Hi All,
I'm a little overwhelmed right now, so I'll probably throw together a really piecey story. I apologize in advance.
Kramer is 12 (yesterday was his birthday). He's been diabetic for almost 3 years. We test his blood regularly, and home cook for him. He has high cholesterol and triglycerides....severely high and we supplement him with every natural remedy for that (niacin, omegas, CoQ10 etc.) he also gets milk thistle and samE.
Recently his blood sugars have been stubbornly high. For about a month we've been trying very hard to manage but it seems impossible. Throughout his diabetes he's been very sensitive to insulin and has issues with short duration. So it's not normal for him not to react to insulin. He was leaking urine last week so I took him in for a urinalysis in case of UTI (I hoped for a UTI) but no such luck. He had bloodwork this week and it has come back that his normally very high liver enzymes have doubled, and his normally severly high triglycerides have doubled as well. (I can't get numbers till tuesday because Monday is a holiday here in Canada).
In order to treat the triglycerides we would have to resort to a cholesterol lowering drug, which could have adverse effects on the already stressed liver. If the cholesterol is whats causing the high blood sugars, and the blood sugars are causing the liver enzymes, its a vicious cycle and we don't know where to begin.
We're now entertaining the idea of cushings, we've never tested before because he's always been so sensitive to insulin which is the opposite of a key symptom of cushings. We may book a stim test this week, but our vet says it is "impossible" to treat a dog that has cushings and diabetes....funny but thats NOT what I heard.
On top of all of that this vet has pretty much told us that Kramer is too much of a challenge for her. And we've been through other vets in the past. We live in a small city so we don't have a ton of options and we've done our research...which can sometimes bother vets...although we're not THAT demanding, this vet that we've had lately has seemed particularly insecure and I'm worried about how she may react if faced with an emergency.
I feel like we're just expected to watch Kramers health steadily decline rather than doing anything and it KILLS me. I feel particularly defeated today considering we're faced with all of this not-so-good information we also have to search for a vet who doesn't give up.
So thats about all I can think of...and probably all you want to read!
One more thing....NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU!!!
Breanne and Kramer
I'm a little overwhelmed right now, so I'll probably throw together a really piecey story. I apologize in advance.
Kramer is 12 (yesterday was his birthday). He's been diabetic for almost 3 years. We test his blood regularly, and home cook for him. He has high cholesterol and triglycerides....severely high and we supplement him with every natural remedy for that (niacin, omegas, CoQ10 etc.) he also gets milk thistle and samE.
Recently his blood sugars have been stubbornly high. For about a month we've been trying very hard to manage but it seems impossible. Throughout his diabetes he's been very sensitive to insulin and has issues with short duration. So it's not normal for him not to react to insulin. He was leaking urine last week so I took him in for a urinalysis in case of UTI (I hoped for a UTI) but no such luck. He had bloodwork this week and it has come back that his normally very high liver enzymes have doubled, and his normally severly high triglycerides have doubled as well. (I can't get numbers till tuesday because Monday is a holiday here in Canada).
In order to treat the triglycerides we would have to resort to a cholesterol lowering drug, which could have adverse effects on the already stressed liver. If the cholesterol is whats causing the high blood sugars, and the blood sugars are causing the liver enzymes, its a vicious cycle and we don't know where to begin.
We're now entertaining the idea of cushings, we've never tested before because he's always been so sensitive to insulin which is the opposite of a key symptom of cushings. We may book a stim test this week, but our vet says it is "impossible" to treat a dog that has cushings and diabetes....funny but thats NOT what I heard.
On top of all of that this vet has pretty much told us that Kramer is too much of a challenge for her. And we've been through other vets in the past. We live in a small city so we don't have a ton of options and we've done our research...which can sometimes bother vets...although we're not THAT demanding, this vet that we've had lately has seemed particularly insecure and I'm worried about how she may react if faced with an emergency.
I feel like we're just expected to watch Kramers health steadily decline rather than doing anything and it KILLS me. I feel particularly defeated today considering we're faced with all of this not-so-good information we also have to search for a vet who doesn't give up.
So thats about all I can think of...and probably all you want to read!
One more thing....NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU!!!
Breanne and Kramer
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