Re: Ollie's journey
Thanks so much all of you for the thyroid med info. We will, thankfully, be here throughout the few weeks following the introduction of his thyroid meds. It's very reassuring to hear it might make a big difference with getting him regulated.
We won't actually have the prescription in hand until Wednesday or later, since it's being mailed. In the meantime, I guess we should continue to monitor his glucose levels, but perhaps keep the insulin where it's at (30 units now). His last curve was on between 291 and 438.
He now weighs 62 lbs, and seems to be gaining back some of the weight he lost (he was too heavy, so this is not great). Although it should mean that his body isn't digesting fat in response to being starved of glucose, is that right? Do I reduce his food a little to compensate?
My country vet also told me that the keytones in a urine test are reflective of the keytones the dog produced in the previous 2 weeks. And that any keytones are really not good. Is that everyone's understanding here, too?
He's not acting sick. In fact he's doing great. He's had a few falls due to the blindness, but no injuries. He's probably a bit overconfident and that's why he's not cautious enough. I took him for a short walk off leash down our dirt road and he did fantastic...he even went off road to investigate a freshly killed deer carcass. He's so happy to be out of the hospital and back in dog paradise!
Mary
Thanks so much all of you for the thyroid med info. We will, thankfully, be here throughout the few weeks following the introduction of his thyroid meds. It's very reassuring to hear it might make a big difference with getting him regulated.
We won't actually have the prescription in hand until Wednesday or later, since it's being mailed. In the meantime, I guess we should continue to monitor his glucose levels, but perhaps keep the insulin where it's at (30 units now). His last curve was on between 291 and 438.
He now weighs 62 lbs, and seems to be gaining back some of the weight he lost (he was too heavy, so this is not great). Although it should mean that his body isn't digesting fat in response to being starved of glucose, is that right? Do I reduce his food a little to compensate?
My country vet also told me that the keytones in a urine test are reflective of the keytones the dog produced in the previous 2 weeks. And that any keytones are really not good. Is that everyone's understanding here, too?
He's not acting sick. In fact he's doing great. He's had a few falls due to the blindness, but no injuries. He's probably a bit overconfident and that's why he's not cautious enough. I took him for a short walk off leash down our dirt road and he did fantastic...he even went off road to investigate a freshly killed deer carcass. He's so happy to be out of the hospital and back in dog paradise!
Mary
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