Blood Glucose III

The 3 units twice a day is not doing much for Neely's blood sugar. Last Friday's stay at the vet yielded high levels over 400 and they would not go down under 200. The dosage has been increased now to 4 units twice a day.

Neely weighs 11 pounds 15 oz.

Blood Glucose II

Neely spent the day at the vet again getting her blood glucose checked every 2 hours. It is still high but does go down. Not like the vet wants it to, and it does not stay down like she wants it to. So the insulin dose was increased again to 3 units two times a day.

And Neely goes back next week for another round of blood glucose testing. If it is not more stable by then, the vet says we may need to switch to another type of insulin.

Neely weighed 12 pounds 2.5 ounces, down another couple of ounces.

Blood Glucose

Neely's blood glucose was 370 this morning and only went down to 185 by this afternoon. Still too high. The vet says to increase the Vetsulin to 2 units twice a day and do the glucose curve again next Friday.

Neely's weight is down to 12 pounds 5 ounces, another 6 oz. lost.

Neely Update

Neely seems to be adjusting to her new lifestyle. She does not run from me when she sees me get the insulin out of the frig and the syringe from the box on the counter. She sits in my lap and is still for the injection. She does not even flinch.

I think the hardest adjustment is with meal times. Meals are 30 minutes after the shot so: shot at 7 a.m., breakfast at 7:30; likewise 12 hours later in the evening. She is used to a breakfast at 7, supper at 5:00 schedule.

She goes to the vet on Friday to stay all day for testing for her glucose curve.

Insulin Injections

Neely's bloodwork showed a blood glucose lever of over 400, about 4.5 times what it should be.

We went to the vet today to learn how to administer the insulin for Neely's diabetes. The vet said we got the prize for being fast learners. Neely did very well and I only needed one practice injection with sterile water before I tried it with the insulin. Neely gets 1.5 units twice a day, and her kibble a half hour later. We will need to move suppertime up some or breakfast back so they are pretty close to 12 hours apart.

Neely had lost weight; she weighed 12 pounds 11 ounces, but this is not the diet plan I would recommend.

Neely has Diabetes

After a weekend (why is it kids & dogs always get sick on long holiday weekends?) of excessive thirst (draining her water bowl dry) and frequent urination with a couple of accidents inside, I took Neely to the vet this morning, hoping it was just a urinary tract infection, but knowing it could be diabetes. The vet called me at work about an hour after I took her in and said they got a urine sample that showed glucose in her urine that likely meant she is diabetic. They did some blood work that will be back tomorrow.