Hi all
So I spoke to the vet very quickly, and he is not the one generally treating Gem so he's only sort of familiar with her case. Anyway, here's what he had to say:
*fructosamine was low 300's - he said that means that even though it's a bit high, she's fairly well regulated - I don't know what he means by that
*he wants to run a urine culture because whatever test they already did on her urine showed some bacteria. She's already had an antibiotic shot and is taking oral antibiotics (they really want to make sure she doesn't get an infection from the open wounds) so I don't know what else would be done if she does test positive for a UTI, but we'll see
*her cortisol level is still high, ideally we'd like to see that coming down, but it's only been 2 weeks on the trilostane. He is sending the results to Dr Peterson to look at, I assume he will have more insight into the numbers as far as that's concerned
*I asked whether he felt that the Cushing's and/or Trilostane would affect how her body handles insulin. He said no, other than that if the cortisol levels were more regulated, it would help the BG levels. I will follow up with Dr P on this as well
I still don't know what to make of Gem's SS numbers. Today's was really unexpected. This is hard, guys!!
So I spoke to the vet very quickly, and he is not the one generally treating Gem so he's only sort of familiar with her case. Anyway, here's what he had to say:
*fructosamine was low 300's - he said that means that even though it's a bit high, she's fairly well regulated - I don't know what he means by that
*he wants to run a urine culture because whatever test they already did on her urine showed some bacteria. She's already had an antibiotic shot and is taking oral antibiotics (they really want to make sure she doesn't get an infection from the open wounds) so I don't know what else would be done if she does test positive for a UTI, but we'll see
*her cortisol level is still high, ideally we'd like to see that coming down, but it's only been 2 weeks on the trilostane. He is sending the results to Dr Peterson to look at, I assume he will have more insight into the numbers as far as that's concerned
*I asked whether he felt that the Cushing's and/or Trilostane would affect how her body handles insulin. He said no, other than that if the cortisol levels were more regulated, it would help the BG levels. I will follow up with Dr P on this as well
I still don't know what to make of Gem's SS numbers. Today's was really unexpected. This is hard, guys!!