Footfoot's BG and dosing, continued

I'm sorry about your buyer and her offer. So that means the deal is off and you will have to find another buyer (unless this person increases their offer). Now, having said that... congratulations on the new house. Maybe it will all work out with a delayed moving date. I hope everything will come together for you soon.

I hope the increase will help Footfoot! Hang in there!
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
I'm sorry about your buyer and her offer. So that means the deal is off and you will have to find another buyer (unless this person increases their offer). Now, having said that... congratulations on the new house. Maybe it will all work out with a delayed moving date. I hope everything will come together for you soon.

I hope the increase will help Footfoot! Hang in there!
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Thanks Suzanne! I increased Footfoot's insulin to 1.75U this morning. And thanks for congrats on new house - I'm delighted that part is done, anyway. Thanks to an interim loan from my lovely Dad, I don't have to panic about the sale falling through, for the moment, we have a few months leeway - thank goodness! Otherwise it would be an enormous disaster...
 
Good call skipping the shot.

As for a reduction, that's up to you. I couldn't tell you how low she may have gone last night...it may have been low enough for a reduction, or it may have been a late nadir from breaking the bounce.
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
What a bounce! But at least I see a pink now so I hope he’s out of the blacks.
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Yes, thank goodness! The 33 (594) PMPS is approximate, as my GlucoNavii actually read 'Hi', which means 33 or over! I've only seen that a couple of times. I tested ketones: 1.4 - that's not great, is it?
Her breathing has not been great today so I've been giving her furosemide at 4hr intervals. Will set my alarm for 3.30am to give her another in the night. Unfortunately I have a challenging day tomorrow where I'll be out most of the day. My husband can at least keep an eye on her, look out for hypos, and give her furosemide if needed.
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As far as ketones - nothing more you can do with insulin, just making sure she's getting enough water and food. Sorry about the breathing :(
 
Should I be raising the Prozinc dose, do you think? Her BG is so high lately :-/ @FrostD @Suzanne & Darcy. Sorry about the shortage of readings, I've been juggling my new job and having just bought a new house which needs a fair bit of work before we can move in, which my husband can't help with, due to his disabilities. So I've been out in the daytimes, for the most part.
 
Let's see what she does tonight/tomorrow ...it looks like she was bouncing pretty hard and today may have cleared it. Given that 90 at this dose I'm a little hesitant to say increase...I'm guessing she may bounce again. It may line up that she comes down on Saturday/Sunday, do you think you'll be able to get some extra ones in the?
 
I do hope there are signs that she’s cleared the bounce. I hate seeing those high numbers on her spreadsheet, but the picture is so incomplete right now. We really don’t know what she’s been doing or what she may have been bouncing from?
 
I hope to get more readings, yes - weekends are also work days for me, potentially, it all depends on work flow and appointments.
 
Footfoot died this morning, just now, 6am. It was her heart, she suddenly took a turn at about 3.30 this morning - I got several doses of furosemide into her, as directed by the overnight phone vet, but it didn't work. I feel absolutely terrible that I couldn't do more for her. In a state of shock right now.
 
She probably had a UTI, didn't she? I'm so stupified by stress just lately that I forgot that high BG could be caused by infection or conversely that it increases risk of UTIs. I feel so guilty. I feel so terrible that I let her down. I tried SO hard to deal with her heart disease and diabetes but in the end I was over-stressed and thinking poorly. (We bought a house last Tuesday, the sale of my own house fell through the same day, my disabled husband can't help with any of it, and I'm desperately trying to keep up with deadlines for my new job). I just wish I could have given her an easier end, I should have done so earlier in the week when the writing was probably on the cards if I'd been paying enough attention. The furosemide seemed to be working - until this morning.
 
Oh no I am so sorry :bighug:

Please do not beat yourself up. I doubt she had a UTI, and even if she did it would have had minimal bearing on everything. Unfortunately when the heart starts to go, there's only so much you can do.

She knew she was and is loved, and that is the most important thing :bighug:
 
I just feel so awful and so guilty that I couldn't make her last hours less dreadful. I don't think taking her to the vet would have been a whole lot better - it would have been over quicker, but she'd have had the terror of that trip to the vet's, while completely helpless, and on a very cold night. What I really regret most is that I didn't have her euthanised earlier in the week, realising that the furosemide was not helping her enough. Also maybe if I had talked the vet into trying pimobendan, maybe she would still be here now. He said it went against his clinical judgement, I meant to try a different vet, but hadn't had time, with all the chaos going on. Hard to forgive myself for that, too.
 
So sorry for your loss. Please don't blame yourself & think of the what ifs. You gave Footfoot an amazing loving life & did everything you could for your beautiful girl. My thoughts & prayers are with you :rb_icon::bighug:
 
HelenR said:
I just feel so awful and so guilty that I couldn't make her last hours less dreadful. I don't think taking her to the vet would have been a whole lot better - it would have been over quicker, but she'd have had the terror of that trip to the vet's, while completely helpless, and on a very cold night. What I really regret most is that I didn't have her euthanised earlier in the week, realising that the furosemide was not helping her enough. Also maybe if I had talked the vet into trying pimobendan, maybe she would still be here now. He said it went against his clinical judgement, I meant to try a different vet, but hadn't had time, with all the chaos going on. Hard to forgive myself for that, too.
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Helen, I replied on your other thread. Just now seeing these two posts. I'm so sorry.
 
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