Our Secret - Boo Radley

[Jessica & Boo Radley]

I feel like I'm 8 years old, hiding and holding on to a big, big secret wish...afraid to say it out loud or it won't come true. I'm a realist and a clinician .....so this feeling is strange.... interesting what true change can stir inside of you

In August it will be 1 year since Boo was diagnosed with diabetes. Since that time, we've had 3 UTI's, 2 eye infections, 1 Acute Pancreatitis attack, and 3 cases of of DKA. We've spent too many nights to remember chasing Lantus drops, and endless days bouncing around the blood sugar rainbow.

A little over 3 months ago, we switched to a new insulin and a new mindset on handling Boo's disease.

I saw glimmers of changes right away in his behavior, but I don't really think, deep down, I believed this insulin would be different, or really understood the different mindset in dosing. I'm not sure I even could at that point.

It's been a long road....but I think I finally get it. Today my mindset is different, Boo's is different, and his numbers as so different....Everything is lining up just as it should, he's happy and playful and beautiful.

I"m whispering my secret to all of you..... I think we even may be "here"....or at least, very, very close.

Thanks are not enough.

 

[Dale 'n' Chip]

If that isn't amazing.

Seems like just days ago you were having doubts about the dose.

I wonder what big role the clavomox played? After all he's been though... just amazing, antijinx.

 

[Vicky & Gandalf (GA) & Murrlin]

I love that picture!! He looks very mischievous.

There is no better testament to Levemir than a happy kitty. But you deserve a lot of the credit for switching and managing his diabetes so well.

:thumbup

 

[Jessica & Boo Radley]

Postby Dale 'n' Chip » Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:38 am
If that isn't amazing.

Seems like just days ago you were having doubts about the dose.

I wonder what big role the clavomox played? After all he's been though... just amazing, antijinx

I was - and thinking down was the right move for his blood sugar, but probably the wrong timing for his infection (the 39 a few days ago put it all in perspective). But even two weeks ago, with highs and lows, our steady was much more steady, the bounces were much quicker and the duration of days of good numbers were longer.....our results over the past three months have been getting better and better.

I read your post this morning Dale and it's actually what made me start thinking about our "journey" and the changes we've seen. I didn't know 3 months ago that Boo's response could ever be anything like this and when we first switched, I was making decisions based on that mindset. I would think most people switching over have to be in that same place because our personal histories are all we know.

A leap of faith is probably a terrible word, but it makes sense in my mind. The things Sheila and Viki have been saying are different than what I knew....... but "what I knew" clearly wasn't working.

Pretty cool if you ask me.

 

[Sheila & Beau GA & Jeddie GA]

The "feeling better/acting happier & younger" are the BEST things! I remember that with Beau.

You do know a LOT about diabetes - in humans. I would say a great deal of that can translate to cats, but not all of it. Sometimes, what we know gets in the way of learning new information. I am so glad that you could "suspend" what you knew and try a different approach and that you could tell it was working by data and observation even when it felt like it shouldn't.

And, "Go Boo Radley!" :RAHCAT
(the cat with one of the greatest names ever)

 

[Grayson & Lu]

Hi Jessica -

So glad Boo is doing so much better. Same w/ Grayson. It sometimes takes us a long time to find our path, but when we find the right one, we're in such a better place. Glad you two have found that place!

Lu-Ann