Angel Sadie Lynn passed on Dec 30, 2015

[k9diabetes]

Re: Sadie Lynn

I have seen quite a few mini Schnauzers whose insulin needs vary significantly over the course of a year. They will go along fine on a dose for months and then suddenly that dose is too much.

May be related triglycerides or something else entirely.

So you may find that there isn't one dose that's right for long periods of time.

It is important to give things time to settle. Some dogs need a couple of weeks to develop a long-term pattern. Slow methodical changes seem glacial but actually are the fastest way to get to the best dose.

Natalie

[WRoberson]

Re: Sadie Lynn

Update:

Sadie is home and doing great! A very low level UTI was the giving her and I fits.

Now on 7 units and doing great...

[k9diabetes]

Re: Sadie Lynn

Wonderful news!! I think we all have come to appreciate the "Just a UTI" news.

Natalie

[amydunn19]

Re: Sadie Lynn

UTI's are so frustrating and common with diabetes. Any time I start seeing Maggie's numbers go up, even if she has no symptoms, I start with a UTI. 90% of the time, it is the culprit. Glad you figured it out!

[WRoberson]

Update: Sadie Lynn

Sadie was on a mild dose of pain medicine for sometime before she became diabetic. She has a painful left front leg/paw for which we can not find a cause. This has been an ongoing battle for the last couple of years.

She has been off all meds except insulin for the last six or eight months.
She has diabetic nerve damage to her rear legs but this is slowly getting better with the passage of time. Her left front leg/paw is getting worst.

So I am on the hunt for a pain med or therapy for the front leg/paw that will work and that would have little or no effect on her blood glucose curves.

We have our monthly Vet visit coming up and I would like to have some ideas to put on my Talking list.

Any Suggestions?

FYI her latest curve:
6AM 90
8AM 166
10AM 144
12N 130
2PM 96
6PM 116

Her running average for the Month:
6AM 136
8AM 221
10AM 145
12N 141
2PM 141
4PM 182
6PM 227

7 units of Levemir @ 6 and 6, holding steady at 29lbs.

[amydunn19]

Re: Sadie Lynn

Maggie could always do Tramadol with no problems but would get horribly sick on Rimadyl. Beyond that, I haven't used anything else.

The curve is perfection. The lower range can be hard to maintain but with you guys being around her all the time, you will keep her safe.

[WRoberson]

Re: Sadie Lynn

Thanks Amy, Tramadol is now on the list. She had been on the Rimadyl for a short period with no real effect noted. She had been on prednisone but never again!

As to the numbers her lows are in the 80 to 100 range with my VET giving me a low action number of anything is the seventies or lower. So far in the last month or so 88 has been the lowest recorded so We continue to coast along....

[Monsters Momma]

Re: Update: Sadie Lynn

Those are awesome numbers!! We would be coasting too!

[WRoberson]

Re: Sadie Lynn

I knew it was going along too easy! I should have never said anything!

Todays curve:

6AM 245
8AM 241
10AM 174
12N 207
2PM 246
4PM 405
6PM 478

She hasn't seen 400's in months. Gave 1 unit extra at 6PM for a total 8.
Looks like I'm up for a long night.

Should have never said a $^&*&% thing.

[Carol & Milo]

Re: Sadie Lynn

The last 2 curves you posted were great and she even had several numbers in the 90's. I would be afraid to increase insulin with those low numbers.

Any chance she ate something extra that could have caused that increase? Milo had some wacky numbers for a while and I couldn't figure it out. Then I saw him eating bread out in the yard
Turns out the neighbor tosses bread out for the birds....then they fly over my yard and drop it. Now I have to check the yard before I let him out

Carol & Milo

[amydunn19]

Re: Sadie Lynn

If she didn't get into anything, I would look for an infection of some variety or some pain somewhere. We forgot to tell you to whisper any good news or updates - they will make a liar out of you every time.

[WRoberson]

Re: Sadie Lynn

"I would look for an infection of some variety or some pain somewhere"

Amy that very well could be it.

Carol, I've torn the place apart looking for her secret stash of "no no foods".

But I have noticed her favoring her left leg again so it could very well be an infection.

And now at 10PM she is throwing up her evening chow $%^&*, yep, a long night ahead.

[WRoberson]

Re: Sadie Lynn

As the stage lights dimmed around here last night, our Sadie was chucking her chow and not in the best of shape. The rest of the night she rattled the roof off with her snoring until the sound of her food bowl being filled this morning.

Morning fast number? 85 This down from a high of 483 at 8pm

[WRoberson]

Re: Sadie Lynn

Well here the days numbers....

6AM 83
10AM 123
12N 114
2PM 109
4PM 105
6PM 260

The 6PM was after a session of "its my toy, you cann't have it".

So after yesterday I'd say today we had a good one.

[Judi]

Re: Sadie Lynn

looks really good