Magic - OTJ

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Well this is my last day we have reached 14 days on the OTJ trial.

I will be turning in the spreadsheet to the vet (I have been periodically all along). Vet tech called about Magic's dental appt on WEDs said they wanted to do a glucose test tomorrow. I told them no need, I 've been doing them twice a day

and that I would give them the spreadsheet tomorrow and WEDS Maji has a dental cleaning. They may pull the back uppers if there is anything wrong with them. She doesn't have any bottom BACK lower teeth as those were pulled 2 years ago.

All her front teeth are great.

I will begin writing in the OTJ Honeymooners now.
 
thank you!

Maji is a on a strict diet. And we have to maintain that...no matter what...I do not want to go back into diabetes if I can help it. She's just one extra meal or high carbo load meal away for falling back in.

thank you Djamila! You have been wonderful to us :)
 
Magic Johnson said:
thank you!

Maji is a on a strict diet. And we have to maintain that...no matter what...I do not want to go back into diabetes if I can help it. She's just one extra meal or high carbo load meal away for falling back in.
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Amen to that! That's how Sam fell out of remission. :oops: Do not trust any food packaging ever. Always write to the company and get the real numbers - not the guaranteed analysis on the package!

It's been great to have you here and I hope you'll stick around! You've been doing a wonderful job of supporting other folks as well - and that's how this board keeps going!
 
CONGRATS! That OTJ is a beautiful thing!

Please do stick around if you can...new folks love hearing from old folks and seeing how their cats did...it's inspiring!
 
AbyResq said:
I'm pretty sure it happened to me after Sweet Pea's dental. They sent me home with liquid gabapentin which smelled really sweet.
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THANK YOU!!! I will be looking out for that and ask questions about any other items!

Thanks for the heads-up I would not have thought of that....
 
I just wanted to THANK EVERYONE and this site for helping Maji achieve remission (thus far ~ keeping fingers crossed)! I would not have known or learned the things that I have without this site!

Just looking at spreadsheets was extremely useful for seeing how insulin and glucose fluctuates as well as ALL OF THE ARTICLES & THE FOOD LISTS!

Too much to mention, just a TREMENDOUS RESOURCE and TREMENDOUS PEOPLE who dedicate their time and efforts in maintaining this site and keeping up with all the questions and support!

Thank you...I'm kinda nervous about the dental appt tomorrow.
 
Fasting them is the worst. Stay strong! Keep us posted on how she does with the dental. And hugs to you. It's so hard to leave our babies there!
 
We'll want to know how she does. Teasel's sister is going in for her dental this month on the 26th - very long postponement from last June. I've been agonizing over it. :(
 
Kris & Teasel said:
We'll want to know how she does. Teasel's sister is going in for her dental this month on the 26th - very long postponement from last June. I've been agonizing over it. :(
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@Rachel @Kris & Teasel

Thank you guys! It was so hard this morning AND she knew she knew something was up and she wasn’t happy about it

We tried to not give any indication whatsoever- but she knew!

Cats are really intuitive!

They told me Maji is the first one in for surgery ...

Ima take off work as soon as I can pick her up and go home with her...
 
Magic Johnson said:
I called and she is out of surgery - had one extraction apparently- and did really well - she is waking up but they said they keep them there and make sure everything’s ok - I’m at work but can’t wait to leave when I can go get her :)
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Good news! We want another report when you have her back home. :)
 
So glad!! Keep us posted please...can’t wait to hear she’s home!!

We care so much about all the kitties and beans on here. We get pretty attached. :)
 
She's home...I waited a bit to see how she would do.

SHE WAS STARVING hungry and they told me to only feed her a little bit at first and not to overdo it. She inhaled her food and after an hour I am giving her a bit more of her regular stuff.

I had to give her antibiotic which is Clindamycin and she has bupe (something for pain) which I have not given her yet.

They said one of the teeth in the back had parts missing off of it...and so they took it out...

the rest of the teeth were good after they cleaned off the tartar.

She LOVES being home...and she really wants to eat...so I am going slow and not overdoing it...and that's hard with Maji because she just begs for more food...but I can't do that...

Thank you - you guys for asking and your concern...nobody really understands...but you guys do!

Vet wants me testing at a MINIMUM several times a week to make sure she doesn't fall back into diabetes....

I want to say it saved me around 150.00 to have all my testing results because they did not need to do another blood test again and so this whole dental thing went from a range of 585.00 to 750.00 to only 400 + plus a few bucks...
so that really helped!!! :)

thank you again!!!
K & Maji
 
So glad to hear she's home! I give my kitty Tigress bupe fairly often. It's a good, safe pain medication option for cats.

The antibiotic can cause tummy upset or diarrhea (as all ABs can...not just the one you're using) so keep an eye on things. You can give a probiotic to help and I think you can give plain yogurt with no sugar added...if she'll eat it. Just something to keep an eye out for, she might be fine!

Let us know how she does over the next few days. Hoping she heals quickly! I'm sure she must feel better with that one tooth gone.
 
Rachel said:
So glad to hear she's home! I give my kitty Tigress bupe fairly often. It's a good, safe pain medication option for cats.

The antibiotic can cause tummy upset or diarrhea (as all ABs can...not just the one you're using) so keep an eye on things. You can give a probiotic to help and I think you can give plain yogurt with no sugar added...if she'll eat it. Just something to keep an eye out for, she might be fine!

Let us know how she does over the next few days. Hoping she heals quickly! I'm sure she must feel better with that one tooth gone.
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@Rachel thank you! She’s super affectionate and slightly drunk I think... I noticed her claws are clipped really close ... I wonder is she scaratched someone? I mean they really clipped em which is great cuz I don’t have to... she also had a patch of fur shaved off her front leg... inhaled the food

I hope she doesn’t get constipated from the buprenex?
 
Bupe can cause constipation (any pain killer can). Is she prone to it? I give my kitty some powdered egg yolk to help keep things moving when she takes the bupe.
 
My vet does that too - clipping the nails shorter than I do, but it's nice so I don't have to do it for awhile. :) And same price range too. maybe we have the same vet?!? ;) Sam takes bupe fairly often, and hasn't had trouble with constipation. Although he does take a very small dose, and of course ECID.

I'm so glad Maji is home and has a good appetite. Sounds like she's happy to be home.
 
Magic Johnson said:
Man she seemed great and then I gave her Bupe and she seems lethargic... dunno don’t really like it I guess....
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That bupe can really knock a cat out! Rufus was either asleep or reallypurry on it :) Glad eveything went well for Maji! Rufus was starving when he got home from dental too! And was acting drunk! He was SO excited to see me when I picked him up. Melted my heart.
 
Sean & Rufus said:
That bupe can really knock a cat out! Rufus was either asleep or reallypurry on it :) Glad eveything went well for Maji! Rufus was starving when he got home from dental too! And was acting drunk! He was SO excited to see me when I picked him up. Melted my heart.
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Love to hear this...! I love when she is super affectionate but not when she’s a bump on a log ;)

Oh so loved to see her so I can really relate to what you are saying!! :)

Thank you!
 
Yep, I've done half a syringe before...depends on her level of pain for me. It doesn't make Tigress act like a zombie, but it used to knock Elektra out!
 
Hi everyone things are going well finally tested Magic after a week of antibiotics- boy she does not like those... finally off antibiotics and did first test in a while, came out good 118. Started 2 days ago on wet ZIWIpeak rabbit, tried venison one this morning. Just checking in @Kris & Teasel was curious if Teasel’s sister was gonna have her dental soon? If I remember correctly? - you guys were WONDERFUL in helping us through that!!!! I will say that (forgot who said it). But the dental procedure REALLY HELPED!! I think that she’s better now than before... even glucose-wise I’m noticing that I don’t have to give the zero carb food 1/2 at feeding... and numbers low USING LOW CARB FOOD mind you, she’s still diabetic always.

But the dental HAD an effect!!!
 
Magic Johnson said:
Hi everyone things are going well finally tested Magic after a week of antibiotics- boy she does not like those... finally off antibiotics and did first test in a while, came out good 118. Started 2 days ago on wet ZIWIpeak rabbit, tried venison one this morning. Just checking in @Kris & Teasel was curious if Teasel’s sister was gonna have her dental soon? If I remember correctly? - you guys were WONDERFUL in helping us through that!!!! I will say that (forgot who said it). But the dental procedure REALLY HELPED!! I think that she’s better now than before... even glucose-wise I’m noticing that I don’t have to give the zero carb food 1/2 at feeding... and numbers low USING LOW CARB FOOD mind you, she’s still diabetic always.

But the dental HAD an effect!!!
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Teasel's sister has a dental booked for this month on April 26th. I'm already stressing about it. :confused:
 
Baby had her dental in October & i was worried too. They removed 1 tooth & were able to clean up the rest. She was in remission & i was worried it would cause her bg to go up again but it didn’t. Just the anesthesic alone is enough especially if they’re older! All went well & her breath smells wonderful!!!
 
Got some info from New Zealand on the FELINE NATURAL that we’re trying, while it was not a scientific study response - I’m testing this food on Maji as I consider Maji super sensitive to CARBS she’s like a barometer for CARBS, a CARB magnet - they said this is from FELINE NATURAL:

“Yes you are correct, there would be some carbohydrates present in our Feline Natural diet sourced predominately from the flaxseed flakes component. Flaxseed flakes are added to our Feline Natural diets as a source of fibre for cats to maintain and encourage healthy bowl movements and good digestion, but this makes up less than 1% of the food.

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Warm regards
The Feline Natural Team “

Maji tested ZIWIpeak’s rabbit & lamb AND Venison earlier this week and those she loved both and seem to be a good! her BG was 89 last night after 3 days on those.

Now testing Feline Natural Chicken & Lamb I haven’t found that one on a food list anywhere yet, someone correct me and point me if it’s out there? Chewy had in their questions and answers 3% carbs

Now Maji loves this as well as ZIWIpeak! So we will see what the BG is after a few days to see if it stays low enuff
 
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