Trent Newmeyer
Member Since 2022
HI everyone. I thought I'd outline our recent experience to see if anyone has experienced the same or can offer insight. We had to say goodbye to our beloved Orfeo on April 2 after two nights of hypoglycaemia with severe grand Mal seizures. He was 14 years old.
He was diagnosed with diabetes in 2015 and on insulin. We moved him to solely wet Wellness Chicken and Turkey that brought down his sugar levels and in 2017, the vet said he was in remission. He was taken off insulin.
He was tested every 6 months and diabetes was in check. Remission or because his diet?
This summer, we moved to a mix of Wellness (that he wasn't eating) and dried Tikicat food.
On March 29 2022 he had his first bout of hypoglycaemia in the evening. We rubbed honey on his gums but wasn't working so took him to the emergency vet. His sugar was 1.8. They gave him glucose via IV, and we felt he was stable enough and we brought him home and watched for further signs. We fed him all he could eat. It started to reoccur the next morning and took him to his regular vet for the morning. They fed him and brought his sugar up. The vet also gave him an injection to increase his appetite and sent him home with us with instructions to let him eat whatever he wanted and so we did. However, it became clear his sugar was dropping. We administered many doses of corn syrup to his gums and it didn't seem to have any effect. That night and morning we stayed with him - the seizures were traumatic - he'd curl his head back, his tail would get fluffy and he would run across the room and try to climb the wall. The first time. I held him the other times so he wouldn't run and hurt himself. That morning the seizures became more frequent and we made the difficult decision to say goodbye.
what would have caused his sugar to drop so low? and so quickly.
He was diagnosed with diabetes in 2015 and on insulin. We moved him to solely wet Wellness Chicken and Turkey that brought down his sugar levels and in 2017, the vet said he was in remission. He was taken off insulin.
He was tested every 6 months and diabetes was in check. Remission or because his diet?
This summer, we moved to a mix of Wellness (that he wasn't eating) and dried Tikicat food.
On March 29 2022 he had his first bout of hypoglycaemia in the evening. We rubbed honey on his gums but wasn't working so took him to the emergency vet. His sugar was 1.8. They gave him glucose via IV, and we felt he was stable enough and we brought him home and watched for further signs. We fed him all he could eat. It started to reoccur the next morning and took him to his regular vet for the morning. They fed him and brought his sugar up. The vet also gave him an injection to increase his appetite and sent him home with us with instructions to let him eat whatever he wanted and so we did. However, it became clear his sugar was dropping. We administered many doses of corn syrup to his gums and it didn't seem to have any effect. That night and morning we stayed with him - the seizures were traumatic - he'd curl his head back, his tail would get fluffy and he would run across the room and try to climb the wall. The first time. I held him the other times so he wouldn't run and hurt himself. That morning the seizures became more frequent and we made the difficult decision to say goodbye.
what would have caused his sugar to drop so low? and so quickly.
