LuvinThisPig
Member Since 2017
Last Condo
My god is it good to be home! There is so much to tell, so let me start:
First off, I do apologize for dropping off the face of the earth like that. The situation that I put my boys and myself into after Washington was NOT a good one. I mentioned in prior posts that Pig was my emotional support/service guy and there is a legitimate reason for that. I suffer from some very severe anxiety and panic attacks. More recently, they diagnosed me as high functioning ASD, which accounts for a lot of what I struggle with. I only bring this up to help reason why I disappeared for so long. I allowed this situation to intimidate, panic, and dissuade me from being online. Even now I do not want to go into it in the open forums but will explain privately to anyone who is curious or would like to know what happened. It was not a good situation and one I will NEVER put my boys back into.
But. That's over now and we are starting fresh. Pig has been doing pretty good, actually. His kidney values fluctuate with his bladder retention but I have a plan in place to work on that. As sad as I am to say this, the raw and homecooked diets proved to be far to constipating for him. I tried everything. I could not give him anymore Miralax and the Lactulose was so hard on him that even Pig turned down food!
Needless to say, I pulled him off of that. Basically, I stopped and went back to the last thing that worked and I am seeing progress in his numbers every day.
Currently, I am working some insane hours. I accepted a promotion at work which brought with it an insane pay raise of which I am very thankful. It has not been easy, though, and I find myself struggling to dose Pig because my data is lacking. He has been so erratic with the extreme swings between good bowel movements that I do not feel many of my numbers are an accurate indicator of where he plans to go. This is another reason it was vital to find a diet that would work with his complicated digestive issues. I also find myself being a bit wussy when I dose before work because I will most likely not be home for 10+ hours. I am getting over that.
For now, he is eating Weruva and still getting the same meds. We have continued the Assisi loop treatment because I can tell you, the difference in bladder function and ability to stand in the litter box is tremendous. Its a bit expensive, but the loop as proven far worth its cost. I've been able to pull most of his values back down into normal range and he is no longer struggling with extreme bladder retention unless he is overly constipated. The puddles he can pee now are astounding! Pig is a feisty, hungry, and adorable as ever and we are so glad to finally be back!
@Wendy&Neko @JeffJ
My god is it good to be home! There is so much to tell, so let me start:
First off, I do apologize for dropping off the face of the earth like that. The situation that I put my boys and myself into after Washington was NOT a good one. I mentioned in prior posts that Pig was my emotional support/service guy and there is a legitimate reason for that. I suffer from some very severe anxiety and panic attacks. More recently, they diagnosed me as high functioning ASD, which accounts for a lot of what I struggle with. I only bring this up to help reason why I disappeared for so long. I allowed this situation to intimidate, panic, and dissuade me from being online. Even now I do not want to go into it in the open forums but will explain privately to anyone who is curious or would like to know what happened. It was not a good situation and one I will NEVER put my boys back into.
But. That's over now and we are starting fresh. Pig has been doing pretty good, actually. His kidney values fluctuate with his bladder retention but I have a plan in place to work on that. As sad as I am to say this, the raw and homecooked diets proved to be far to constipating for him. I tried everything. I could not give him anymore Miralax and the Lactulose was so hard on him that even Pig turned down food!
Needless to say, I pulled him off of that. Basically, I stopped and went back to the last thing that worked and I am seeing progress in his numbers every day. Currently, I am working some insane hours. I accepted a promotion at work which brought with it an insane pay raise of which I am very thankful. It has not been easy, though, and I find myself struggling to dose Pig because my data is lacking. He has been so erratic with the extreme swings between good bowel movements that I do not feel many of my numbers are an accurate indicator of where he plans to go. This is another reason it was vital to find a diet that would work with his complicated digestive issues. I also find myself being a bit wussy when I dose before work because I will most likely not be home for 10+ hours. I am getting over that.
For now, he is eating Weruva and still getting the same meds. We have continued the Assisi loop treatment because I can tell you, the difference in bladder function and ability to stand in the litter box is tremendous. Its a bit expensive, but the loop as proven far worth its cost. I've been able to pull most of his values back down into normal range and he is no longer struggling with extreme bladder retention unless he is overly constipated. The puddles he can pee now are astounding! Pig is a feisty, hungry, and adorable as ever and we are so glad to finally be back!
@Wendy&Neko @JeffJ
Poor Tail slept like a rock! 
