First, allow me to apologize, as my first post will be a long one.
My name is Greg, a.k.a. Doby's Daddy. My wife, Mimi, and I have been married for 19 years. We have no "two-legged" children, however we currently live with our second Min Pin. Soon after we married we adopted a female Min Pin, J.P., whose first mother had to move into an apartment and give her up. She was the sweetest little girl, with many funny and fond memories. When she was around 7.5 to 8 years old she developed both Diabetes and Cushings. We fought this battle for nearly two years before we were forced with the awful decision to lay her to rest. We tried everything with her, driving 2.5 hours to a specialty vet for her Cushings.
Soon after J.P.'s death we got our rowdy little Momma's boys, Doby. He will be 10 years old in a couple of weeks. During his short little life he has had many vet visits, which has lead us to become close friends with our "pediatrician". At six-months he had to have surgery for hip dysplasia. Then at three he had one knee operated on for a luxating patella, with the other knee operated on a year later. We have also traveled the 2.5 hour drive with him, so that we could fix a non responsive corneal abrasion, with a specialist.
Other the past week or so we started noticing that he was drinking more than usual, and then I found the dreaded wet spot where he had been sleeping. We immediately went to his good buddy, our vet, and had the blood work done. Sure enough, our worst fear came true. He had a blood sugar reading of 524. While only one liver enzymes was elevated, we are SICK TO OUR STOMACH's thinking that our sweet little guy could possibly be faced with both awful diseases. Our vet stated that he did not feel that we would be dealing with both, we are just scared to death due to our past experience.
Many things have changed in the 9 years, since we last dealt with a diabetic dog. As of right now we have started given him 3 unites of Humulin N at 6 and 6. We were told by our vet that it is not his goal to prove to us that he can get Doby's b.s. level within the normal range. He stated that it is his goal to have Doby go back to living a normal life and not returning to the water bowl or going out to potty so often. With that he told us to monitor his behavior and increase his insulin until we noticed a difference, starting with 3 and 4 and then 4 and 4.
I trust our vet 100%, however I'm wondering what others think.
As we head back down this road, look for me to return to this forum often and I look forward to the friendships that develop.
My name is Greg, a.k.a. Doby's Daddy. My wife, Mimi, and I have been married for 19 years. We have no "two-legged" children, however we currently live with our second Min Pin. Soon after we married we adopted a female Min Pin, J.P., whose first mother had to move into an apartment and give her up. She was the sweetest little girl, with many funny and fond memories. When she was around 7.5 to 8 years old she developed both Diabetes and Cushings. We fought this battle for nearly two years before we were forced with the awful decision to lay her to rest. We tried everything with her, driving 2.5 hours to a specialty vet for her Cushings.
Soon after J.P.'s death we got our rowdy little Momma's boys, Doby. He will be 10 years old in a couple of weeks. During his short little life he has had many vet visits, which has lead us to become close friends with our "pediatrician". At six-months he had to have surgery for hip dysplasia. Then at three he had one knee operated on for a luxating patella, with the other knee operated on a year later. We have also traveled the 2.5 hour drive with him, so that we could fix a non responsive corneal abrasion, with a specialist.
Other the past week or so we started noticing that he was drinking more than usual, and then I found the dreaded wet spot where he had been sleeping. We immediately went to his good buddy, our vet, and had the blood work done. Sure enough, our worst fear came true. He had a blood sugar reading of 524. While only one liver enzymes was elevated, we are SICK TO OUR STOMACH's thinking that our sweet little guy could possibly be faced with both awful diseases. Our vet stated that he did not feel that we would be dealing with both, we are just scared to death due to our past experience.
Many things have changed in the 9 years, since we last dealt with a diabetic dog. As of right now we have started given him 3 unites of Humulin N at 6 and 6. We were told by our vet that it is not his goal to prove to us that he can get Doby's b.s. level within the normal range. He stated that it is his goal to have Doby go back to living a normal life and not returning to the water bowl or going out to potty so often. With that he told us to monitor his behavior and increase his insulin until we noticed a difference, starting with 3 and 4 and then 4 and 4.
I trust our vet 100%, however I'm wondering what others think.
As we head back down this road, look for me to return to this forum often and I look forward to the friendships that develop.
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