joyfullife
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Hello! My 6-1/2 yr. old male, Max, was recently diagnosed with diabetes. A potential complication is that he also has stomatitis, so he has been on prednisilone for a little over a year. Over the past several weeks, the vet has had me reduce the pred. dosage from 3ml down to 1.5 ml., and his gums seem to be doing okay.
I started him on 1.5 un. of Lantus today. I was told that he needs to receive this every 12 hours. Is there any wiggle room in the timing? I'm sure this question has been asked many times on this forum, but I don't have time to weed through it. I'm a divorced mom with 2 kids. 8am and 8pm will work most of the time, but I get home at 8:45 one evening a week. Is that a problem? My girls are involved with dance and the competition season is just about to begin. In a couple of weeks I have to take my daughter to a dance event from 7:15pm until 9pm. Am I supposed to drive home after I drop her off so I can give Max his insulin? And at the end of the month, we will be across town in the evening for a dance competition that typically goes fairly late. I do not have the money to board him for the day in these situations. What do people do? I am overwhelmed by this.
Leah
I started him on 1.5 un. of Lantus today. I was told that he needs to receive this every 12 hours. Is there any wiggle room in the timing? I'm sure this question has been asked many times on this forum, but I don't have time to weed through it. I'm a divorced mom with 2 kids. 8am and 8pm will work most of the time, but I get home at 8:45 one evening a week. Is that a problem? My girls are involved with dance and the competition season is just about to begin. In a couple of weeks I have to take my daughter to a dance event from 7:15pm until 9pm. Am I supposed to drive home after I drop her off so I can give Max his insulin? And at the end of the month, we will be across town in the evening for a dance competition that typically goes fairly late. I do not have the money to board him for the day in these situations. What do people do? I am overwhelmed by this.

Leah