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Mary E. Beavers

Mary E. Beavers

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Found my Squeakers completely out of it about 45 mins ago his BG was 20 he was having muscle spasms and unresponsive...I gave him syrup and he woke up a bit but he is still out of it and just had a seizure
I just retested his BG was 249
I am alone with 102 temperature and I do not know what else to do. Should I just leave him alone and let him pass or what...I fear he is on his way out and I don't want to make him go through hell on his way to peace. Please Advise
 
Mary E. Beavers said:
Found my Squeakers completely out of it about 45 mins ago his BG was 20 he was having muscle spasms and unresponsive...I gave him syrup and he woke up a bit but he is still out of it and just had a seizure
I just retested his BG was 249
I am alone with 102 temperature and I do not know what else to do. Should I just leave him alone and let him pass or what...I fear he is on his way out and I don't want to make him go through hell on his way to peace. Please Advise
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Please retest in 10 min. The syrup raises bg fast but it doesn't last long.
 
I just retested and BG back down to 31 so I gave a little bit more syrup. He is still not very responsive but he did cry a little when I pet him and his paw was bleeding..that is a good sign
 
Is he able to walk yet? In 5 min take another test. Just to be clear are you using a human or pet meter?
 
Mary E. Beavers said:
Just

He tried and fell he now is just lying there but he acknowledges me when I pet him
His BG is now 48 and he is at this moment trying to get up
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Ok well 48 is definitely less scary but may drop when syrup wears off. You are using a human meter? See if you can get him to eat a tablespoon of food (highest carb you have) with a little syrup in it. If you have any treats like temptations or party mix give some of those too.

Now that the number is up a little you can test in 20 min.
 
I gave him a little more syrup
JanetNJ said:
Ok well 48 is definitely less scary but may drop when syrup wears off. You are using a human meter? See if you can get him to eat a tablespoon of food (highest carb you have) with a little syrup in it. If you have any treats like temptations or party mix give some of those too.

Now that the number is up a little you can test in 20 min.
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I have just low carb food but will use that. He has only wanted to eat raw meat. I gave him a little more syrup after his 48 reading so I will hold off on the syrup. I put some of his favorite food out...raw chicken and he looked interested but too weak right now. I will force a little pate in his mouth and he how he does
 
So looking forward (we aren't there yet) once you get a couole readings over 50, then you can stop feeding and doing syrup and wait 15-20 min and see if he's able to hold his numbers without the food and syrup. You are doing a great job. You're going to get him through this.
 
JanetNJ said:
So looking forward (we aren't there yet) once you get a couole readings over 50, then you can stop feeding and doing syrup and wait 15-20 min and see if he's able to hold his numbers without the food and syrup. You are doing a great job. You're going to get him through this.
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Thanks
This is so scary !
He has been running high even on the insulin so this was an extreme shock. Thank God I came down to take my meds and found him like this
 
JanetNJ said:
It's good to not feel alone in a scary situation. My cat had a scary hypo in January. Fortunately I live a half mile from an emergency vet.
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Lucky you have the Emergency so close. Even if I had them next door and I wasn't sick I still wouldn't have been able to take him for my bank account is on empty. My 15 year old female just had to have a lump removed from her nose and many abscessed teeth removed. And I have 3 cats that have stomatis and they want to remove all their teeth so I am in bad shape here
 
Mary E. Beavers said:
Lucky you have the Emergency so close. Even if I had them next door and I wasn't sick I still wouldn't have been able to take him for my bank account is on empty. My 15 year old female just had to have a lump removed from her nose and many abscessed teeth removed. And I have 3 cats that have stomatis and they want to remove all their teeth so I am in bad shape here
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Oh my!are they related? That's not a super common problem so it's weird they all have it.
 
JanetNJ said:
Gotcha. It's a shame but how lucky for them they didn't have to suffer without help in the streets. I have six cats. 5 of them were backyard finds.
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I have the 25 and hard to keep up with the bet bills. I heard that giving the plaque off may help so once I get enough money I am going to try it. Worth a try I guess
 
JanetNJ said:
Fantastic. What a relief. You did awesome. Truly. I would say get at least one more test in 20-30 min before you call it quits if you can.
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I will most definitely do that and Thank You so much ! I will try my best to get him to the vet tomorrow but I will definitely call his vet. I put a call on today for him to write a Script for Lantas Pens but I didn't get a response. I am going to give him some more chicken then test again in 20 mins. I am sure he is going up so I can get the rest I need now. Thanks again ! Good night !
 
Mary E. Beavers said:
I will most definitely do that and Thank You so much ! I will try my best to get him to the vet tomorrow but I will definitely call his vet. I put a call on today for him to write a Script for Lantas Pens but I didn't get a response. I am going to give him some more chicken then test again in 20 mins. I am sure he is going up so I can get the rest I need now. Thanks again ! Good night !
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Good night!
 
Mary E. Beavers said:
I just retested and BG back down to 31 so I gave a little bit more syrup. He is still not very responsive but he did cry a little when I pet him and his paw was bleeding..that is a good sign
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I know dollars are tight but the best thing is for the vet to see him especially if he had a seizure.

A couple notes going forward:
  • Always test before you shoot insulin and remember Novokin N can drop them fast so you might want to have a higher “no shoot” number.
  • He is going to be very sensitive to insulin for a time now that he’s had a symptomatic hypo so be cautious about how much you give. You definitely want to drop his dose back.
  • Make sure you have high carb food with gravy available.
  • If he does this again, rub syrup on his gums and get him to the ER right away,
I hope he will be ok.
 
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