Susan S
Member Since 2021
I joined here about a year ago when my cat Bean was diagnosed as diabetic. He also has had problems with crystals in his urine so was on special diet food for that, and hated the the wet so was eating dry. I got him on a mainly low-carb wet food diet and he progressed so he didn't need insulin any longer.
All was fine until last week when he crashed and wouldn't eat or come out from under the bed. We thought it might be a bladder blockage and as my mobile vet was unable to come, we went to the emergency vet. His sugar was over 400 and he had trace ketones in his urine and a UTI and was also severely dehydrated. He stayed there nearly 3 full days and they cleared the UTI, and the ketones disappeared and they got his sugars down to the 100s. He was quite stressed while there and wouldn't eat or use the litter box. So he came home with instructions to give 1 unit, 1x daily. He seemed back in the same place a few days later. My vet came and his sugar was 398. He had no urine so couldn't test ketones and after consulting with the ER vet, we took him back there. No UTI, no ketones. They gave him fluids and sent him home with instructions to give 1 unit, 2 x daily.
The next day he wasn't much better. He had eaten when he got back from the ER but back under the bed after that. (I also have 2 other cats, including a 10 mos. old, so I understand wanting space). I got some treats in him, and gave him insulin and kept consulting with my vet and ER vet. My vet came at lunch time and his sugar was 285 and no ketones, so not as bad.
Since then, I have been getting him to eat and doing his insulin. But he seems spacey and still hiding a lot. I know it takes time to feel better, but the ER vet was concerned maybe something else going on as well. We might do an ultrasound of his stomach and also get a glimpse of the pancreas. Due to the pandemic, the vet situation here is dire. This ER vet now closes Saturday evening through Monday morning. To see one of their internists is over a 1 month wait, so we would have to do all this through the ER. I would like to talk to my mobile vet, but I know this is a bad weekend for her personally and is unavailable. Might call up to ER vet and hope that one of the docs that saw him last week are there.
I welcome any suggestions anyone has.
Thanks.
All was fine until last week when he crashed and wouldn't eat or come out from under the bed. We thought it might be a bladder blockage and as my mobile vet was unable to come, we went to the emergency vet. His sugar was over 400 and he had trace ketones in his urine and a UTI and was also severely dehydrated. He stayed there nearly 3 full days and they cleared the UTI, and the ketones disappeared and they got his sugars down to the 100s. He was quite stressed while there and wouldn't eat or use the litter box. So he came home with instructions to give 1 unit, 1x daily. He seemed back in the same place a few days later. My vet came and his sugar was 398. He had no urine so couldn't test ketones and after consulting with the ER vet, we took him back there. No UTI, no ketones. They gave him fluids and sent him home with instructions to give 1 unit, 2 x daily.
The next day he wasn't much better. He had eaten when he got back from the ER but back under the bed after that. (I also have 2 other cats, including a 10 mos. old, so I understand wanting space). I got some treats in him, and gave him insulin and kept consulting with my vet and ER vet. My vet came at lunch time and his sugar was 285 and no ketones, so not as bad.
Since then, I have been getting him to eat and doing his insulin. But he seems spacey and still hiding a lot. I know it takes time to feel better, but the ER vet was concerned maybe something else going on as well. We might do an ultrasound of his stomach and also get a glimpse of the pancreas. Due to the pandemic, the vet situation here is dire. This ER vet now closes Saturday evening through Monday morning. To see one of their internists is over a 1 month wait, so we would have to do all this through the ER. I would like to talk to my mobile vet, but I know this is a bad weekend for her personally and is unavailable. Might call up to ER vet and hope that one of the docs that saw him last week are there.
I welcome any suggestions anyone has.
Thanks.
