Re: 9/14 Trixie PMPS 215 +2 161, Mario's BW
Thanks, guys! I'm happy that we finally got a good report on Mario's thyroid, after increasing his dose on a montly basis over the summer. He goes back soon for a BP check, and I really pray that that is OK, because high BP probably scares me more than anything.
It has been a few months since Trix's last torture session at the vet, but at that point, vetty said all looked good, and Trix is acting just like Trix...feisty, happy, furry purry, eating, not drinking excessively, etc, etc, etc. The insulin situation is a bit confounding. Admittedly, she HAS chubbed up a bit since her diagnosis, and - as I asked a few weeks ago - I wonder if there is something up with shooting in the same spot all the time.
I really am wondering if we've got some food issues here with her numbers. Her numbers were awesome until last fall - coincidentally, when we had that freak snowstorm last October. Right around then, she decided she did NOT want any more Merrick's BG or Nature's variety Chicken anymore, which was what she ate for a good long time while having nice numbers on a low dose. So, I had to switch her to FF chicken. Ever since then, we've been on a slow, steady climb up the dosing ladder.
That's why I just tried switching her to Wellness Turkey. If you guys recall, Wellness Chicken sends her BGs off the chart, even though it is LC. So, I'm wondering if the FF chicken wasn't the greatest for her, either....maybe her pancreas just doesn't like certain brands of chicken. So far, she's holding steady with the Wellness Turkey...no super impressive numbers, but at the same time, she's not spiking the way she does on Wellness chicken. BTW, she was eating Wellness chicken at the time she was diagnosed. It makes me wonder...
Anywho...that's where my thought process is right now. I'd love to get her back on BG/NV just to see what happens, but I don't think she'll go for it for anything more than one or two meals...
Have I mentioned that FD drives me crazy????