Lori in Ohio
Member Since 2010
Ginger 4-1-1999 to 10-18-2010
I received Ginger's Final report of her diagnosis from the Emergency Hospital.
It totally confuses me as to why nothing would show up in her blood work or urinalysis she had 10 days before and how fast something bad can happen.
Date: 10/17/2010 - 10/18/2010
Diagnosis: Hyperosmolar diabetes mellitus
Hypernatremia - severe
Azotemia
Euthanasia
Summary:
Ginger was hospitalized on 10/17/2010 for Hyperosmolar diabetes mellitus, severe hypernatremia, and
azotemia. She was obtunded and hypothermic at presentation with lipemic serum. She was treated
overnight with IV fluids as well as regular insulin.
Ginger had mild clinical improvement overnight (she could sit sternal and responded to stimuli), and her
serum sodium and blood glucose improved.
Nevertheless, hyperosmolar diabetes mellitus carries a poor
to grave prognosis for both survival to hospital discharge and long-term survival. I suspect that Ginger
had both renal insufficiency and pancreatitis. Other possible causes for her hyperosmolar and
hypernatremic state include kidney infection, heart failure, sepsis, or a brain tumor. Ginger was
euthanized due to the severity of clinical signs and her poor long-term prognosis.
I received Ginger's Final report of her diagnosis from the Emergency Hospital.
It totally confuses me as to why nothing would show up in her blood work or urinalysis she had 10 days before and how fast something bad can happen.
Date: 10/17/2010 - 10/18/2010
Diagnosis: Hyperosmolar diabetes mellitus
Hypernatremia - severe
Azotemia
Euthanasia
Summary:
Ginger was hospitalized on 10/17/2010 for Hyperosmolar diabetes mellitus, severe hypernatremia, and
azotemia. She was obtunded and hypothermic at presentation with lipemic serum. She was treated
overnight with IV fluids as well as regular insulin.
Ginger had mild clinical improvement overnight (she could sit sternal and responded to stimuli), and her
serum sodium and blood glucose improved.
Nevertheless, hyperosmolar diabetes mellitus carries a poor
to grave prognosis for both survival to hospital discharge and long-term survival. I suspect that Ginger
had both renal insufficiency and pancreatitis. Other possible causes for her hyperosmolar and
hypernatremic state include kidney infection, heart failure, sepsis, or a brain tumor. Ginger was
euthanized due to the severity of clinical signs and her poor long-term prognosis.
