5 year old Marley was diagnosed over a year ago with Diabetes. Because he's so young our Vet is convinced that he still manufactures some of his own insulin - how much and when we never know. This has made regulating Marley an absolute nightmare.
Over a year later, and he's still not regulated. He still collapses on me when his sugar drops - it's the most frightening thing ever....and really sad to watch.
We do regular curves which are awful - sticking Marley in the ear sometimes a dozen times before we can get a good blood droplet...I usually end up in tears at the end.
His readings are all over the charts - 475 - 200 - 57....never consistent.
Just yesterday he collapsed 3 times on our afternoon walk...I was no where near my car and we had to make our way across the entire park to get to it.
My partner Karla and I are at our wits end.
Now on top of all of this - Marley has developed cataracts and his vision is really bad. We were already told by an Eye Specialist that they won't do surgery on Marley until his sugar is regulated - great.
So here we are- Marley has unregulated Diabetes, our Vet raises and lowers his insulin doses - we start from scratch - we do more curves - he's OK for a couple weeks - then his levels drop - he collapses again - our Vet changes his insulin dose again - we start from scratch again - over and over and over.
We feel absolutely lost - and no where near regulated our poor boy who's suffering all this time.
We're emotionally (and financially) drained.
Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Over a year later, and he's still not regulated. He still collapses on me when his sugar drops - it's the most frightening thing ever....and really sad to watch.
We do regular curves which are awful - sticking Marley in the ear sometimes a dozen times before we can get a good blood droplet...I usually end up in tears at the end.
His readings are all over the charts - 475 - 200 - 57....never consistent.
Just yesterday he collapsed 3 times on our afternoon walk...I was no where near my car and we had to make our way across the entire park to get to it.
My partner Karla and I are at our wits end.
Now on top of all of this - Marley has developed cataracts and his vision is really bad. We were already told by an Eye Specialist that they won't do surgery on Marley until his sugar is regulated - great.
So here we are- Marley has unregulated Diabetes, our Vet raises and lowers his insulin doses - we start from scratch - we do more curves - he's OK for a couple weeks - then his levels drop - he collapses again - our Vet changes his insulin dose again - we start from scratch again - over and over and over.
We feel absolutely lost - and no where near regulated our poor boy who's suffering all this time.
We're emotionally (and financially) drained.
Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
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