AlyMcF
Member Since 2014
Wondering what to make of this. 12 yr old Sketch was boarded at the vet this past week (we were away) and during this time, he went from needing 3 units of insulin 2x per day in order to keep his BG numbers good, to suddenly his BG being around 50 one morning before his shot (which they of course did not administer). His number stayed low for a few days, so he appeared to be in remission. Then right before he left the vet to come home his BG was around 450. A few hours later today, at home, it was 487. The vet said if it doesn't go below 200 in the next day, to restart him on insulin, 2 units.
What could be going on?
History: he was originally diagnosed with diabetes November 2014 and went into remission quickly, after two weeks of insulin and a switch to a low carb diet. He was good until about June 2015. Then the peeing and water drinking increased and within a week he suddenly had severe pancreatitis. I wrote about that in another thread. It took a week or so, but he recovered from that. His insulin needs kept increasing for a few weeks up to 3 units per day (lantus glargine) then suddenly we had the drop and then spike I mentioned at the beginning.
What could be going on?
History: he was originally diagnosed with diabetes November 2014 and went into remission quickly, after two weeks of insulin and a switch to a low carb diet. He was good until about June 2015. Then the peeing and water drinking increased and within a week he suddenly had severe pancreatitis. I wrote about that in another thread. It took a week or so, but he recovered from that. His insulin needs kept increasing for a few weeks up to 3 units per day (lantus glargine) then suddenly we had the drop and then spike I mentioned at the beginning.
