TammieW
Member
Let me just tell you that if you don't have a vet who supports and is working with you, there are others who will. What a great visit we had!!! I just wish I would've found him a $1000 ago.... :evil:
Kudo's to everyone here who has worked so hard to take the right information and make it available to everyone with a diabetic cat and the support that you all give to those who need you.
He is very impressed with the spreadsheet
and supportive of using U100 syringes to dose based on BS tests. Not once did I get a lecture and all he could do was shake his head when he read the office notes from the other vet. When he saw what happened on Monday with the other vet he told me that I made the right decision to question Nudderbaby's treatment because he didnt like the fact he got a large dose after such a small one and was not fed all day. I would never have known to question things if I hadn't found FDMB!!
He's not convinced Nudderbaby has asthma and suggested an allergy test to see if that is an alternative but didnt pressure me about it and said he wants to get his diabetes under control and then see if we need to try the test. He also agreed with me giving half the dose of albuterol than what was originally prescribed and wants to stay as low as possible without compromising the asthma symptoms.
One thing he suggested was to stay away from Neosporin on the ears and use vaseline or a&d ointment because there could be some forms of sugar in the Neosporin or triple antibiotic ointments.
He wanted to know who the manufacturer of the Prozinc was because there are some companies who have a history of inconsistency with vial concentration. He wants to stay with the Prozinc but said if he doesn't adapt that we will try Glargine. I'm also supposed to pull the dose, warm it in my hands until I cant tell the difference between my hand and the syringe, pull some air into the syringe, roll it in my hands to mix the insulin again, tap the bubbles to the top and then push the air out until an insulin drop comes.
He is completely supportive of a wet diet but wants me to use the prescription wet Purina DM because he said that different lots of the same brands of commercial foods can be inconsistent with carb count. This makes sense to me as I used to work for a pharmaceutical company and am familiar with the Quality Assurance process done on prescription medications before the lot is approved to be released. I am going to try the DM and he said if they dont like it that we'll try a different one. The price is pretty similar to what I'm feeding, maybe just a little more but if I can get him OTJ it will payoff in the long run.
I forgot to take my meter with me so I need to have my daughter take it and Nudderbaby in Monday so he can calibrate it with their system so he knows when I send the spreadsheet to him with the curves that they are close and how we need to proceed.
He also showed me how to slice the cat in to 7 days for insulin dosing so he doesnt get shots in the same place over a one week period. He was relieved that I was not using alcohol on the skin before shooting and only using it on the vial.
Something else he suggested was finding a feeder that puts a certain amount of food out at certain times of the day so his feeding is controlled. The only issue I see with this is that there may not be any that handle wet food and I told him I'm reluctant to use dried during the day because I believe I would have problems getting them to eat the wet when I need them to. We will work on this part.
All in all I was very pleased with our visit. He spent over an hour talking to me and telling me everything from the history of the cat lines and their eating/diet requirements to allergies, asthma, vaccinations and their affects on diabetics. I think we are headed in the right direction once we get a couple of things in place.
Kudo's to everyone here who has worked so hard to take the right information and make it available to everyone with a diabetic cat and the support that you all give to those who need you.
He is very impressed with the spreadsheet
and supportive of using U100 syringes to dose based on BS tests. Not once did I get a lecture and all he could do was shake his head when he read the office notes from the other vet. When he saw what happened on Monday with the other vet he told me that I made the right decision to question Nudderbaby's treatment because he didnt like the fact he got a large dose after such a small one and was not fed all day. I would never have known to question things if I hadn't found FDMB!!He's not convinced Nudderbaby has asthma and suggested an allergy test to see if that is an alternative but didnt pressure me about it and said he wants to get his diabetes under control and then see if we need to try the test. He also agreed with me giving half the dose of albuterol than what was originally prescribed and wants to stay as low as possible without compromising the asthma symptoms.
One thing he suggested was to stay away from Neosporin on the ears and use vaseline or a&d ointment because there could be some forms of sugar in the Neosporin or triple antibiotic ointments.
He wanted to know who the manufacturer of the Prozinc was because there are some companies who have a history of inconsistency with vial concentration. He wants to stay with the Prozinc but said if he doesn't adapt that we will try Glargine. I'm also supposed to pull the dose, warm it in my hands until I cant tell the difference between my hand and the syringe, pull some air into the syringe, roll it in my hands to mix the insulin again, tap the bubbles to the top and then push the air out until an insulin drop comes.
He is completely supportive of a wet diet but wants me to use the prescription wet Purina DM because he said that different lots of the same brands of commercial foods can be inconsistent with carb count. This makes sense to me as I used to work for a pharmaceutical company and am familiar with the Quality Assurance process done on prescription medications before the lot is approved to be released. I am going to try the DM and he said if they dont like it that we'll try a different one. The price is pretty similar to what I'm feeding, maybe just a little more but if I can get him OTJ it will payoff in the long run.
I forgot to take my meter with me so I need to have my daughter take it and Nudderbaby in Monday so he can calibrate it with their system so he knows when I send the spreadsheet to him with the curves that they are close and how we need to proceed.
He also showed me how to slice the cat in to 7 days for insulin dosing so he doesnt get shots in the same place over a one week period. He was relieved that I was not using alcohol on the skin before shooting and only using it on the vial.
Something else he suggested was finding a feeder that puts a certain amount of food out at certain times of the day so his feeding is controlled. The only issue I see with this is that there may not be any that handle wet food and I told him I'm reluctant to use dried during the day because I believe I would have problems getting them to eat the wet when I need them to. We will work on this part.
All in all I was very pleased with our visit. He spent over an hour talking to me and telling me everything from the history of the cat lines and their eating/diet requirements to allergies, asthma, vaccinations and their affects on diabetics. I think we are headed in the right direction once we get a couple of things in place.
