Dear Forum,
Thank you for being here. Wally is my male 15 year old tabby who was diagnosed with diabetes on October 6th. The vet prescribed one unit of prozinc 40 twice a day. Wally and his brother Beaver had been sharing one can of wet food in the morning and another at night, with bottomless dry food available. The vet told me to look at the BalanceIt website to homemake food.
I took away the dry food, ordered the BalanceIT supplements, and tried one of the recipes. Both cats refused it.
When I asked the vet how to monitor the glucose levels, I received no response so I changed vets last week.
On Wednesday, October 28, the new vet did an xray that showed a lot of gas, a lot of poop, a tumor on the lung, and fluid below the abdomen. He extracted some of the fluid and asked if I wanted to send it in to check for cancer. Since cancer treatment isn't an option, I didn't see any point in getting a verification, so I said no.
He had me leave Wally there for a glucose curve, though Wally had been given an injection that morning. He also hydrated Wally. He told me not to inject that night and bring Wally in for a glucose test Thursday morning.
When we got home, Wally had a few episodes of violent vomiting, with only small amounts of foam coming out.
When I took Wally in for the test on Thursday, I asked if I should do something to get Wally to poop. He stuck in a rectal thermometer and the poop he extracted seemed liquid enough to indicate no constipation.
On Saturday night the vet called with the results that I didn't write down but I think was in the 2 hundreds. He told me to bring Wally in today for a curve without insulin.
The thing is, Wally is no longer eating, he isn't drinking, and he hasn't pooped in days. This morning his gate suggests neuropathy. He is going down fast. I didn't think a day in the vets office testing glucose levels was the most urgent thing to do and I lost confidence in the vet.
So what do I do first? I've already tried two flavors of hairball medicine to increase the poopage flow. I mixed it with his food and he refused to eat it. Should I try force feeding that? Or should I try force feeding food?
The vet gave me diuretic pills to reduce the fluid in the abdomen. I haven't given Wally any yet because it doesn't make sense to me to give a diuretic to a cat who won't drink water.
Poor Wally. So many changes. We are all completely traumatized. I hope somebody can give me some direction here on what to do today. I promise to post a profile and start an chart and everything else. I just need to save his life today.
Thanks so much,
Susan
Thank you for being here. Wally is my male 15 year old tabby who was diagnosed with diabetes on October 6th. The vet prescribed one unit of prozinc 40 twice a day. Wally and his brother Beaver had been sharing one can of wet food in the morning and another at night, with bottomless dry food available. The vet told me to look at the BalanceIt website to homemake food.
I took away the dry food, ordered the BalanceIT supplements, and tried one of the recipes. Both cats refused it.
When I asked the vet how to monitor the glucose levels, I received no response so I changed vets last week.
On Wednesday, October 28, the new vet did an xray that showed a lot of gas, a lot of poop, a tumor on the lung, and fluid below the abdomen. He extracted some of the fluid and asked if I wanted to send it in to check for cancer. Since cancer treatment isn't an option, I didn't see any point in getting a verification, so I said no.
He had me leave Wally there for a glucose curve, though Wally had been given an injection that morning. He also hydrated Wally. He told me not to inject that night and bring Wally in for a glucose test Thursday morning.
When we got home, Wally had a few episodes of violent vomiting, with only small amounts of foam coming out.
When I took Wally in for the test on Thursday, I asked if I should do something to get Wally to poop. He stuck in a rectal thermometer and the poop he extracted seemed liquid enough to indicate no constipation.
On Saturday night the vet called with the results that I didn't write down but I think was in the 2 hundreds. He told me to bring Wally in today for a curve without insulin.
The thing is, Wally is no longer eating, he isn't drinking, and he hasn't pooped in days. This morning his gate suggests neuropathy. He is going down fast. I didn't think a day in the vets office testing glucose levels was the most urgent thing to do and I lost confidence in the vet.
So what do I do first? I've already tried two flavors of hairball medicine to increase the poopage flow. I mixed it with his food and he refused to eat it. Should I try force feeding that? Or should I try force feeding food?
The vet gave me diuretic pills to reduce the fluid in the abdomen. I haven't given Wally any yet because it doesn't make sense to me to give a diuretic to a cat who won't drink water.
Poor Wally. So many changes. We are all completely traumatized. I hope somebody can give me some direction here on what to do today. I promise to post a profile and start an chart and everything else. I just need to save his life today.
Thanks so much,
Susan
