Angel Monk... passed away March 6, 2012

[Patty]

Re: Monkey

Hi Betty!
How are thing with Monk?
Patty

[Patty]

Re: Monkey

Hi Betty,
I hope you don't mind me pulling your thread up. I saw your name pop up tonight when I was online and wondered how you and Monk were getting along. I hope all is well.
Take care,
Patty

[bowens2]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

Wow I think its been a few years since I have posted. I have visited the forum a few times but did not post.

I am Monkey's Mama. Just a quick note, Monkey was doing fine up until today when we picked him up from the vets after we had been away for 10 days. Monk is panting and restless, drinking more water than normal, but eating. He seemed not to recognize us and seemed confused. I also think he is constipated which is very unusal for him. He has been home for a little over 6 hours. Now that doesn't sound bad but Monk usually goes about 6 times a day and within 15 minutes of eating and that's not happening. So I was looking for posts about constipation but did not find anything.

Thanks
Monk's Mom Betty

Monk's glucose level showed negative on a diastix. (Yeh I know after all these years you would think I would have mastered the blood and meter but he has done well and it has not been necessary.)

[k9diabetes]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

Goodness Betty.... did they say when this started with him?

He seemed not to recognize us and seemed confused.

This is especially frightening to me.

I haven't seen much problems with constipation among the dogs here but I'm really rather worried about your description of Monk. Are you going to take him back to the vet?

Natalie

[Judi]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

I hope his confusion is temporary. Have you boarded him before? My non diabetic dog really only likes to do his 2's in his own backyard. So he has been bound up after being at the kennel in the past.

I hope you can get Monk back to the vet. This certainly sounds worrisome. Judi

[bowens2]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

OK He finally went but he is panting and won't lay down. Just paces around the house. He ate his food but not his broccoli which he usually loves. I've tested his urine he is still negative. He has drank a lot and peed a lot. He might not be so confused now but he is certainly restless and panting which makes me think he has pain somewhere. We have palpitated (?spelling) all around his body but nothing seems to make him react as though it hurts. I even tried ear medicine because he gets so many ear infections. He absolutely can't lay down. I don't know what I am going to do with him during the night. I really don't want to subject him to more stress. They said he was fine the whole time we were gone but did act a little out of it this morning and apparently didn't eat right away but they did give him his shot. They gave him a bath too. I'm really upset. I will take him in the morning but I don't really want to. I was hoping it was just low glucose and he would come around but I don't think he is going to.
Thanks for your concern and if you have any advice I would welcome it. Hope everything is well on your end.

[bowens2]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

I've given him a little extra food so I expect him to have a higher than normal reading in the morning. I'm going to check him again in a few minutes. All he wants to do is follow my husband around panting and he normally does his own thing. I'm really upset at my vet. I have a feeling they did not monitor him very closely.

[bowens2]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

His tail is not tucked under his body which is what he usually does when he gets sick and he still wags it. He acts like he is still looking for food but won't eat brocolli but will eat kibble if I give it to him.

[Patty]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

Gosh Betty, I'm worried too. I'm surprised he was negative on the diastix with the drinking and urinating.

I'm glad his constipation seems to have resolved. Sometimes a little canned pumpkin puree can help for future reference.

I wonder too if he didn't eat right away, yet they gave his shot and later gave a bath if he was running low. I know he usually has a pretty flat curve on Lantus, but just a thought.

Keep us posted on how he's doing.
Patty

[bowens2]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

Ok I think it was his ears. I put a little more ear medicine in because the bottle was almost empty, I thought maybe I didn't get enough deep down in. I held the bottle upside down for a few minutes and put more in and made sure it was down in the ear. The thing was his ears weren't really red like they usually are and he usually uses his back leg to scratch when he has an ear infection but he has neuropathy (?spelling) in his back legs and they really look weak so maybe he was just to weak to reach his ears.

I'm still really upset with the vet though. If it was that severe it didn't just start this morning.

So the good thing is he is now resting and breathing normally.

[bowens2]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

Thanks for the support and I will let you know how it goes thru the night and when I talk to the vet in the morning. Its just that he must have been in severe pain to act so out of it plus I think his ears must have been throbbing and possibly could not hear because of it.

[bowens2]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

Ok now he is back up and panting again. I don't know what it is. That didn't last very long. Hopefully he can get some rest some how. I'll let you all know in the morning. If he wasn't eating and wagging his tail, I would take him to the emergency vet but since that seems ok I'm going to wait and see how he is in the morning instead of adding to his stress.

[CarolW]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

Gosh, Betty; I'm SO sorry Monk is having these difficulties. I don't know about giving him that shot when he hadn't eaten. And then a bath on top of that - and if his ears are hurting; GOSH; they should have checked his ears!

I think it's not all that unusual for a dog who has been boarded for a week or more to act confused for a bit after coming home, but I don't think it should last hours, either.

I'll be here watching for a short time; perhaps in the wee hours, too. Hope to heck Monk feels better very soon. If not, of course, it's vet-time.

Love and hugs, licks and wags,
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:33:06 (PST)

[k9diabetes]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

Betty and I spent most of an evening posting back and forth the day he was first put on Lantus. So Monk and Betty have long had a special place in my heart. Will be anxiously checking for news about Monk tomorrow. Wishing you a peaceful night.

Natalie

[bowens2]

Re: Please update us on how you are doing

I think Monk does have a severe ear infection. I am taking him back in today even though I think he is slowing getting better. I hate to submit him to more stress but he is still restless and could not walk this morning but I think that is due to the fact his natural reaction is to scratch his ears and he doesn't seem to be able to but his legs want to. He is no longer panting but he is still very restless. He is acting more like himself now and ate well but still drinking water even though his glucose was not high this morning.

He finally settled down for good around 3:30am this morning when I put a second dose of ear medication in his ears. So I think with a few more applications of ear medication he may be fine.

I'll update after he sees the vet.