Hi All,
It's been a few days since I last posted about Bailey so I thought I'd fill you all in.
I spoke with the doctor last Thursday about Bailey's diarrhea and she prescribed Metronidazole to help cure that. She also wanted to completely STOP insulin entirely and to call the vet if she was above 400 for more than 36 hours or 3 different 12 hour testings. Here are her numbers from the past few days...
3/3 PM: 216
3/4 AM: 350
3/4 PM: 342
3/5 AM: 298
3/5 PM: 287
3/6 AM: 283
3/6 PM: 265
3/7 AM: 248
3/7 PM: 246
3/8 AM: 235
She spiked on Monday but as you can see, it's been a steady decline since. The vet INSISTED we see a specialist this week as well. I was apprehensive as I thought I can do a good job monitoring and testing Bailey, but the vet really wanted us to go and forward Bailey's papers along. We had our appointment this morning. The specialist listened to everything, said I was doing a good job and to keep doing what I'm doing, and she wanted to test Baileys blood and urine.
Total charge: $220!!
I'm still a little upset over that because I know Bailey is doing okay and I didn't need to spend two hundred dollars for someone to tell me everything I already knew! We were out the door within 15 minutes. Sigh.
Bailey is still off of her insulin and the vet doesn't want us to go back on unless she jumps high and stays there. I guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing.
It's been a few days since I last posted about Bailey so I thought I'd fill you all in.
I spoke with the doctor last Thursday about Bailey's diarrhea and she prescribed Metronidazole to help cure that. She also wanted to completely STOP insulin entirely and to call the vet if she was above 400 for more than 36 hours or 3 different 12 hour testings. Here are her numbers from the past few days...
3/3 PM: 216
3/4 AM: 350
3/4 PM: 342
3/5 AM: 298
3/5 PM: 287
3/6 AM: 283
3/6 PM: 265
3/7 AM: 248
3/7 PM: 246
3/8 AM: 235
She spiked on Monday but as you can see, it's been a steady decline since. The vet INSISTED we see a specialist this week as well. I was apprehensive as I thought I can do a good job monitoring and testing Bailey, but the vet really wanted us to go and forward Bailey's papers along. We had our appointment this morning. The specialist listened to everything, said I was doing a good job and to keep doing what I'm doing, and she wanted to test Baileys blood and urine.
Total charge: $220!!
I'm still a little upset over that because I know Bailey is doing okay and I didn't need to spend two hundred dollars for someone to tell me everything I already knew! We were out the door within 15 minutes. Sigh.
Bailey is still off of her insulin and the vet doesn't want us to go back on unless she jumps high and stays there. I guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing.
