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Pennie & Chloe
Hello, feeling overwhelmed with this new diagnosis. I have so many questions and concerns, including the best glucose meter to get, as I'd like to run out to Walgreens or Walmart this afternnon and pick one up, along with whatever else I need, test strips...what kind, etc.
Chole had her curve done yesterday with one unit of Lantus Glargine checked every 2 hours..results:
9am-625
11am-593
1pm-549
3pm-531
5pm-462
They sent her home with instructions to give 2 units every 12 hours and repeat curve on 9/8. She weighs 12.15 pounds.
We have a challenge here because Chloe does not eat a lot at once, she has always been a grazer and she is a kibble addict. I have tried to switch her and my 3 other cats over to wet following cat info.org advise and help from many others. I was successful in this transition to Merrick grain free limited ingredient for all cats except Chloe. I have tried forti flora, toppers, raw, and have spent hundreds of dollars I think..lol..buying all kinds of wet and raw food for her to try. So please dont think I am a bad cat mom for feeding her kibble. She is being fed Hills KD right now because that is what she is drawn too. I also have some Orijen kibble which is higher protein and she does eat some of that also. For treats she gets wellness with cranberry crunchies and pure bites dehydrated chicken or turkey. I have tried multiple times to feed her and the others boiled and raw chicken breast organic, no antibiotics that I have prepared...none of them will eat it..no onions, garlic, etc.
She gets subq fluids every other day between 75-100ml. We are very carful with her because she had issues with fluid around her heart when we first started. At this point she seems to do very well with this fluid schedule which she also gets 0.50 Vitamin B12 injectable with her fluids once per week. She takes azodyl and 1/2 pepcid at the same time once per day which also seems to work very well for her. Her creatinine at last blood draw on 8/27 was 2.5, bun 39. this is when her glucose was 605. I took her in because her water intake had increased dramatically.
I work 3-11 shift Monday through Friday and this is a feeding/insulin schedule I came up with for now:
Feed at 8:30 am
Insulin at 9:30 am
Leave food down until around 6 pm(ish)
Feed at 11:15 pm
Insulin 11:45-midnight
Pick up before bedtime so I know she eats some in the morning.
On the weekends I can do 12 hours apart, no problem.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chole had her curve done yesterday with one unit of Lantus Glargine checked every 2 hours..results:
9am-625
11am-593
1pm-549
3pm-531
5pm-462
They sent her home with instructions to give 2 units every 12 hours and repeat curve on 9/8. She weighs 12.15 pounds.
We have a challenge here because Chloe does not eat a lot at once, she has always been a grazer and she is a kibble addict. I have tried to switch her and my 3 other cats over to wet following cat info.org advise and help from many others. I was successful in this transition to Merrick grain free limited ingredient for all cats except Chloe. I have tried forti flora, toppers, raw, and have spent hundreds of dollars I think..lol..buying all kinds of wet and raw food for her to try. So please dont think I am a bad cat mom for feeding her kibble. She is being fed Hills KD right now because that is what she is drawn too. I also have some Orijen kibble which is higher protein and she does eat some of that also. For treats she gets wellness with cranberry crunchies and pure bites dehydrated chicken or turkey. I have tried multiple times to feed her and the others boiled and raw chicken breast organic, no antibiotics that I have prepared...none of them will eat it..no onions, garlic, etc.
She gets subq fluids every other day between 75-100ml. We are very carful with her because she had issues with fluid around her heart when we first started. At this point she seems to do very well with this fluid schedule which she also gets 0.50 Vitamin B12 injectable with her fluids once per week. She takes azodyl and 1/2 pepcid at the same time once per day which also seems to work very well for her. Her creatinine at last blood draw on 8/27 was 2.5, bun 39. this is when her glucose was 605. I took her in because her water intake had increased dramatically.
I work 3-11 shift Monday through Friday and this is a feeding/insulin schedule I came up with for now:
Feed at 8:30 am
Insulin at 9:30 am
Leave food down until around 6 pm(ish)
Feed at 11:15 pm
Insulin 11:45-midnight
Pick up before bedtime so I know she eats some in the morning.
On the weekends I can do 12 hours apart, no problem.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
