Rachel & Chyna (GA)
Member Since 2012
Hello LL! It’s been a busy summer at work, I'm totally pooped. I’ve been lurking and saying hello on condos when I can but keep forgetting to do a Chyna condo. I’ve seen lots of OTJ trials which I celebrated and some very sad losses which my heart broke for. So I’m very sorry for anyone I missed sending my condolences to.
Chyna seems to be doing well, all her Ps are in place and we’re almost at 6 months OTJ
! I don’t see unusual behavior, she is acting happy, breath doesn’t smell bad, but she seems a bit more itchy again. For the past week or so the glucose has gone up into low blues so I’m a bit worried and testing every few days. The only thing different was the tsps of (plain) yogurt she was getting as a probiotic (with Astros scrub) that I thought maybe made BG go up so I stopped the yogurt 9 days ago (I was giving it for six days and then we hit a blue) but am still seeing blue today (BG 104). I’ll have to look at different probiotics, forti flora makes her constipated and she already has that from the CKD.
Chyna is due for her 3 month bloodwork to see how her kidneys are doing but unfortunately my car broke down and took every last cent I had to fix so I’m trying to figure out how to get the $$$ for the vet. Bloodwork alone is $150 and I’d like a checkup too which is another $80 so I can get subq supplies that he wanted me to wait for last appointment. I asked about a mini blood panel but it’s only $20 less than the main one, sigh. Other vets in town are similar pricing and they don’t do payment plans. I will never ever have a cat again without insurance, hindsight is always great :roll:
She has been gaining weight so I stopped one 1/8 of a can a day to see if that can bring it down a bit since she is looking a little chunky and I know that can bring them out of remission too. So far it’s been a week of the little bit of less food and she held steady at her current weight. She’d stopped eating and lost weight at one point but now that she is on Pepcid AC her appetite is mostly CPC. Trying to balance CKD and Diabetes is a challenge which many of you understand I know!
A happy appy story: Chyna sleeps quite often at night next to my bed at the top of her cat ramp. Her timer is set for food at 4am and a few nights ago I woke up just before that for a bathroom visit, went back to bed and petted and kissed Chyna (of course) so she was purring. Then I laid down to go back to sleep and heard the timer go off. Chynas purring got super loud and she promptly went down the ramp to the auto timer to eat. It made me smile
. Anyways hope you are all doing well, sending vines to all beans and kitties who need them! Purrs and Hugs!
PS: Chyna will always find the sun, no matter how small the patch :lol:
Chyna seems to be doing well, all her Ps are in place and we’re almost at 6 months OTJ
! I don’t see unusual behavior, she is acting happy, breath doesn’t smell bad, but she seems a bit more itchy again. For the past week or so the glucose has gone up into low blues so I’m a bit worried and testing every few days. The only thing different was the tsps of (plain) yogurt she was getting as a probiotic (with Astros scrub) that I thought maybe made BG go up so I stopped the yogurt 9 days ago (I was giving it for six days and then we hit a blue) but am still seeing blue today (BG 104). I’ll have to look at different probiotics, forti flora makes her constipated and she already has that from the CKD.Chyna is due for her 3 month bloodwork to see how her kidneys are doing but unfortunately my car broke down and took every last cent I had to fix so I’m trying to figure out how to get the $$$ for the vet. Bloodwork alone is $150 and I’d like a checkup too which is another $80 so I can get subq supplies that he wanted me to wait for last appointment. I asked about a mini blood panel but it’s only $20 less than the main one, sigh. Other vets in town are similar pricing and they don’t do payment plans. I will never ever have a cat again without insurance, hindsight is always great :roll:
She has been gaining weight so I stopped one 1/8 of a can a day to see if that can bring it down a bit since she is looking a little chunky and I know that can bring them out of remission too. So far it’s been a week of the little bit of less food and she held steady at her current weight. She’d stopped eating and lost weight at one point but now that she is on Pepcid AC her appetite is mostly CPC. Trying to balance CKD and Diabetes is a challenge which many of you understand I know!
A happy appy story: Chyna sleeps quite often at night next to my bed at the top of her cat ramp. Her timer is set for food at 4am and a few nights ago I woke up just before that for a bathroom visit, went back to bed and petted and kissed Chyna (of course) so she was purring. Then I laid down to go back to sleep and heard the timer go off. Chynas purring got super loud and she promptly went down the ramp to the auto timer to eat. It made me smile
. Anyways hope you are all doing well, sending vines to all beans and kitties who need them! Purrs and Hugs!PS: Chyna will always find the sun, no matter how small the patch :lol:
I need to get on the board more, we just need more time in a day!
