Pea was on 3u Vetsulin when she came to me, so that's what we kept her on. She had a curve done last week. My vet lowered the dose to 2u BID. Though, I'm not sure it's working as it should. From what I'm understanding she should be at a fairly level rate throughout the day? Well, she's never really been level. I only test urine at home, and while it's easy to get a morning sample I have a hard time getting an evening sample at the same time every day.
So far the morning samples have been neg. Per the advice of my vet we'll be lowering her evening dose to 1 1/2u. Her evening sample, though, is always very high. Like 200 every time. This is both before AND after she's been fed/given insulin +/- a few hours! Once I had fed her at 7:30pm and was unable to get a urine sample until 11:30pm. It came out neg. Getting her regulated is becoming quite frustrating! I'm afraid if it keeps up I'm going to be doing her more harm than good.
I'll be trying to get a few pictures of her to show if we've gotten any progress. As always, comments and advice are always welcome.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Sweet Pea!
I met Sweet Pea for the first time in Las Vegas on 06.06.08. I've never seen a dog in such bad shape. She weighed almost nothing. Every vertebrae, every rib, every bone in her itty bitty body showed. Her right eye is clouded with cataracts, her left would have followed suit soon without proper care.
Our vet visit on Tuesday (06.10.08)turned out uneventful. She weighed 7.7lbs and had all of the available bloodwork done. Today (06.12.08), though, was a bit different. I had set up an appointment to have Pea go in for a glucose curve. A glucose curve is where they keep her to monitor her blood glucose levels throughout the day. This gives an idea of when and how much insulin she'll need daily. Pea was getting three (3) units 2x/day with her meals. When her blood was checked this morning, without food or insulin, she was at 317. At 8:30am she was fed, and given her shot. Three hours later (11:30am) her level had dropped to 118. At 1:30pm it was close to 90. At 3:30pm it was at it's lowest (mid 70's). By 5:30pm, the blood glucose level had begun to rise again. The vet thought that all of the stress of a car ride and being there could have raised her levels and could have thrown off the test. We definitely don't want them to go lower. From now on, we're going to do two (2) units 2x/day with her meals. I was thinking of having them do another curve in a month or two to verify we're on the right track.
Please feel free to post your experiences, ideas, thoughts, whatever! Pea loves to read mail!! And I'm sure she'd love to see just how many people are rooting for her.
Our vet visit on Tuesday (06.10.08)turned out uneventful. She weighed 7.7lbs and had all of the available bloodwork done. Today (06.12.08), though, was a bit different. I had set up an appointment to have Pea go in for a glucose curve. A glucose curve is where they keep her to monitor her blood glucose levels throughout the day. This gives an idea of when and how much insulin she'll need daily. Pea was getting three (3) units 2x/day with her meals. When her blood was checked this morning, without food or insulin, she was at 317. At 8:30am she was fed, and given her shot. Three hours later (11:30am) her level had dropped to 118. At 1:30pm it was close to 90. At 3:30pm it was at it's lowest (mid 70's). By 5:30pm, the blood glucose level had begun to rise again. The vet thought that all of the stress of a car ride and being there could have raised her levels and could have thrown off the test. We definitely don't want them to go lower. From now on, we're going to do two (2) units 2x/day with her meals. I was thinking of having them do another curve in a month or two to verify we're on the right track.
Please feel free to post your experiences, ideas, thoughts, whatever! Pea loves to read mail!! And I'm sure she'd love to see just how many people are rooting for her.
I Be Pea!
Sweet Pea is the newest member of my pack. She's diabetic, severely underweight, almost blind and just about toothless. I fell in love from the moment I laid eyes on her. I started this blog so everyone, as well as I, could track her progress. It's going to be slow, but I have no doubt in my mind it'll happen.
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