Hi there everyone!
I just registered for this Board and am happy to have a community of compassionate and caring individuals to help me through my cats new diabetes diagnosis.
My cat was diagnosed with congestive heart failure/dialiated cardio myopathy just before Christmas and has been on Enalapril, Pimobenden and Lasix since. We had one scare with regards to her lungs starting to fill with fluids so her Lasix was bumped up about 3 weeks ago. She's been well since then. No changes to activity levels or eating/drinking. Unfortunately, I had to place her in the vets care while I was out of town for 6 days. I had been given daily updates that she was doing well but when I brought her home she looked awful. Her fur/coat was thinning and in bad shape, her eyes were different and her walk had a staggering action to it. I kept her home for almost a day thinking that she may just be suffering from being caged and away from home but it was evident that that was not the case. When I took her to the vet her blood suger was around 560 with slight kidney function changes and low potassium levels. They admitted her and started the process of figuring out what was wrong. Diabetes was the diagnosis and her bs was immediately worked on to get her number down. That was this past Fri. Her bs levels have bounced all over the place while the vets office is conducting their curve testing. She was checked every two hours and administered insulin as needed and is now being checked every 4 hrs with insulin only being administered every 12hrs. She is eating and drinking allot (she was not eating when I originally brought her home but was drinking a ton) and looks much better. I am going to the vets today to get more info on what insulin they have been using and what the prognosis is. My questions are.....I've seen some info online that indicates Lasix admin can result in hyperglycemic outcomes. Could this be triggering the diabetes now? Is there a substitute for Lasix that won't cause hyperglycemia? Are there special concerns with these 2 diagnosis's together? Congestive heart failure and diabetes? Also, in the past, we thought she may suffer from some pancreatitis issues or food allergies. She has been on a home cooked raw diet for approx 3-4 months now so her carb intake has been limited already. Prior to the raw diet she was on a higher quality canned food diet that never had a carb count of higher then 15% or so. Aren't there diet issues though also for cats with pancreatitis?
I feel very out of control right now. There is SO much info to take in and disceminate!
I just registered for this Board and am happy to have a community of compassionate and caring individuals to help me through my cats new diabetes diagnosis.
My cat was diagnosed with congestive heart failure/dialiated cardio myopathy just before Christmas and has been on Enalapril, Pimobenden and Lasix since. We had one scare with regards to her lungs starting to fill with fluids so her Lasix was bumped up about 3 weeks ago. She's been well since then. No changes to activity levels or eating/drinking. Unfortunately, I had to place her in the vets care while I was out of town for 6 days. I had been given daily updates that she was doing well but when I brought her home she looked awful. Her fur/coat was thinning and in bad shape, her eyes were different and her walk had a staggering action to it. I kept her home for almost a day thinking that she may just be suffering from being caged and away from home but it was evident that that was not the case. When I took her to the vet her blood suger was around 560 with slight kidney function changes and low potassium levels. They admitted her and started the process of figuring out what was wrong. Diabetes was the diagnosis and her bs was immediately worked on to get her number down. That was this past Fri. Her bs levels have bounced all over the place while the vets office is conducting their curve testing. She was checked every two hours and administered insulin as needed and is now being checked every 4 hrs with insulin only being administered every 12hrs. She is eating and drinking allot (she was not eating when I originally brought her home but was drinking a ton) and looks much better. I am going to the vets today to get more info on what insulin they have been using and what the prognosis is. My questions are.....I've seen some info online that indicates Lasix admin can result in hyperglycemic outcomes. Could this be triggering the diabetes now? Is there a substitute for Lasix that won't cause hyperglycemia? Are there special concerns with these 2 diagnosis's together? Congestive heart failure and diabetes? Also, in the past, we thought she may suffer from some pancreatitis issues or food allergies. She has been on a home cooked raw diet for approx 3-4 months now so her carb intake has been limited already. Prior to the raw diet she was on a higher quality canned food diet that never had a carb count of higher then 15% or so. Aren't there diet issues though also for cats with pancreatitis?
I feel very out of control right now. There is SO much info to take in and disceminate!
