Thanks to everybody who has looked in on Patty Cake's case, and good thoughts to those who are struggling tonight
Today, PK was supposed to get her first insulin shot, but I wanted to negotiate over the testing regime and the type of insulin. This turned out to be probably an error, as I spent half the day trying to find the vets or the technicians - and then I missed their call, which was just for rescheduling.
In the meantime, I retested her for ketones. I didn't get the strip into clean urine, just into some on top of litter. But it was not "trace" this time but moderate. Maybe I am hypersensitive because of the diagnosis, but she seems pretty weak, although I saw her eat pretty good, and she visited the water bowl, and she did pee. (It's difficult for me to isolate all these activities because there's another cat, and because dogs have been known to eat the cats' food).
Anyway, now I'm going to the ER to get Patty cake one unit of Glargine. Is that Lantus? The teaching hospital wants to sell me a meter and a vial of insulin, they say $165. Of course, it's just one vial. They are also saying that there's human insulin and then there's veterinary insulin. What about that? Her initial dose is one unit twice a day, for two weeks. I did set up an appointment for her Saturday to talk to a private clinic about how to handle the prescriptions and the testing.
I got the lab work back for PK. Her blood glucose was 300, which I understand is bad but not horrible.
Also, while she's only getting Fancy Feast paté now, and while she did eat, I would like to figure out ways to get her to eat more, so if someone could repost or point me at the good food choices, I saw it at one time but I can't remember exactly where.
She is still moving and talking, but I just did freak out a little bit and I'll check for answers when I get back from the ER.
Today, PK was supposed to get her first insulin shot, but I wanted to negotiate over the testing regime and the type of insulin. This turned out to be probably an error, as I spent half the day trying to find the vets or the technicians - and then I missed their call, which was just for rescheduling.
In the meantime, I retested her for ketones. I didn't get the strip into clean urine, just into some on top of litter. But it was not "trace" this time but moderate. Maybe I am hypersensitive because of the diagnosis, but she seems pretty weak, although I saw her eat pretty good, and she visited the water bowl, and she did pee. (It's difficult for me to isolate all these activities because there's another cat, and because dogs have been known to eat the cats' food).
Anyway, now I'm going to the ER to get Patty cake one unit of Glargine. Is that Lantus? The teaching hospital wants to sell me a meter and a vial of insulin, they say $165. Of course, it's just one vial. They are also saying that there's human insulin and then there's veterinary insulin. What about that? Her initial dose is one unit twice a day, for two weeks. I did set up an appointment for her Saturday to talk to a private clinic about how to handle the prescriptions and the testing.
I got the lab work back for PK. Her blood glucose was 300, which I understand is bad but not horrible.
Also, while she's only getting Fancy Feast paté now, and while she did eat, I would like to figure out ways to get her to eat more, so if someone could repost or point me at the good food choices, I saw it at one time but I can't remember exactly where.
She is still moving and talking, but I just did freak out a little bit and I'll check for answers when I get back from the ER.
