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New Diagnosis :( Our Saga & Questions
This is my first ever experience dealing with a dog with diabetes. Daisy (my beloved "soul dog" is a 13 year old female rat terrier).
She was diagnosed Jan. 24 when I took her in to the vet due to obvious weight loss, excessive thirst and urination. Her blood glucose was too high to register on the machine
Vet started her on 6 units of Vetsulin twice a day. And I brought her back the following afternoon after two injections and glucose as 363. He upped to the dosage to 8 units and by Monday it was 318, so he increased dosage to 9 units and said to come back in a week. At next visit is was 236. Dosage kept at 9 units and come back in a week. At that visit, however, her glucose read as a 74? so he lowered it back to 8 and yesterday after another week, it only read 58!! So he's again lowered it to 6 units in the evening and 7 in the morning.
She has, by the way, put weight back on starting almost immediately and has gained about 4 lbs in a little less than a month - which she desperately needed.
These latest reading are being taken at the vet's office late in the afternoon (4 pm) at his request. I was given to understand that because I give her shots at 6 am and 6 pm that at 4 pm, one would expect her levels would be on the increase? Or do I have that wrong? The assistants said it wasn't too low and to just observe for signs that she might need a dose of Karo syrup to get her blood sugar up (which I'm not home M-F to do regardless during the day).
Sorry for the long post, if you read it all and have any insight I'd be grateful. Is this somewhat "normal"? Is it perhaps due to being more controlled and leveling out as opposed to when she was first diagnosed?
She has also seemed to have lost most her eyesight (cataracts) and most of her hearing. I love this little girl so much and this is all a bit overwhelming. Especially giving the injections, but that's probably a whole 'nother post!
She was diagnosed Jan. 24 when I took her in to the vet due to obvious weight loss, excessive thirst and urination. Her blood glucose was too high to register on the machine
Vet started her on 6 units of Vetsulin twice a day. And I brought her back the following afternoon after two injections and glucose as 363. He upped to the dosage to 8 units and by Monday it was 318, so he increased dosage to 9 units and said to come back in a week. At next visit is was 236. Dosage kept at 9 units and come back in a week. At that visit, however, her glucose read as a 74? so he lowered it back to 8 and yesterday after another week, it only read 58!! So he's again lowered it to 6 units in the evening and 7 in the morning.She has, by the way, put weight back on starting almost immediately and has gained about 4 lbs in a little less than a month - which she desperately needed.
These latest reading are being taken at the vet's office late in the afternoon (4 pm) at his request. I was given to understand that because I give her shots at 6 am and 6 pm that at 4 pm, one would expect her levels would be on the increase? Or do I have that wrong? The assistants said it wasn't too low and to just observe for signs that she might need a dose of Karo syrup to get her blood sugar up (which I'm not home M-F to do regardless during the day).
Sorry for the long post, if you read it all and have any insight I'd be grateful. Is this somewhat "normal"? Is it perhaps due to being more controlled and leveling out as opposed to when she was first diagnosed?
She has also seemed to have lost most her eyesight (cataracts) and most of her hearing. I love this little girl so much and this is all a bit overwhelming. Especially giving the injections, but that's probably a whole 'nother post!
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