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Hi Everyone, please can anyone help me with some advice as I am in despair.
I have a 7 year old female Lhasa Apso.
She was in season at the beginning of Dec 2012, the season lasted longer than normal and she was very hormonal and trying to mate with my other female dogs, which she usually does when she is in season but this time was worse than normal.
She also has a spur in her spine which she aggravates sometimes so is a bit stiff in movement so she is then treated with Metcam. Two weeks prior to Christmas she appeared to have strained her back so i was treating her with the Metcam which usuallly works but this time didnt.
I took Mindy to the Vets on the 2nd Jan 2013 who injected her with a Steroid to help with any inflamation and was told to visit them again two days later. Within 1 hour she was jumping around like an over active child and in no time was back to being very quite again. Later on during the day she started drinking loads and weeing alot, which after telephoning the Vets was told that this was a side effect of the Steroid injection and not to worry. I returned to the vets 2 days later who then prescribed me Prednidale tablets which i had to give one once a day. I gave her one tablet of which she seemed to have a reaction to so i took her back to the vets the following day. I asked them to take blood tests which came back as everything normal except for her having high sugar levels. They advised to come back in 3 days and they would check the levels again. Her blood sugar readings were 26.5 at this time and 2 days later I asked for a home visit in case stress was raising her levels but the reading was now 28, this was when the vet told me that my dog had Diabetes.
Two days later they did a Glucose curve using 3 units of insulin they had no response so sent her home for the weekend to go back in on the Monday 21st Jan to try again.
On Friday 18th Jan the vet took a blood sample to check for Cushings Disease, this test came back as negative.
On the Monday they tried her with 5 units of Insulin which they say they saw a curve with. So I was sent home to inject her twice a day with 5 units. 2 days later 23rd back to the vets her reading was now 30. We increased to 7 units for 2 days, back to the vets 25th Jan her reading was now 33, we increased to 9 units for 3 days, back to the vets 28th Jan with her reading now being 36 and now have increased today to 11 units.
My concerns are why are her sugar levels still rising?
Her Urine shows Ketones (mid range) which my vet has said is normal?
Can it be anything else other than Diabetes as my dog prior to the injection had no signs what so ever?
I have read that Hyperglycemia is very similar to Diabetes?
Does Hyperglycemia respond to Insulin?
Any ones help will be greatly appreciated.
Would you get a Glucose curve in a dog even if the dog does not have Diabetes?
Thank you for taking the time to read.
I have a 7 year old female Lhasa Apso.
She was in season at the beginning of Dec 2012, the season lasted longer than normal and she was very hormonal and trying to mate with my other female dogs, which she usually does when she is in season but this time was worse than normal.
She also has a spur in her spine which she aggravates sometimes so is a bit stiff in movement so she is then treated with Metcam. Two weeks prior to Christmas she appeared to have strained her back so i was treating her with the Metcam which usuallly works but this time didnt.
I took Mindy to the Vets on the 2nd Jan 2013 who injected her with a Steroid to help with any inflamation and was told to visit them again two days later. Within 1 hour she was jumping around like an over active child and in no time was back to being very quite again. Later on during the day she started drinking loads and weeing alot, which after telephoning the Vets was told that this was a side effect of the Steroid injection and not to worry. I returned to the vets 2 days later who then prescribed me Prednidale tablets which i had to give one once a day. I gave her one tablet of which she seemed to have a reaction to so i took her back to the vets the following day. I asked them to take blood tests which came back as everything normal except for her having high sugar levels. They advised to come back in 3 days and they would check the levels again. Her blood sugar readings were 26.5 at this time and 2 days later I asked for a home visit in case stress was raising her levels but the reading was now 28, this was when the vet told me that my dog had Diabetes.
Two days later they did a Glucose curve using 3 units of insulin they had no response so sent her home for the weekend to go back in on the Monday 21st Jan to try again.
On Friday 18th Jan the vet took a blood sample to check for Cushings Disease, this test came back as negative.
On the Monday they tried her with 5 units of Insulin which they say they saw a curve with. So I was sent home to inject her twice a day with 5 units. 2 days later 23rd back to the vets her reading was now 30. We increased to 7 units for 2 days, back to the vets 25th Jan her reading was now 33, we increased to 9 units for 3 days, back to the vets 28th Jan with her reading now being 36 and now have increased today to 11 units.
My concerns are why are her sugar levels still rising?
Her Urine shows Ketones (mid range) which my vet has said is normal?
Can it be anything else other than Diabetes as my dog prior to the injection had no signs what so ever?
I have read that Hyperglycemia is very similar to Diabetes?
Does Hyperglycemia respond to Insulin?
Any ones help will be greatly appreciated.
Would you get a Glucose curve in a dog even if the dog does not have Diabetes?
Thank you for taking the time to read.
), and then adjust SLOWLY from there. As an example, and every dog / situation is different, Annie weighs 18 pounds is now getting about 8 units of Novolin-N insulin. I think Caninsulin (if that's the insulin you are using) starting dosage would be about the same (0.2 units per pound).
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