blu
Member Since 2013
3 months ago Blu was diagnosed with glucose in the 500's. In retrospect, I feel terrible as I took all the signs of diabetes for simply signs of an aging cat. He had sagging skin, was lethargic, urinating lots, etc. I brought him in to the vet when I saw he had sores on his upper hocks. Today, Blu looks like a dapper young feline and is acting like one, too, chasing his buddy Stella all around the house even with neuropathy in his hind legs!
He had a sudden drop from pre-shot numbers ranging in the mid 200's -low 300's to preshot numbers in the 100's. This happened in the span of a couple of days! Had I not been glucose monitoring I would have been giving him 2u 2x a day with pre shot numbers under 100. I work long hours and I don't even like thinking of what I might have come home to had I not been checking his glucose somewhat regularly. My vet never mentioned home glucose testing, but was open to it after I asked her about it. I only knew to ask about it thanks to this site. Thank you!
We are on day 3 of no insulin, with a morning and evening glucose check. So far, the morning check has been between 62-72 and the evening check between 78-96. I'm cautiously optimistic, as the evening numbers could be a little lower, but we shall see. Either way, it's nice to see Blu improving daily - he's been a brave and patient kitty through all of this.
I really can't thank the people enough on this site who walked me through this - even though all the information is easily found in the articles and so forth on this site, it is a comfort when someone takes the time to walk you through the baby steps. THANK YOU!
He had a sudden drop from pre-shot numbers ranging in the mid 200's -low 300's to preshot numbers in the 100's. This happened in the span of a couple of days! Had I not been glucose monitoring I would have been giving him 2u 2x a day with pre shot numbers under 100. I work long hours and I don't even like thinking of what I might have come home to had I not been checking his glucose somewhat regularly. My vet never mentioned home glucose testing, but was open to it after I asked her about it. I only knew to ask about it thanks to this site. Thank you!
We are on day 3 of no insulin, with a morning and evening glucose check. So far, the morning check has been between 62-72 and the evening check between 78-96. I'm cautiously optimistic, as the evening numbers could be a little lower, but we shall see. Either way, it's nice to see Blu improving daily - he's been a brave and patient kitty through all of this.
I really can't thank the people enough on this site who walked me through this - even though all the information is easily found in the articles and so forth on this site, it is a comfort when someone takes the time to walk you through the baby steps. THANK YOU!
