Paige & Oreo
Member Since 2016
Posted on the Intro board last night, though I would share my follow up here for any thoughts/advice/words of wisdom.
Oreo was just diagnosed this week and this morning we went to the vet for his first insulin shot. The doctor walked me through the home testing and the insulin (ProZinc - 1 unit) injection procedure. Overall Oreo seemed to handle both just fine. He then stayed at the vet for them to monitor and asked me to pick him up at the end of the day for injection #2.
Around 5pm, the doctor gave me a call. Over the day, his blood sugar had dropped from 431 pre injection to 48. Given that, we decide to skip the injection this evening, and I'm going back tomorrow for round 2 with a half unit dose. I picked him up around 8pm and we did his blood sugar again, this time checking in at 130.
I think this is encouraging? His appetite seems to be coming back, so that's exciting! Can't wait for him to gain back the weight and start acting more like his normal self.
I asked about ketones (thank you Mogs!) and the vet confirmed they had tested Oreo and he's looking good. Will be reading up more on this and getting the test strips. We also received his UTI results back - negative (yay!).
Oreo had been on Royal Canin Urinary SO (dry) for years up until a few weeks ago, when he stopped eating it (this is still a mystery - possibly a dental issue). He's been eating Fancy Feast Classics for about 2 weeks, which was chosen mostly because that's what I bought in a panic when he wasn't eating. The vet wants to keep him on the Fancy Feast for now, and thinks the increase in water from wet food will be enough protection from the urinary tract blockage he's had before.
Any tips on feeding wet food? This is new to me. He doesn't eat a ton at once, but I'm at work/school a lot of the day and can't just leave it out for hours (right?). How do you all handle this?
I think I can figure out a 12 hour schedule at 6a/p. I'm usual up early and this should give me a window to do the injection in my tiny window between work and school. What if at some point I need to change this? Do I just work it incrementally?
Beyond spreadsheets, any online tools/apps you all use to monitor?
What should I know that I'm not thinking of?
Oreo was just diagnosed this week and this morning we went to the vet for his first insulin shot. The doctor walked me through the home testing and the insulin (ProZinc - 1 unit) injection procedure. Overall Oreo seemed to handle both just fine. He then stayed at the vet for them to monitor and asked me to pick him up at the end of the day for injection #2.
Around 5pm, the doctor gave me a call. Over the day, his blood sugar had dropped from 431 pre injection to 48. Given that, we decide to skip the injection this evening, and I'm going back tomorrow for round 2 with a half unit dose. I picked him up around 8pm and we did his blood sugar again, this time checking in at 130.
I think this is encouraging? His appetite seems to be coming back, so that's exciting! Can't wait for him to gain back the weight and start acting more like his normal self.
I asked about ketones (thank you Mogs!) and the vet confirmed they had tested Oreo and he's looking good. Will be reading up more on this and getting the test strips. We also received his UTI results back - negative (yay!).
Oreo had been on Royal Canin Urinary SO (dry) for years up until a few weeks ago, when he stopped eating it (this is still a mystery - possibly a dental issue). He's been eating Fancy Feast Classics for about 2 weeks, which was chosen mostly because that's what I bought in a panic when he wasn't eating. The vet wants to keep him on the Fancy Feast for now, and thinks the increase in water from wet food will be enough protection from the urinary tract blockage he's had before.
Any tips on feeding wet food? This is new to me. He doesn't eat a ton at once, but I'm at work/school a lot of the day and can't just leave it out for hours (right?). How do you all handle this?
I think I can figure out a 12 hour schedule at 6a/p. I'm usual up early and this should give me a window to do the injection in my tiny window between work and school. What if at some point I need to change this? Do I just work it incrementally?
Beyond spreadsheets, any online tools/apps you all use to monitor?
What should I know that I'm not thinking of?
