found no threads where this has happened to others after dental surgery, so I’m flying blind….
@Wendy&Neko @tiffmaxee and anyone else that may be able to help, thank you!
Sorry this is so long…..
Another trip to the ER last night as I suspected he was dehydrated. He didn’t eat well yesterday and still not drinking water. Since he gets his water from being added to food, I suspected the dehydration.
Bg on arrival at ER was 389. By +5 he was at 94 on their meter, alpha trac. He was 120 on the Libre. They immediately gave him a dextrose med. This brought him up to 135 on the Libre before we left.
The ER, tho not particularly busy seemed very disorganized last nite not their normal state we have experienced before. Hubby called it like “twilight zone”. They took him to the back and ushered us to a room, which is normal, but that is where normal ended. They kept him back there for 3 hours without being examined. I finally had to demand they bring him in with us while he waited since his libre was out of range and I was worried about him dropping. When they finally brought him in he was at 118. I had been told all this time he was being monitored but when I asked the doctor, who Finally came in, what their last reading was, she said 389! She had no idea he had dropped! They were not “monitoring” as they said, obviously. We had to tell them that he had fallen 269 points and they needed to take a reading!
Anyway she had most of the facts on him and reason for visit wrong. Needless to say we had lost trust in them. We told them to give him the fluids, and measure his BG and we would take him home, after she suggested we leave him to run tests and “monitor” him.
Their second BG test showed him at 94 and they administered a glucose med immediately. He got his fluids and we left.
When we got home, we gave a Zolfran and food. He ate the whole bowl of food and we went to bed. He snuggled on my shoulder and slept like a baby. I monitored him until +8 (4am) and fell asleep.
This morning he was perky and active and his BG was at 272. He ate most of his food and is now hiding upstairs, sleeping.
I am overwhelmed with all this low drops and bounces, especially on 3 hours sleep.
I am confused on handling his insulin as it appears to me that when he is not bouncing, any amount of insulin is too much. The teeth are healing and it has a big effect on his insulin. They are also effecting his eating and drinking too. I am at wits end as to how to proceed with his FD treatments. I do feel he may be going into remission and needing less and less insulin. He is not eating right because of the teeth, which is effecting his tummy problems. This makes it hard to control the drops with food carbs. It a viscous circle of drops and bounces and tummy troubles.
This morning I just froze on making a decision on his dose. So bad that I decided to just skip it. I know he needed some but couldn’t decide how mush. I can’t take another drop, more syrup, making his tummy worse! I almost think maybe to skip any insulin until his stomach/ teeth issues are resolved might be best. Also see where he lands if / when he clears the bounce.
I think I’m just loosing it….
Any advice and guidance would be welcomed, my mind is putty. Tigers situation doesn’t seem to be the same as the other kittys here and I found no threads where this has happened to others after dental surgery, so I’m flying blind….
@Wendy&Neko @tiffmaxee and anyone else that may be able to help, thank you!
Sorry this is so long…..
