Gwen and Morris
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YAY! Vetty bean called me with results!!!! fpl is a little high, but this test is not that reliable she said.....I then said that I heard it can show a lot of false negatives....she agreed & said it can also show false positives. She is not willing to diagnose Morris with pancreatitis just yet, but she says that he appears to be having pain issues even though he is not showing it (& didn't even complain as she poked & prodded yesterday). She would like him to start on some pain meds that you just need to put a drop or two on his tongue.....I said 'Is that Bupenex?"...she said yes (seemed impressed I knew what she was talking about!). Unfortunately they don't stock it but will order it in....she hopes it will come tomorrow, but it might not be in until Monday. I asked if there would be any other clinics in town that would stock it & she doesn't think so....she thinks everyone orders it in. As he is not in extreme pain, she thinks it would be ok to wait to start this.....if he was showing more pain symptoms, she said she would start him on another pain med to take the edge off while we waited for the bupenex.
Since he is starting to eat more on his own, we are only going to address the pain issue for now (not knowing for sure if the pain is from pancreatitis or from his teeth). She is, however, concerned about his overall intake. She wants me to be carefully monitoring his food & water intake (like I'm not already!!!) and be sure that he is eating a minimum of 270 kcals per day. She also wants him to be getting a minimum of 60 mls per kg of water per day (approx 300mls per day). She knows I only feed canned & that I add water to his food, but she wants me to learn how to do SQ fluids at home so that he won't get dehydrated.
She also would like me to do a full curve on him in the near future. She said that with Lantus, getting readings every 2 hours is just fine, but she wants the curve to run a over a minimum of 16 hours. I told her I would plan a couch night for 1 night next week.
Hopefully, with all of this, we will see marked improvement in him soon! If, however, he is not getting better, then the next course of action would be to try & arrange an ultrasound - that would need to be referred out & would probably mean a trip over to Vancouver!
I am going to the clinic this afternoon (after work) to learn about SQ fluids.....while there, I will try to remember to ask for a copy of his labwork. Anything else I should check on while I'm there?!?!
Since he is starting to eat more on his own, we are only going to address the pain issue for now (not knowing for sure if the pain is from pancreatitis or from his teeth). She is, however, concerned about his overall intake. She wants me to be carefully monitoring his food & water intake (like I'm not already!!!) and be sure that he is eating a minimum of 270 kcals per day. She also wants him to be getting a minimum of 60 mls per kg of water per day (approx 300mls per day). She knows I only feed canned & that I add water to his food, but she wants me to learn how to do SQ fluids at home so that he won't get dehydrated.
She also would like me to do a full curve on him in the near future. She said that with Lantus, getting readings every 2 hours is just fine, but she wants the curve to run a over a minimum of 16 hours. I told her I would plan a couch night for 1 night next week.
Hopefully, with all of this, we will see marked improvement in him soon! If, however, he is not getting better, then the next course of action would be to try & arrange an ultrasound - that would need to be referred out & would probably mean a trip over to Vancouver!
I am going to the clinic this afternoon (after work) to learn about SQ fluids.....while there, I will try to remember to ask for a copy of his labwork. Anything else I should check on while I'm there?!?!
