JeanK
Member
I just have to shout out a great big ole THANK YOU to this board and its members. You saved my boy's life last night.
I ran out of test strips a couple of days ago and hadn't opened the new ones right away. Blaze's numbers have been stable if not great, and I thought we'd be okay for a day or two (you know, the way my vet wanted to do things when we started).
At midnight last night I gave my boy his usual meal and his usual shot, and I dozed off. About a half hour later something jolted me awake. Blaze was stumbling around the room, sniffing at every single thing, trying to eat plastic bags, and clumsily walking into and over things (stepping on his sibs and into his food bowl) like he couldn't see them. His ears were at high pointy alert, and his eyes were huge and glassy. I put food in front of him, but he only tasted it and staggered on. Because he kept going in circles, at first I thought it was neurological, that he was having a stroke or a seizure. He resisted being held, didn't respond when I called his name, and really didn't seem externally aware.
Then (cue the herald horns) I remembered all the FAQs and "start-up" messages I'd read when I first joined the board, and the word SUGAR! flashed through my brain practically in neon lights. I grabbed the test kit and found that the poor guy's sugar was only 32! I fingered some honey into his mouth, and when he finally settled and started to come back to himself, offered food again, including a small amount of high-carb crunchies, and this time he ate ravenously. When at last he pressed the length of his body up against me and started purring I could have wept with relief. He slept deeply. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much after all that! Today he seems well recovered and back to his sweet normal self.
Thank God and thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou! I am SO glad this board exists!
I ran out of test strips a couple of days ago and hadn't opened the new ones right away. Blaze's numbers have been stable if not great, and I thought we'd be okay for a day or two (you know, the way my vet wanted to do things when we started).
At midnight last night I gave my boy his usual meal and his usual shot, and I dozed off. About a half hour later something jolted me awake. Blaze was stumbling around the room, sniffing at every single thing, trying to eat plastic bags, and clumsily walking into and over things (stepping on his sibs and into his food bowl) like he couldn't see them. His ears were at high pointy alert, and his eyes were huge and glassy. I put food in front of him, but he only tasted it and staggered on. Because he kept going in circles, at first I thought it was neurological, that he was having a stroke or a seizure. He resisted being held, didn't respond when I called his name, and really didn't seem externally aware.
Then (cue the herald horns) I remembered all the FAQs and "start-up" messages I'd read when I first joined the board, and the word SUGAR! flashed through my brain practically in neon lights. I grabbed the test kit and found that the poor guy's sugar was only 32! I fingered some honey into his mouth, and when he finally settled and started to come back to himself, offered food again, including a small amount of high-carb crunchies, and this time he ate ravenously. When at last he pressed the length of his body up against me and started purring I could have wept with relief. He slept deeply. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much after all that! Today he seems well recovered and back to his sweet normal self.
Thank God and thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou! I am SO glad this board exists!
