Chris & China (GA)
Member Since 2013
Yesterday
Sorry it took so long to get back to update, but by the time I got home from taking China in, it was time to go pick up DM to take her to her hair appointment and then I had to return the rental car I've had all week and go pick up my car from the body shop. (if I knew Monday that China was going to have such complications, I would have kept the insurance check instead of fixing the car
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She put her on IV fluids and ran some bloodwork. Said she would start her on Mirtazapine to see about getting her to eat.
From the phone call on the way home:
The vet is very worried about her......says her BUN went from 48 on 9/11 to 72 today so there's a problem with her kidneys. The creatinine is about the same (2.1) Her liver values are good (for now)
She also has a high WBC now, so she started her on IV antibiotic (cefazolin )
She says with a BUN that high, she's not going to eat, so not going to start on the Mirtazapine.
Her plan is to keep her on the IV fluids and re-check the bloodwork on Monday (I'm not real happy about THAT)
Next phone call:
Wanted me to bring her insulin up and some food....reminded her I was now 60+ miles away and had my DM with me for her hair appointment so I didn't think I'd be able to get up there tonight before they closed. Told her she'd eat Fancy Feast (and suggested they run to the store to get some)
Asked her when they'd give her insulin since it's supposed to be every 12 hours and she's usually 6am/6pm....she said they'd give it at 5:30 before they left ….since I wasn't going to be able to get it up there tonight anyway, I dropped it (I knew there was no way they were coming in at 5:30am to give again so figured that was something I could deal with later)
Just got off the phone again...I called to get the name of the AB.....asked the receptionist how they were going to give insulin every 12 hours? She didn't know....said she'd have to ask one of the docs (These people have no idea how to use Lantus correctly, so we're going to have to have a serious discussion tomorrow when I go up there again)
Sorry this is so convoluted......been a long and stressful day
Sorry it took so long to get back to update, but by the time I got home from taking China in, it was time to go pick up DM to take her to her hair appointment and then I had to return the rental car I've had all week and go pick up my car from the body shop. (if I knew Monday that China was going to have such complications, I would have kept the insurance check instead of fixing the car
)She put her on IV fluids and ran some bloodwork. Said she would start her on Mirtazapine to see about getting her to eat.
From the phone call on the way home:
The vet is very worried about her......says her BUN went from 48 on 9/11 to 72 today so there's a problem with her kidneys. The creatinine is about the same (2.1) Her liver values are good (for now)
She also has a high WBC now, so she started her on IV antibiotic (cefazolin )
She says with a BUN that high, she's not going to eat, so not going to start on the Mirtazapine.
Her plan is to keep her on the IV fluids and re-check the bloodwork on Monday (I'm not real happy about THAT)
Next phone call:
Wanted me to bring her insulin up and some food....reminded her I was now 60+ miles away and had my DM with me for her hair appointment so I didn't think I'd be able to get up there tonight before they closed. Told her she'd eat Fancy Feast (and suggested they run to the store to get some)
Asked her when they'd give her insulin since it's supposed to be every 12 hours and she's usually 6am/6pm....she said they'd give it at 5:30 before they left ….since I wasn't going to be able to get it up there tonight anyway, I dropped it (I knew there was no way they were coming in at 5:30am to give again so figured that was something I could deal with later)
Just got off the phone again...I called to get the name of the AB.....asked the receptionist how they were going to give insulin every 12 hours? She didn't know....said she'd have to ask one of the docs (These people have no idea how to use Lantus correctly, so we're going to have to have a serious discussion tomorrow when I go up there again)
Sorry this is so convoluted......been a long and stressful day
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