Brianna & Xander
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Previous post: 9/21/25
Sorry that I didn't manage to get in here yesterday with a dental update, but it was an exhausting day (and night). All seemed to go fine. Xander had 8 extractions, 2 of which were both of his precious, beloved fangies.
We were originally told that he had tooth resorption, but they said that they found no evidence of resorption at all and that this was entirely periodontal disease. They mentioned that his BG was in the 500s when he woke up (though the Libre doesn't show anything that drastic - the closest I got was a 400+ and not for that timeframe. 
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When we first got home he was very happy and rolling around enjoying being pet (and pawing at his mouth a little, but didn't seem distressed/pained). Around 11pm he seemed to shut down and I imagine that's when the meds wore off. Very unresponsive to sound or being called or touched. Wouldn't eat anymore. I stayed up with him until 1, slept for about an hour and then saw that he was dropping and hadn't eaten the food I left, so I got up to be with him. He cuddled happily and I dozed for a few minutes until the Libre alarm went off (53) at about 4. Our HC food is the most solid food we have, so I just gave him some spoonfuls of the gravy in it. He came up before having it and then surfed pretty well after that.
Tomorrow morning is his ultrasound and they once again want us to fast after midnight. I tried to advocate for it being outdated and too long for a diabetic and she basically said she wasn't worried about his blood sugar, it needed to be midnight. Obviously based on last night she should be worried about it. I'm going to just have to skip tonight, because yes, he will need food around +8, as I predicted the other day. I also mentioned that when his stomach is empty he vomits, like he had the morning of the dental, and wouldn't that be bad for his stitches? At that point she said that I could give him 1 tsp of food if I thought it would prevent vomiting.
I don't exactly feel comfortable relying on 1 tsp of HC food to help him if he needs it, so again, the conclusion I come to is to skip. We'll also have to skip in the morning because of the timing of the appointment, so it'll be 2 missed doses, which sucks.
I feel bad that we're gonna have to betray him again so quickly.
He couldn't hate going there more.
They gave us 3 days/pills of Onsior, which doesn't seem like very much. I've seen bupe mentioned so often that I figured that's what she'd give us. I hope this is strong enough and enough time to get him through the pain. 8 extractions is a beast.
Zoom in on his lil mouth. Look how they massacred my boy
He's still precious. I'll sure miss those fangies, though.
Sorry that I didn't manage to get in here yesterday with a dental update, but it was an exhausting day (and night). All seemed to go fine. Xander had 8 extractions, 2 of which were both of his precious, beloved fangies.
We were originally told that he had tooth resorption, but they said that they found no evidence of resorption at all and that this was entirely periodontal disease. They mentioned that his BG was in the 500s when he woke up (though the Libre doesn't show anything that drastic - the closest I got was a 400+ and not for that timeframe. )When we first got home he was very happy and rolling around enjoying being pet (and pawing at his mouth a little, but didn't seem distressed/pained). Around 11pm he seemed to shut down and I imagine that's when the meds wore off. Very unresponsive to sound or being called or touched. Wouldn't eat anymore. I stayed up with him until 1, slept for about an hour and then saw that he was dropping and hadn't eaten the food I left, so I got up to be with him. He cuddled happily and I dozed for a few minutes until the Libre alarm went off (53) at about 4. Our HC food is the most solid food we have, so I just gave him some spoonfuls of the gravy in it. He came up before having it and then surfed pretty well after that.
Tomorrow morning is his ultrasound and they once again want us to fast after midnight. I tried to advocate for it being outdated and too long for a diabetic and she basically said she wasn't worried about his blood sugar, it needed to be midnight. Obviously based on last night she should be worried about it. I'm going to just have to skip tonight, because yes, he will need food around +8, as I predicted the other day. I also mentioned that when his stomach is empty he vomits, like he had the morning of the dental, and wouldn't that be bad for his stitches? At that point she said that I could give him 1 tsp of food if I thought it would prevent vomiting.
I don't exactly feel comfortable relying on 1 tsp of HC food to help him if he needs it, so again, the conclusion I come to is to skip. We'll also have to skip in the morning because of the timing of the appointment, so it'll be 2 missed doses, which sucks.I feel bad that we're gonna have to betray him again so quickly.
He couldn't hate going there more.They gave us 3 days/pills of Onsior, which doesn't seem like very much. I've seen bupe mentioned so often that I figured that's what she'd give us. I hope this is strong enough and enough time to get him through the pain. 8 extractions is a beast.
Zoom in on his lil mouth. Look how they massacred my boy
He's still precious. I'll sure miss those fangies, though.
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. I'm so sad about them.
I hope the ultrasound goes well and I would think this would be the best possible time, as doped up as he can possibly be and hopefully that's it for a long time! Get it all out of the way.
Hope he recovers quickly. Even without his cute fangies, he still has such a precious little face.
Sending big hugs 
Hopefully he feels a lot better very soon
A skip sounds like a good idea, especially with those greens on his SS today.
That sounds awful! Poor Neko! Like a tumor made of bone??
I wouldn't be surprised, though.