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My 2 year old son was diagnosed with severe allergies and now asthma, and I sadly have been trying to find new homes for our three cats.

In the meantime my husband decided that Sasha no longer has diabetes. He has no evidence of this, since he does not do blood testing. Nevertheless, I am hoping he is right. My husband stopped giving Sasha his Lantus shots two weeks ago. I told him it was dangerous and may result in the cat's death, but he would not listen.

The cat is still alive and seems fine, active, happy. Since we are looking for a new home for him and the other cats, I thought I better see how his diabetes is doing.

Yesterday morning at 6 am before eating his blood glucose was 146. At 7 am, one hour after eating Friskies canned liver and chicken dinner, it was 99. 1:30 pm 89. Today 10 am 95. What does this mean? (keep in mind he has had no insulin injections for 2 weeks) Perhaps the 146 was an error?

Please give me your feedback. I know what my husband did was wrong. I don't control his behavior. However, it seems the cat is in remission, right?

Sheryl
 
Re: possible remission Sasha male

Thank you for your ongoing help. You are the most caring group of people I have ever known. Yes I know I posted yesterday. I added one more bg test yesterday, plus one this morning. That is my curve. It has been under 100 and above 50, except the first one which may have been an error. He hasn't had insulin in at least two weeks. Maybe three. Before that my husband was giving it to him once a day, and yes I told him it was not correct to do it that way. I hope the cat is cured. If anyone lives within 100 miles of Minneapolis Minnesota, I can bring Sasha to you, as he needs a new home. If it weren't for the allergies and asthma, I might be looking for a new home for the husband instead of the cats. Is there a certain time of day when bg would tend to be highest? I can test at that time too.

Sheryl
 
The only way you are going to know if Sasha is in remission is first to do a curve so you have baseline data since you have no test data basically since March. These are the OTJ trial instructions:

  • Test at your normal AMPS and PMPS times. Feed multiple small meals throughout the day as much as possible (small meals are less likely to overwhelm a newly functioning pancreas).
  • If Sasha is green at your normal test times, no need to test further until the next "PS" time, just feed small meals and go about your day. If he is blue, feed a small meal and test again after about 3 hours. If his number is lower 3-4 hours after a meal, then his pancreas is working!
  • Sometimes the trial doesn't work the first time and we have to give a little more support in the form of resuming insulin. It's not the end of the world if that happens, we just give him the support he needs. Our goal is a strong remission and it's better to take our time to get that than to rush into remission just to have it fail later on.
If you truly believe Sasha is in remission, you need to follow the above instructions. Otherwise, if you are attempting to re-home Sasha, you are placing your cat with a family who is not going to be prepared to assume his needs in a responsible way. If Sasha is still diabetic and not given insulin, you are putting him at risk or you will be asking someone to unknowingly assume huge vet bills should he develop DKA or some diabetes related condition due to lack of treatment.
 
Sheryl I'm sorry about your son's health problems. Did the allergist say you had to give up your pets? My son who is now 22 was dx when he was 3. He would cough at night so hard from the time he was 6 months that he vomited. He tested allergic to dogs and cats of course we had both. He was started on Singulair and inhalers with neb tx for flare ups. Our allergist also a pulmonologist was so sensitive to our family. He advised that he never told people to remove their pets at first because it is traumatic on the family especially if other kids 'cause they blame the child. We did all the bedroom stuff got rid of stuffed animals, rugs drapes etc.and with the meds he did fine.

It's not uncommon for those allergic to have built up a tolerance for their own pets. My son had more of a problem with cellars mold and when he was exposed to cigarettes or got a cold. Those were more of a trigger than our pets. I don't know your particular situation and you have to ultimately do what you think is best but some MDs find it so easy to tell you to get rid of your pets. BTW my son's asthma went into remission around age of 12. He had his own kitty that slept with him without any probs. He has a cat now in his apt that stays in his room.

You may have tried everything already in which case I'm sorry for what your going through and wish you the best. If you want the best for you sugarcat it is best to follow Sienne's advise it will make it easier to place him or if you have to surrender him.Good luck.
 
Re: possible remission in Sasha male

I would never give Sasha to someone without letting them know he had or has diabetes. I will provide the new owner, when I find someone, with all the blood glucose testing equipment and the unused Lantus. That said, if anyone within 100 miles of Minneapolis, Minnesota would provide a loving home for him, I would be forever grateful. He is 10 years old, very loving indoor/outdoor cat, unless you are a rabbit or a mouse. With the TLC of someone on the FDMB as his new parent, I expect he will live to be 30.
 
Numbers under 100 for two weeks without insulin sounds pretty darn good. :mrgreen:

Very sorry about the allergies and asthma for your son, that is an ongoing and troublesome problem deal with I'm sure.
You obviously love your kitties and I hope you find a loving home for your Sasha.
 
I do love my cats, and animals in general. However, I can't pet them or give them the attention they deserve because I also am allergic and have asthma. I have to take steroids to be able to breathe. I took my son to 5 different doctors who all said that the best thing to do is find new homes for the cats. I don't want to put my son 2 year old son on steroids for the asthma, and frankly I would be relieved to be able to breathe better in my own home after we find homes for them. If you know anyone who would take a beautiful male cat with a history of diabetes, please contact me.

Sheryl
 
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